2025 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 396 - Nevada System of Higher Education
NRS 396.151 - Prohibition against disciplinary proceeding or sanction in certain circumstances; review of connection between incident of power-based violence and other misconduct.
1. The Board of Regents may prohibit an institution within the System from subjecting a complainant, reporting party or witness who reports an alleged incident of power-based violence to a disciplinary proceeding or sanction for a violation of a policy on student conduct related to drug or alcohol use, trespassing or unauthorized entry of school facilities or other violation of a policy of an institution that occurred during or related to an alleged incident of power-based violence unless the institution determines that the:
(a) Report of an alleged incident of power-based violence was not made in good faith; or
(b) The violation of a policy on student conduct was egregious, including, without limitation, a violation that poses a risk to the health or safety of another person.
2. The Board of Regents may require an institution within the System to review any disciplinary action taken against a reporting party or witness to determine if there is any connection between the alleged incident of power-based violence that was reported and the misconduct that led to the reporting party or witness being disciplined.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3679; A 2023, 3159)