Nevada Revised Statutes Title 16. Correctional Institutions; Aid to Victims of Crime § 209.376. Care of offender who is pregnant: Limitations on use of restraints on offender who is in labor, delivering her baby or in the postpartum period; report

(a) A serious and immediate threat of harm to herself, staff or others; or

(b) A substantial flight risk and cannot be reasonably confined by other means.

(a) Describe the reasons for the use of the restraints on the offender; and

(b) Be submitted to the warden or manager within 5 hours after the use of the restraints.

(a) “Postpartum period” means the period of time an offender is recuperating from delivering a baby, as determined by the physician of the offender, immediately following delivery and directly related to the birth, including the period an offender is in a hospital or infirmary after birth.

(b) “Restraints” means any physical restraint or mechanical device used to control the movement of the limbs of a person, including, without limitation, flex cuffs, soft restraints, hard metal handcuffs, a black box, Chubb cuffs, leg irons, belly chains, a security tether chain or a convex shield.