Nevada Revised Statutes Title 40. Public Health and Safety § 449A.254. Violations: Criminal penalties; ineligibility for employment; disciplinary action

1. Unless a more severe penalty is prescribed by specific statute, a person who willfully uses aversive intervention on a person with a disability who is a patient at a facility or, except as otherwise provided in NRS 449A.248, violates NRS 449A.236:

A person who is convicted of a category B felony pursuant to this section shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6 years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.

2. A person who is convicted pursuant to this section is ineligible for 5 years for employment with a facility.

3. A conviction pursuant to this section is, when applicable, grounds for disciplinary action against the person so convicted and the facility where the violation occurred. The Division may recommend to the appropriate agency or board the suspension or revocation of the professional license, registration, certificate or permit of a person convicted.