Section 424.530 - Discipline of children: Restrictions1. The following are examples of unacceptable disciplinary techniques. The list is not exclusive. Foster parents shall discuss disciplinary techniques with the child's casework before they are used. The foster parent shall not: (a) Subject a child to verbal abuse, humiliate the child, threaten the child or make derogatory remarks about the child or his family.(b) Threaten to subject or subject a child to pushing, punching, shaking, rough handling, force feeding, biting, spanking, hitting of any kind, including with an implement, isolation in a closed space, such as a closet or unlit or unventilated space, or any other corporal punishment or other extreme discipline .(c) Threaten to remove the child from the foster home(d) Threaten a child with the loss of love of any person.(e) Threaten a child with punishment by a deity.(f) Threaten to deny or deny food, shelter, medication or rest, or threaten to restrict or restrict the use of a toilet or other bathroom fixture as punishment.(g) Threaten to subject or subject a child to any form of punishment by other children.(h) Threaten to subject or subject a child to excessive withdrawal of positive rein forcement for inappropriate be havior, including, without limitation, removal from participation in the normal routine or activities of the foster home or requiring the child to be alone in a room for an extended period of time.(i) Threaten to wash or wash a child's mouth out with soap or detergent or any similar threats or acts. (j) Threaten to tape or tape the mouth of a child or any similar threats or acts (k) Threaten to place or place a sauce made from hot peppers or other pungent condiment sauce in the mouth of a child or any similar threats or acts.(l) Threaten to deprive or deprive a child of visits with significant others in the child's life as a form of punishment when the agency placing the child has identified the visitation as appropriate.(m) Threaten to withhold or withhold the allowance of a child provided by the agency which provides child welfare services.(n) Subject a child to work that does not have a purpose as a means of punishment, including, without limitation, scrubbing the floor with a toothbrush, writing repetitive phrases, pulling weeds in a field of weeds, excessive exercise or any similar acts.2. The use of a mechanical restraint, chemical restraint, involuntary physical confinement or psychological coercion or confinement of a foster child as a form of discipline is prohibited. Involuntary physical confinement does not include the withdrawal of positive reinforcement for in appropriate behavior, including, without limitation, removal from participation in the normal routine or activities of the foster home or allowing the child to be alone voluntarily in a quiet, unlocked room.3. As used in this section: (a) "Chemical restraint" means the administration of drugs for the specific and exclusive purpose of controlling an acute or episodic aggressive behavior when alternative intervention techniques have failed to limit or control the behavior. The term does not include the administration of drugs on a regular basis, as prescribed by a physician, to treat the symptoms of a mental, physical, emotional or behavioral disorder and for assisting a child in gaining self-control over his or her impulses. (b) "Mechanical restraint" means the use of any device, including, without limitation, mittens, straps, a restraint chair, handcuffs, belly chains and a four-point restraint, to limit a child's movement or hold a child immobileNev. Admin. Code § 424.530
Welfare Div., Req. for Foster Care part § 106.5, 10-7-88, eff. 1-1-89-NAC A by Div. of Child & Fam. Services, 8-27-92; 11-14-97; R044-02, 7-23-2002; A by R110-13, eff. 6/23/2014