Nevada Code § 201.540

Sexual conduct between certain employees of school or volunteers at school and pupil: Penalty; exception
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1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 2, a person who:
(a) Is 21 years of age or older;
(b) Is or was employed by a public school or
private school in a position of authority or is or was volunteering at a public
or private school in a position of authority; and
(c) Engages in sexual conduct with a pupil who is
16 years of age or older, who has not received a high school diploma, a general
educational development certificate or an equivalent document and:
(1) Who is or was enrolled in or attending
the public school or private school at which the person is or was employed or
volunteering; or
(2) With whom the person has had contact
in the course of performing his or her duties as an employee or volunteer,
is guilty of
a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 .
2. The provisions of this section do not
apply to a person who is married to the pupil at the time an act prohibited by
this section is committed.
3. The provisions of this section must not
be construed to apply to sexual conduct between two pupils.

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