As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. Administrator means the Administrator of the Division. 2. Commission means the Human Resources Commission. 3. Disability, includes, but is not limited to, physical disability, intellectual disability and mental or emotional disorder. 4. Division means the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration. 5. Essential functions has the meaning ascribed to it in 29 C.F.R. 1630.2. 6. Marginalized identity means an identity that causes or has historically caused a person of such an identity to be disproportionately subject to discrimination, harassment or other negative treatment as a result of the identity. 7. Protective hairstyle includes, without limitation, hairstyles such as natural hairstyles, afros, bantu knots, curls, braids, locks and twists. 8. Public service means positions providing service for any office, department, board, commission, bureau, agency or institution in the Executive Department of the State Government operating by authority of the Constitution or law, and supported in whole or in part by any public money, whether the money is received from the Government of the United States or any branch or agency thereof, or from private or any other sources. 9. Race includes traits associated with race, including, without limitation, hair texture and protective hairstyles. 10. Veteran means a person who: (a) Was regularly enlisted, drafted, inducted or commissioned in the: (1) Armed Forces of the United States and was accepted for and assigned to active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States; (2) National Guard or a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States and was accepted for and assigned to duty for a minimum of 6 continuous years; or (3) Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service or the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States and served in the capacity of a commissioned officer while on active duty in defense of the United States; and (b) Was separated from such service under conditions other than dishonorable. 11. Veteran with a service-connected disability has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 338.13843 and includes a veteran who is deemed to be a veteran with a service-connected disability pursuant to NRS 417.0187 .
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