Aversive intervention means any of the following actions if the action is used to punish a pupil with a disability or to eliminate, reduce or discourage maladaptive behavior of a pupil with a disability: 1. The use of noxious odors and tastes; 2. The use of water and other mists or sprays; 3. The use of blasts of air; 4. The use of corporal punishment; 5. The use of verbal and mental abuse; 6. The use of electric shock; 7. The administration of chemical restraint to a person; 8. The placement of a person alone in a room where release from the room is prohibited by a mechanism, including, without limitation, a lock, device or object positioned to hold the door closed or otherwise prevent the person from leaving the room; 9. Requiring a person to perform exercise under forced conditions if the: (a) Person is required to perform the exercise because he or she exhibited a behavior that is related to his or her disability; (b) Exercise is harmful to the health of the person because of his or her disability; or (c) Nature of the persons disability prevents him or her from engaging in the exercise; or 10. The deprivation of necessities needed to sustain the health of a person, regardless of the length of the deprivation, including, without limitation, the denial or unreasonable delay in the provision of: (a) Food or liquid at a time when it is customarily served; or (b) Medication.
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