Nevada Code § 391.297

Prohibition against using artificial intelligence to perform certain functions and duties of school counselor, school psychologist or school social worker; Department to develop policy for use of artificial intelligence by such personnel; use of artificial intelligence authorized in certain circumstances
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1. A public school, including, without
limitation, a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils,
shall not use artificial intelligence to perform the functions and duties of a
school counselor, school psychologist or school social worker as prescribed in NRS 391.293 , 391.294 and 391.296 , respectively, which relate to the
mental health of pupils.
2. The Department shall develop a policy
for the use of artificial intelligence by a school counselor, school
psychologist, school social worker or other educational personnel while
providing therapy, counseling or other mental or behavioral health services to
pupils. The policy developed pursuant to this subsection must include, without
limitation, a method for the Department to examine the accuracy and efficacy of
any artificial intelligence used for such purposes. The Department may
collaborate with the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department
of Human Services in developing the policy.
3. The provisions of subsection 1 do not
prohibit a school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker or other
educational personnel from using artificial intelligence in accordance with the
policy developed pursuant to subsection 2 or to perform tasks for
administrative support, which may include, without limitation:
(a) Scheduling;
(b) Managing records;
(c) Analyzing data for operational purposes; and
(d) Organizing, tracking and managing files or
notes pertaining to a pupil.
4. As used in this section, artificial
intelligence means a machine-based system that, for any explicit or implicit
objective, infers from the inputs the system receives how to generate outputs,
including, without limitation, content, decisions, predictions or recommendations,
that can influence physical or virtual environments.

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