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Eye Protection and Negligence
An act relating to education; requiring pupils and teachers in public schools to wear protective devices for their eyes in certain classes, and providing other matters properly relating thereto:
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The people of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 392 of NRS is hereby amended by adding a new section to read as follows:
1. If a school district has established classes in occupational education, the teachers and pupils in those classes must wear devices provided by the school district which are designed to protect their eyes while they are using powered tools, torches or other dangerous equipment or machinery.
2. The teachers and pupils in classes in science must wear devices provided by the school district which are designed to protect their eyes when chemicals or toxic substances are used in those classes.
According to state law, teachers are individually liable in case of accident in those instances in which negligence can be proven.