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NV Rev Stat § 451.572 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.572 - Search and notification.

  1. The following persons shall make a reasonable search of a natural person who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the natural person as a donor or as a natural person who made a refusal:  (a) A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic or other emergency rescuer finding the natural person; and  (b) If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the natural person’s arrival at the hospital.  2. If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by paragraph (a) of subsection 1 and the natural person or deceased natural person to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.  3. A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 787)
NV Rev Stat § 451.578 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.578 - Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine.

  1. A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor’s lifetime to be effective.  2. Upon or after a natural person’s death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the natural person shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the natural person or by a person to which the gift could pass under NRS 451.571.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 788)
NV Rev Stat § 451.584 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.584 - Coordination of procurement and use.

Each hospital in this State shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 789)
NV Rev Stat § 451.587 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.587 - Nontransplant anatomical donation organizations: Certification; standards and guidelines; fee for application for issuance or renewal of certificate; duties of Division; penalty.

  1. Each nontransplant anatomical donation organization that procures a human body or part in this State shall:  (a) Be certified by the Division;  (b) Follow the standards and guidelines established by the State Board of Health pursuant to subsection 2; and  (c) Report to the Division, in a manner and frequency prescribed by the State Board of Health, the number and disposition of human bodies or parts procured by the nontransplant anatomical donation organization.  2. The State Board of Health shall:  (a) Adopt regulations that establish standards and guidelines for nontransplant anatomical donation organizations which must be substantially based upon federal laws and regulations relating to the procurement of human bodies and parts, NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive, and the best standards and practices in the industry; and  (b) Adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, including, without limitation, regulations that establish a fee for an application for the issuance or renewal of a certification as a nontransplant anatomical donation organization.  3. Before adopting or amending any regulation pursuant to subsection 2, the State Board of Health shall seek input from each procurement organization and nontransplant anatomical donation organization in this State.  4. The Division shall:  (a) Collect and analyze information from each nontransplant anatomical donation organization in this State on the number and disposition of human bodies and parts procured by the nontransplant anatomical donation organization and make such information available to the Governor and the Legislature upon request; and  (b) Monitor all nontransplant anatomical donation organizations in this State for compliance with federal and state laws and regulations.   5. A person who engages in the activity of a nontransplant anatomical donation organization without being certified by the Division pursuant to this section or who violates the standards and guidelines adopted by the State Board of Health pursuant to subsection 2 is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130, or by a fine of not more than $50,000, or by both fine and the punishment provided in NRS 193.130.  6. As used in this section:  (a) "Division" means the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.  (b) "Nontransplant anatomical donation organization" means a person who engages in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage or distribution of human bodies or parts for a purpose other than transplantation, including, without limitation, education, research or the advancement of medical, dental or mortuary science.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 2765)
NV Rev Stat § 451.590 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.590 - Sale or purchase of parts prohibited; penalties.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person shall not knowingly, for valuable consideration, purchase or sell a part of a natural person for transplantation or therapy if removal of the part from the natural person is or was intended to occur after the natural person’s death.  2. A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation or disposal of a part.  3. A person who violates this section is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130, or by a fine of not more than $50,000, or by both fine and the punishment provided in NRS 193.130.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 432; A 1995, 1280; 2007, 795)
NV Rev Stat § 451.591 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.591 - Other prohibited acts; penalties.

  1. A person shall not, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsify, forge, conceal, deface or obliterate a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift or a refusal.  2. A person who violates this section is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130, or by a fine of not more than $50,000, or by both fine and the punishment provided in NRS 193.130.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 789)
NV Rev Stat § 451.592 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.592 - Immunity.

  1. A person that acts in accordance with NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive, or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution or administrative proceeding.  2. Neither the person making an anatomical gift nor the donor’s estate is liable for any injury or damage that results from the making or use of the gift.  3. In determining whether an anatomical gift has been made, amended or revoked under NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive, a person may rely upon representations of a natural person listed in paragraph (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (h) of subsection 1 of NRS 451.566 relating to the natural person’s relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 789; A 2019, 2766)
NV Rev Stat § 451.593 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.593 - Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity.

  1. A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:  (a) The provisions of NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive;  (b) The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or  (c) The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.  2. If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this State governs the interpretation of the document of gift.  3. A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 790; A 2019, 2766)
NV Rev Stat § 451.594 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.594 - Donor registry.

  1. A person shall not create or maintain a donor registry unless the donor registry complies with the provisions of NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive, and all other applicable provisions of federal and state law.  2. A donor registry must:  (a) Allow a donor or other person authorized under NRS 451.556 to include on the donor registry a statement or symbol that the donor has made, amended or revoked an anatomical gift;  (b) Be accessible to a procurement organization to allow it to obtain relevant information on the donor registry to determine, at or near death of the donor or a prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made, amended or revoked an anatomical gift; and  (c) Be accessible for purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b) 7 days a week on a 24-hour basis.  3. Personally identifiable information on a donor registry about a donor or prospective donor may not be used or disclosed without the express consent of the donor, prospective donor or person that made the anatomical gift for any purpose other than to determine, at or near death of the donor or prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made, amended or revoked an anatomical gift.  4. This section does not apply to a donor registry that is created to contain records of anatomical gifts and amendments to or revocations of anatomical gifts of only the whole body of a donor for the purpose of research or education.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 790; A 2019, 2767)
NV Rev Stat § 451.595 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.595 - Effect of anatomical gift on advance health-care directive.

  1. As used in this section:  (a) "Advance health-care directive" means a power of attorney for health care or other record signed by a prospective donor, or executed in the manner set forth in NRS 162A.790, containing the prospective donor’s direction concerning a health-care decision for the prospective donor.  (b) "Declaration" means a record signed by a prospective donor, or executed as set forth in NRS 449A.433, specifying the circumstances under which life-sustaining treatment may be withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor. The term includes a Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment form executed pursuant to NRS 449A.500 to 449A.581, inclusive.  (c) "Health-care decision" means any decision made regarding the health care of the prospective donor.  2. If a prospective donor has a declaration or advance health-care directive and the terms of the declaration or advance health-care directive and the express or implied terms of the potential anatomical gift are in conflict concerning the administration of measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of a part for transplantation or therapy:  (a) The attending physician of the prospective donor shall confer with the prospective donor to resolve the conflict or, if the prospective donor is incapable of resolving the conflict, with:  (1) An agent acting under the declaration or advance health-care directive of the prospective donor; or  (2) If an agent is not named in the declaration or advance health-care directive or the agent is not reasonably available, any other person authorized by law, other than by a provision of NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive, to make a health-care decision for the prospective donor.  (b) The conflict must be resolved as expeditiously as practicable.  (c) Information relevant to the resolution of the conflict may be obtained from the appropriate procurement organization and any other person authorized to make an anatomical gift of the prospective donor’s body or part under NRS 451.556.  (d) Before the resolution of the conflict, measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of the part may not be withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor, if withholding or withdrawing the measures is not medically contraindicated for the appropriate treatment of the prospective donor at the end of his or her life.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 790; A 2009, 211; 2013, 2292; 2017, 464, 1773)
NV Rev Stat § 451.596 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.596 - Cooperation between coroner and procurement organization.

  1. A coroner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education.  2. If a coroner receives notice from a procurement organization that an anatomical gift might be available or was made with respect to a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner and a postmortem examination is going to be performed, unless the coroner denies recovery in accordance with NRS 451.597, the coroner or designee shall conduct a postmortem examination of the body or the part in a manner and within a period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift.  3. A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a coroner for transplantation, therapy, research or education unless the part is the subject of an anatomical gift or such removal is authorized or required by other law. The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner may not be delivered to a person for research or education unless the body is the subject of an anatomical gift or such delivery is authorized or required by NRS 451.350 to 451.470, inclusive, or other law. This subsection does not preclude a coroner from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 791)
NV Rev Stat § 451.598 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.598 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive, modify, limit and supersede the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 7001 et seq., but do not modify, limit or supersede Section 101(a) of that Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001(a), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7003(b).  (Added to NRS by 2007, 793)
NV Rev Stat § 451.600 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.600 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 451.600 to 451.715, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 451.605 to 451.630, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 2601; A 2017, 2735)
NV Rev Stat § 451.605 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.605 - "Agent" defined.

Agent means, with respect to a particular deceased person, a person authorized to order the cremation of his or her human remains.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 2601)
NV Rev Stat § 451.607 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.607 - "Alkaline hydrolysis" defined.

Alkaline hydrolysis means the:  1. Reduction of human remains to bone fragments through a water-based process of dissolution using alkaline chemicals and agitation to accelerate natural decomposition; and  2. Processing of the hydrolyzed human remains after their removal from the container in which the process of dissolution occurs.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2735)
NV Rev Stat § 451.610 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.610 - "Communicable disease" defined.

Communicable disease has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 441A.040.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 2601)
NV Rev Stat § 451.615 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.615 - "Container" defined.

Container means a vessel, whether or not a casket, in which human remains are placed for cremation.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 2601)
NV Rev Stat § 451.617 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.617 - "Cremation" defined.

Cremation means the technical process that reduces human remains to bone fragments by using alkaline hydrolysis or incineration.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2735)
NV Rev Stat § 451.620 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.620 - "Human remains" defined.

Human remains means the body of a deceased person, or part of the body which has been removed from a living person, in any stage of decomposition.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 2601)
NV Rev Stat § 451.625 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.625 - "Operator" defined.

Operator of a crematory means the person licensed to conduct its business.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 2601)
NV Rev Stat § 451.630 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.630 - "Urn" defined.

Urn means a vessel in which cremated remains can be placed and which can be closed to prevent leaking or spilling of the remains or the entrance of foreign material.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 2601)
NV Rev Stat § 451.635 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.635 - Requirements for licensing of crematories and certification of persons operating crematory equipment.

  1. No person may cremate human remains except in a crematory whose operator is licensed by the Nevada Funeral and Cemetery Services Board.  2. The licensed operator of a crematory shall ensure that all persons physically operating the crematory equipment have completed a crematory certification program approved by the Board and maintain proof of completion of the program at the site where the crematory equipment operated by the person is located. Such proof of completion must be made available to the Board upon request or as part of any inspection or investigation conducted by the Board.  3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if a crematory is proposed to be located in an incorporated city whose population is 60,000 or more or in an unincorporated town that is contiguous to such an incorporated city, the Board shall not issue a license to the applicant unless the proposed location of all structures associated with the crematory are:  (a) In an area which is zoned for mixed, commercial or industrial use; and   (b) At least 1,500 feet from the boundary line of any parcel zoned for residential use.  4. If a crematory proposes to cremate human remains only through alkaline hydrolysis, the Board may issue a license to the applicant regardless of the location if the board of county commissioners of the county or the governing body of the city or town, as applicable, in which the crematory is proposed to be located provides written notice to the Board consenting to the proposed location of the crematory.  5. The Board shall prescribe and furnish forms for application for licensing. An application must be in writing and contain:  (a) The name and address of the applicant and the location or proposed location of the crematory;  (b) A description of the structure and equipment to be used in operating the crematory; and  (c) Any further information that the Board may reasonably require.  6. An application must be signed by the applicant personally, by one of the partners if the applicant is a partnership, or by an authorized officer if the applicant is a corporation or other form of business organization.  7. The Board shall examine the structure and equipment and, if applicable, the location and shall issue the license if:  (a) It appears that the proposed operation will meet the requirements of NRS 451.600 to 451.715, inclusive; and  (b) The applicant has paid all fees related to the application.  8. If the ownership of a crematory is to be changed, the proposed operator shall apply for licensing at least 30 days before the change.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 2601; A 2003, 1279; 2013, 236; 2015, 1968; 2017, 2735)
NV Rev Stat § 451.637 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.637 - Operator of crematory to provide notice to certain entities concerning equipment for alkaline hydrolysis; entity that receives notice to ensure compliance with state and local requirements.

  1. After obtaining a license pursuant to NRS 451.635 and at least 90 days before the operator of a crematory purchases equipment for alkaline hydrolysis for cremation, the operator must provide to the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and any private, public or cooperative operator of a sanitary sewer in the area in which the crematory is located written notice containing:  (a) The date on which the equipment for alkaline hydrolysis is proposed to be purchased; and  (b) A list of the equipment that is proposed to be purchased.  2. The Division and each operator of a sanitary sewer notified pursuant to subsection 1 shall ensure that the equipment which the operator proposes to purchase for alkaline hydrolysis complies with the provisions of NRS 445A.300 to 445A.730, inclusive, and any local law, ordinance or regulation.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2735)
NV Rev Stat § 451.640 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.640 - Adoption of regulations; injunctive relief.

  1. The Nevada Funeral and Cemetery Services Board shall adopt regulations for the administration of NRS 451.600 to 451.715, inclusive. Unless governed by the regulations of the State Board of Health, the regulations of the Nevada Funeral and Cemetery Services Board must include, without limitation:  (a) The conditions under which the remains of a person who has died from a communicable or otherwise dangerous disease may be transported to a crematory for cremation; and  (b) The minimum standards for sanitation, required equipment and protection from fire.  2. The Nevada Funeral and Cemetery Services Board may bring legal proceedings to enjoin any person who violates any provision of NRS 451.600 to 451.715, inclusive, any regulation adopted pursuant thereto or any order of the Board from operating a crematory. Any person who is so enjoined is liable to the Board for attorney’s fees and court costs.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 2602; A 2003, 1279; 2017, 2736)
NV Rev Stat § 451.645 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies|NRS 451.645 - Authority of cemetery or funeral home to erect and conduct crematory; placement.

  1. A cemetery or funeral home may erect and conduct a crematory if licensed as the operator.  2. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4 of NRS 451.635, a crematory may be erected on or adjacent to the premises of a cemetery or funeral establishment if the location is zoned for commercial or industrial use, or at any other location where the local zoning permits. A crematory must conform to all local building codes and environmental standards.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 2602; A 2013, 237; 2015, 1969; 2017, 2737)