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NV Rev Stat § 449A.406 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.406 - "Advanced practice registered nurse" defined.

Advanced practice registered nurse means a registered nurse who holds a valid license as an advanced practice registered nurse issued by the State Board of Nursing pursuant to NRS 632.237.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 1757)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.409 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.409 - "Attending advanced practice registered nurse" defined.

Attending advanced practice registered nurse means an advanced practice registered nurse who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 1757)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.412 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.412 - "Attending physician" defined.

Attending physician means the physician who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 759; A 1991, 632) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.550)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.415 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.415 - "Declaration" defined.

Declaration means a writing executed in accordance with the requirements of NRS 449A.433.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 759; A 1991, 632) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.560)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.418 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.418 - "Life-sustaining treatment" defined.

Life-sustaining treatment means a medical procedure or intervention that, when administered to a patient, serves only to prolong the process of dying.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 759; A 1991, 633) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.570)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.421 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.421 - "Person" defined.

Person includes a government or a governmental subdivision or agency.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 629) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.575)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.424 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.424 - "Provider of health care" defined.

Provider of health care means a person who is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by the law of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 629) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.581)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.427 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.427 - "Qualified patient" defined.

Qualified patient means a patient 18 or more years of age who has executed a declaration and who has been determined by the attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse to be in a terminal condition.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 629; A 2017, 1757) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.585)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.430 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.430 - "Terminal condition" defined.

Terminal condition means an incurable and irreversible condition that, without the administration of life-sustaining treatment, will, in the opinion of the attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse, result in death within a relatively short time.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 759; A 1991, 633; 2017, 1757) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.590)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.433 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.433 - Declaration relating to use of life-sustaining treatment.

  1. A person of sound mind and 18 or more years of age may execute at any time a declaration governing the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. The declarant may designate another natural person of sound mind and 18 or more years of age to make decisions governing the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. The declaration must be signed by the declarant, or another at the declarant’s direction, and attested by two witnesses.  2. A physician or other provider of health care who is furnished a copy of the declaration shall make it a part of the declarant’s medical record and, if unwilling to comply with the declaration, promptly so advise the declarant and any person designated to act for the declarant.  3. A durable power of attorney for health care properly executed pursuant to NRS 162A.790 regarding the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment constitutes for the purposes of NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, a properly executed declaration pursuant to this section.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 759; A 1985, 1747; 1991, 633; 2019, 2194) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.600)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.436 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.436 - Form of declaration directing physician or advanced practice registered nurse to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment.

A declaration directing a physician or advanced practice registered nurse to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment may, but need not, be in the following form: DECLARATION If I should have an incurable and irreversible condition that, without the administration of life-sustaining treatment, will, in the opinion of my attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse, cause my death within a relatively short time, and I am no longer able to make decisions regarding my medical treatment, I direct my attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse, pursuant to NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, to withhold or withdraw treatment that only prolongs the process of dying and is not necessary for my comfort or to alleviate pain. If you wish to include this statement in this declaration, you must INITIAL the statement in the box provided:  Withholding or withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration may result in death by starvation or dehydration. Initial this box if you want to receive or continue receiving artificial nutrition and hydration by way of the gastrointestinal tract after all other treatment is withheld pursuant to this declaration.  [............................................ ] Signed this ........................ day of ................, ......  Signature .........................................................   Address ...........................................................  The declarant voluntarily signed this writing in my presence.  Witness ...........................................................   Address ...........................................................   Witness ...........................................................   Address ...........................................................   (Added to NRS by 1977, 760; A 1991, 633; 1993, 2790; 2017, 1757) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.610)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.442 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.442 - Time declaration becomes operative; duty of providers of health care.

A declaration becomes operative when it is communicated to the attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse and the declarant is determined by the attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse to be in a terminal condition and no longer able to make decisions regarding administration of life-sustaining treatment. When the declaration becomes operative, the attending physician and other providers of health care shall act in accordance with its provisions and with the instructions of a person designated pursuant to NRS 449A.433 or comply with the requirements of NRS 449A.457 to transfer care of the declarant.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 631; A 2017, 1759) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.617)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.445 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.445 - Revocation of declaration; entry of revocation in medical records of declarant.

  1. A declarant may revoke a declaration at any time and in any manner, without regard to his or her mental or physical condition. A revocation is effective upon its communication to the attending physician or other provider of health care by the declarant or a witness to the revocation.  2. The attending physician or other provider of health care shall make the revocation a part of the declarant’s medical record.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 760; A 1987, 1309; 1991, 635) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.620)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.448 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.448 - Recording determination of terminal condition and declaration.

Upon determining that a declarant is in a terminal condition, the attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse who knows of a declaration shall record the determination, and the terms of the declaration if not already a part of the record, in the declarant’s medical record.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 631; A 2017, 1759) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.622)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.451 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.451 - Treatment of qualified patients; withholding or withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration; treatment of pregnant patient.

  1. A qualified patient may make decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment so long as the patient is able to do so.  2. NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, do not affect the responsibility of the attending physician or other provider of health care to provide treatment for a patient’s comfort or alleviation of pain.  3. Artificial nutrition and hydration by way of the gastrointestinal tract shall be deemed a life-sustaining treatment and must be withheld or withdrawn from a qualified patient unless a different desire is expressed in writing by the patient. For a patient who has no effective declaration, artificial nutrition and hydration must not be withheld unless a different desire is expressed in writing by the patient’s authorized representative or the family member with the authority to consent or withhold consent.  4. Life-sustaining treatment must not be withheld or withdrawn pursuant to a declaration from a qualified patient known to the attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse to be pregnant so long as it is probable that the fetus will develop to the point of live birth with continued application of life-sustaining treatment.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 631; A 2017, 1760) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.624)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.454 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.454 - Written consent to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment.

  1. If written consent to the withholding or withdrawal of the treatment, attested by two witnesses, is given to the attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse, the attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse may withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment from a patient who:  (a) Has been determined by the attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse to be in a terminal condition and no longer able to make decisions regarding administration of life-sustaining treatment; and  (b) Has no effective declaration.  2. The authority to consent or to withhold consent under subsection 1 may be exercised by the following persons, in order of priority:  (a) The spouse of the patient;  (b) An adult child of the patient or, if there is more than one adult child, a majority of the adult children who are reasonably available for consultation;  (c) The parents of the patient;  (d) An adult sibling of the patient or, if there is more than one adult sibling, a majority of the adult siblings who are reasonably available for consultation; or  (e) The nearest other adult relative of the patient by blood or adoption who is reasonably available for consultation.  3. If a class entitled to decide whether to consent is not reasonably available for consultation and competent to decide, or declines to decide, the next class is authorized to decide, but an equal division in a class does not authorize the next class to decide.  4. A decision to grant or withhold consent must be made in good faith. A consent is not valid if it conflicts with the expressed intention of the patient.  5. A decision of the attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse acting in good faith that a consent is valid or invalid is conclusive.  6. Life-sustaining treatment must not be withheld or withdrawn pursuant to this section from a patient known to the attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse to be pregnant so long as it is probable that the fetus will develop to the point of live birth with continued application of life-sustaining treatment.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 631; A 2017, 1760) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.626)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.457 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.457 - Transfer of care of declarant.

An attending physician or other provider of health care who is unwilling to comply with NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, shall take all reasonable steps as promptly as practicable to transfer care of the declarant to another physician or provider of health care.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 632) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.628)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.460 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.460 - Immunity from civil and criminal liability and discipline for unprofessional conduct.

  1. A physician or other provider of health care is not subject to civil or criminal liability, or discipline for unprofessional conduct, for giving effect to a declaration or the direction of a person designated pursuant to NRS 449A.433 in the absence of knowledge of the revocation of a declaration, or for giving effect to a written consent under NRS 449A.454.  2. A physician or other provider of health care, whose action pursuant to NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, is in accord with reasonable medical standards, is not subject to civil or criminal liability, or discipline for unprofessional conduct, with respect to that action.  3. A physician or other provider of health care, whose decision about the validity of consent under NRS 449A.454 is made in good faith, is not subject to civil or criminal liability, or discipline for unprofessional conduct, with respect to that decision.  4. A person designated pursuant to NRS 449A.433 or a person authorized to consent pursuant to NRS 449A.454, whose decision is made or consent is given in good faith pursuant to NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, is not subject to civil or criminal liability, or discipline for unprofessional conduct, with respect to that decision.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 760; A 1985, 1747; 1991, 635) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.630)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.463 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.463 - Consideration of declaration and other factors; failure to follow directions of patient.

  1. If a patient in a terminal condition has a declaration in effect and becomes comatose or is otherwise rendered incapable of communicating with his or her attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse, the physician or advanced practice registered nurse must give weight to the declaration as evidence of the patient’s directions regarding the application of life-sustaining treatments, but the attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse may also consider other factors in determining whether the circumstances warrant following the directions.  2. No hospital or other medical facility, physician, advanced practice registered nurse or person working under the direction of a physician or advanced practice registered nurse is subject to criminal or civil liability for failure to follow the directions of the patient to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatments.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 761; A 1985, 1747; 1993, 2792; 2017, 1761) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.640)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.466 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.466 - Assumption of validity of declaration; presumption of intent to use, withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment not created.

  1. Unless he or she has knowledge to the contrary, a physician or other provider of health care may assume that a declaration complies with NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, and is valid.  2. NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, create no presumption concerning the intention of a person who has revoked or has not executed a declaration with respect to the use, withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in the event of a terminal condition.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 632) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.645)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.469 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.469 - Death does not constitute suicide or homicide; effect of declaration on policy of insurance; prohibiting or requiring execution of declaration prohibited as condition for insurance or receipt of health care.

  1. Death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in accordance with NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, does not constitute, for any purpose, a suicide or homicide.  2. The making of a declaration pursuant to NRS 449A.433 does not affect the sale, procurement or issuance of a policy of life insurance or annuity, nor does it affect, impair or modify the terms of an existing policy of life insurance or annuity. A policy of life insurance or annuity is not legally impaired or invalidated by the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from an insured, notwithstanding any term to the contrary.  3. A person may not prohibit or require the execution of a declaration as a condition for being insured for, or receiving, health care.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 761; A 1991, 636) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.650)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.472 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.472 - Penalties.

  1. A physician or other provider of health care who willfully fails to transfer the care of a patient in accordance with NRS 449A.457 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.  2. A physician or advanced practice registered nurse who willfully fails to record a determination of terminal condition or the terms of a declaration in accordance with NRS 449A.448 is guilty of a misdemeanor.  3. A person who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces or obliterates the declaration of another without the declarant’s consent or who falsifies or forges a revocation of the declaration of another is guilty of a misdemeanor.  4. A person who falsifies or forges the declaration of another, or willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation, with the intent to cause a withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment contrary to the wishes of the declarant and thereby directly causes life-sustaining treatment to be withheld or withdrawn and death to be hastened is guilty of murder.  5. A person who requires or prohibits the execution of a declaration as a condition of being insured for, or receiving, health care is guilty of a misdemeanor.  6. A person who coerces or fraudulently induces another to execute a declaration, or who falsifies or forges the declaration of another except as provided in subsection 4, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.  7. The penalties provided in this section do not displace any sanction applicable under other law.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 761; A 1991, 636; 2017, 1761) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.660)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.475 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.475 - Actions contrary to reasonable medical standards not required; mercy-killing, assisted suicide or euthanasia not authorized.

  1. NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, do not require a physician or other provider of health care to take action contrary to reasonable medical standards.  2. NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, do not condone, authorize or approve mercy-killing, assisted suicide or euthanasia.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 761; A 1991, 637; 1995, 1794) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.670)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.478 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.478 - Other right or responsibility regarding use of life-sustaining treatment or withholding or withdrawal of medical care not limited.

NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, do not affect the right of a patient to make decisions regarding use of life-sustaining treatment, so long as the patient is able to do so, or impair or supersede a right or responsibility that any person has to effect the withholding or withdrawal of medical care.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 761; A 1991, 637) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.680)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.481 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.481 - Validity of declaration executed in another state; effect of previously executed instrument.

  1. A declaration executed in another state in compliance with the law of that state or of this State is valid for purposes of NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive.  2. An instrument executed anywhere before July 1, 1977, which clearly expresses the intent of the declarant to direct the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from the declarant when the declarant is in a terminal condition and becomes comatose or is otherwise rendered incapable of communicating with his or her attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse, if executed in a manner which attests voluntary execution, or executed anywhere before October 1, 1991, which substantially complies with NRS 449A.433, and has not been subsequently revoked, is effective under NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive.  3. As used in this section, "state" includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 761; A 1991, 637; 2017, 1761) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.690)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.500 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.500 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 449A.500 to 449A.581, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 449A.503 to 449A.545, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 2284; A 2017, 456, 1762) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.691)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.503 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.503 - "Advanced practice registered nurse" defined.

Advanced practice registered nurse has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449A.406.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 456, 1757)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.506 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.506 - "Attending advanced practice registered nurse" defined.

Attending advanced practice registered nurse has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449A.409.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 456, 1757)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.509 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.509 - "Attending physician" defined.

Attending physician has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449A.412.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 2284) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.6912)
NV Rev Stat § 449A.512 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients|NRS 449A.512 - "Attending physician assistant" defined.

Attending physician assistant means a physician assistant who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 456)