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NV Rev Stat § 41A.100 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41A - Actions for Professional Negligence|NRS 41A.100 - Required evidence; exceptions; rebuttable presumption of negligence.

  1. Liability for personal injury or death is not imposed upon any provider of health care based on alleged negligence in the performance of that care unless evidence consisting of expert medical testimony, material from recognized medical texts or treatises or the regulations of the licensed medical facility wherein the alleged negligence occurred is presented to demonstrate the alleged deviation from the accepted standard of care in the specific circumstances of the case and to prove causation of the alleged personal injury or death, except that such evidence is not required and a rebuttable presumption that the personal injury or death was caused by negligence arises where evidence is presented that the provider of health care caused the personal injury or death occurred in any one or more of the following circumstances:  (a) A foreign substance other than medication or a prosthetic device was unintentionally left within the body of a patient following surgery;  (b) An explosion or fire originating in a substance used in treatment occurred in the course of treatment;  (c) An unintended burn caused by heat, radiation or chemicals was suffered in the course of medical care;  (d) An injury was suffered during the course of treatment to a part of the body not directly involved in the treatment or proximate thereto; or  (e) A surgical procedure was performed on the wrong patient or the wrong organ, limb or part of a patient’s body.  2. Expert medical testimony provided pursuant to subsection 1 may only be given by a provider of health care who practices or has practiced in an area that is substantially similar to the type of practice engaged in at the time of the alleged negligence.  3. The rebuttable presumption pursuant to subsection 1 does not apply in an action in which a plaintiff submits an affidavit pursuant to NRS 41A.071, or otherwise designates an expert witness to establish that the specific provider of health care deviated from the accepted standard of care.  4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude any party to the suit from designating and presenting expert testimony as to the legal or proximate cause of any alleged personal injury or death.  (Added to NRS by 1975, 406; A 1977, 955; 1985, 1754; 1997, 1219; 1999, 5; 2002 Special Session, 9; 2015, 2528)
NV Rev Stat § 41A.110 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41A - Actions for Professional Negligence|NRS 41A.110 - Consent of patient: When conclusively established.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of NRS 442.253, a physician licensed to practice medicine under the provisions of chapter 630 or 633 of NRS, or a dentist licensed to practice dentistry under the provisions of chapter 631 of NRS, has conclusively obtained the consent of a patient for a medical, surgical or dental procedure, as appropriate, if the physician or dentist has done the following:  1. Explained to the patient in general terms, without specific details, the procedure to be undertaken;  2. Explained to the patient alternative methods of treatment, if any, and their general nature;  3. Explained to the patient that there may be risks, together with the general nature and extent of the risks involved, without enumerating such risks; and  4. Obtained the signature of the patient to a statement containing an explanation of the procedure, alternative methods of treatment and risks involved, as provided in this section.  (Added to NRS by 1975, 408; A 1997, 1219; 1999, 5; 2007, 273; 2019, 1504)
NV Rev Stat § 41A.120 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41A - Actions for Professional Negligence|NRS 41A.120 - Consent of patient: When implied.

In addition to the provisions of chapter 129 of NRS and any other instances in which a consent is implied or excused by law, a consent to any medical, surgical or dental procedure will be implied if:  1. In competent medical judgment, the proposed medical, surgical or dental procedure is reasonably necessary and any delay in performing such a procedure could reasonably be expected to result in death, disfigurement, impairment of faculties or serious bodily harm; and  2. A person authorized to consent is not readily available.  (Added to NRS by 1975, 408; A 1997, 1220; 1999, 5)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 41B.020 to 41B.160, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1348)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.020 - "Acquitted" defined.

Acquitted includes, without limitation, a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity or diminished capacity.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1348)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.030 - "Agent" defined.

Agent means a person who is authorized to represent or act for another person. The term includes, without limitation, an attorney-in-fact under a durable or nondurable power of attorney or a person who is authorized pursuant to the provisions of a governing instrument to make decisions concerning the provision of health care to another person.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1348)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.040 - "Beneficiary" defined.

Beneficiary means a person who is entitled to accrue, acquire or receive any property, interest or benefit pursuant to the provisions of a governing instrument or the laws of intestate succession.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1348)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.050 - "Community property" defined.

Community property has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 123.220.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1348)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.060 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.060 - "Community property with right of survivorship" defined.

Community property with right of survivorship means community property in which a right of survivorship exists pursuant to NRS 111.064 or 115.060 or any other provision of law.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1349)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.070 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.070 - "Convicted" and "conviction" defined.

Convicted and "conviction" mean a judgment based upon:  1. A plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere;  2. A finding of guilty or guilty but mentally ill by a jury or a court sitting without a jury;  3. An adjudication of delinquency or finding of guilty or guilty but mentally ill by a court having jurisdiction over juveniles; or  4. Any other admission or finding of guilty or guilty but mentally ill in a criminal action or a proceeding in a court having jurisdiction over juveniles.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1349; A 2003, 1479; 2007, 1436)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.080 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.080 - "Culpable actor in the felonious and intentional killing of a decedent" defined.

Culpable actor in the felonious and intentional killing of a decedent means a person who:  1. Causes or perpetrates the felonious and intentional killing of the decedent;  2. Aids, abets, commands, counsels, encourages, hires, induces, procures or solicits another person to cause or perpetrate the felonious and intentional killing of the decedent; or  3. Is a principal in any degree, accessory before the fact, accomplice or conspirator to the felonious and intentional killing of the decedent.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1349)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.090 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.090 - "Governing instrument" defined.

Governing instrument means any of the following:  1. A deed or any other instrument that transfers any property, interest or benefit.  2. An annuity or a policy of insurance.  3. A trust, whether created by an instrument executed during the life of the settlor, a testamentary instrument or any other instrument, judgment or decree, including, without limitation, any of the following:  (a) An express trust, whether private or charitable, and any additions to such a trust.  (b) A trust created or determined by a judgment or decree under which the trust is to be administered in the manner of an express trust.  4. A will, a codicil or any other testamentary instrument, including, without limitation, a testamentary instrument that:  (a) Appoints a person to serve in a fiduciary or representative capacity, nominates a guardian or revokes or revises another will, codicil or testamentary instrument; or  (b) Excludes or limits the right of a person or class of persons to succeed to any property, interest or benefit pursuant to the laws of intestate succession.  5. Any account or deposit that is payable or transferable on the death of a person or any instrument that provides for the payment or transfer of any property, interest or benefit on the death of a person.  6. A security registered as transferable on the death of a person.  7. Any instrument creating or exercising a power of appointment or a durable or nondurable power of attorney.  8. Any instrument that appoints or nominates a person to serve in any fiduciary or representative capacity, including, without limitation, an agent, guardian, executor, personal representative or trustee.  9. Any public or private plan or system that entitles a person to the payment or transfer of any property, interest or benefit, including, without limitation, a plan or system that involves any of the following:  (a) Pension benefits, retirement benefits or other similar benefits.  (b) Profit-sharing or any other form of participation in profits, revenues, securities, capital or assets.  (c) Industrial insurance, workers’ compensation or other similar benefits.  (d) Group insurance.  10. A partnership agreement or an agreement concerning any joint adventure, enterprise or venture.  11. A premarital, antenuptial or postnuptial agreement, a marriage contract or settlement or any other similar agreement, contract or settlement.  12. Any instrument that declares a homestead pursuant to chapter 115 of NRS.  13. Any other dispositive, appointive, nominative or declarative instrument.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1349; A 2011, 1417)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.100 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.100 - "Interest" defined.

Interest means:  1. Any interest, in whole or in part, in any property or estate, whether such interest is legal or equitable, present or future, or contingent or vested;  2. A right, power or privilege to appoint, consume, exercise, transfer or use any such interest; or  3. Any other right, power or privilege relating to any such interest.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1350)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.110 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.110 - "Interested person" defined.

Interested person means:  1. A parent, spouse, child or sibling of a decedent;  2. A beneficiary or a person who would be a beneficiary if another person were found to be a killer of a decedent;  3. A person who serves in any fiduciary or representative capacity with respect to any property, interest or benefit that is in any way related to a decedent, the decedent’s estate or a governing instrument or a person who would be entitled to serve in such a capacity if another person were found to be a killer of a decedent; or  4. A person who has a right to or claim against any property, interest or benefit that is in any way related to a decedent, the decedent’s estate or a governing instrument or a person who would have such a right or claim if another person were found to be a killer of a decedent.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1350)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.120 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.120 - "Joint tenants with right of survivorship" defined.

Joint tenants with right of survivorship means two or more persons who hold any property, interest or benefit under circumstances that entitle one or more of the persons to the whole of the property, interest or benefit on the death of one or more of the other persons.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1350)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.130 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.130 - "Killer" defined.

Killer means a person who is deemed to be a killer of a decedent pursuant to NRS 41B.250 or 41B.260.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1350)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.140 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.140 - "Payor" defined.

Payor means a person who is authorized or obligated by law or a governing instrument to pay or transfer any property, interest or benefit to another person.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1350)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.150 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.150 - "Person" defined.

Person means any of the following:  1. A natural person.  2. Any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity, including, without limitation, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization.  3. A government, a political subdivision of a government or an agency or instrumentality of a government or a political subdivision of a government.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1350)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.160 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.160 - "Property" defined.

Property means anything that may be the subject of ownership, including, without limitation, any real or personal property or any estate in such property.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1351)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.200 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.200 - General rule; killer cannot profit or benefit from wrong; anti-lapse statute and right of representation; contingent, residuary and other beneficiaries; common law.

  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this chapter apply to any appointment, nomination, power, right, property, interest or benefit that accrues or devolves to a killer of a decedent based upon the death of the decedent. If any such appointment, nomination, power, right, property, interest or benefit is not expressly covered by the provisions of this chapter, it must be treated in accordance with the principle that a killer cannot profit or benefit from his or her wrong.  2. The provisions of this chapter do not abrogate or limit the application of:  (a) The anti-lapse provisions of NRS 133.200 or the right of representation, as defined and applied in chapter 134 of NRS, with respect to a person who is not a killer of the decedent; or  (b) Any provision of a governing instrument that designates:  (1) A contingent or residuary beneficiary who is not a killer of the decedent; or  (2) Any other beneficiary who is not a killer of the decedent.  3. The provisions of this chapter do not abrogate or limit any principle or rule of the common law, unless the principle or rule is inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1351)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.210 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.210 - Acts constituting felonious and intentional killing; insanity or diminished capacity.

For the purposes of this chapter:  1. A killing is "felonious" if it is committed without legal excuse or justification.  2. A killing is "intentional" if it is caused by or occurs during the commission of any act which involves a degree of culpability that is greater than criminal negligence.  3. Insanity or diminished capacity shall be deemed not to be a legal excuse or justification and must not be considered in determining whether a killing is felonious or intentional.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1351)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.250 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.250 - Criminal action: Conclusive effect of judgment of conviction; admissibility of judgment of conviction in civil action.

  1. If a court in this state or any other jurisdiction enters a judgment of conviction against a person in which the person is found to have been a culpable actor in the felonious and intentional killing of a decedent:  (a) The conviction conclusively establishes for the purposes of this chapter that the person feloniously and intentionally killed the decedent; and  (b) The person shall be deemed to be a killer of the decedent.  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 48.125 or 51.295 or any other provision of law, a judgment of conviction described in subsection 1, including, without limitation, a judgment of conviction based upon a plea of nolo contendere, is admissible in any civil action brought pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.  3. For the purposes of this section:  (a) A court in "any other jurisdiction" includes, without limitation, a tribal court or a court of the United States or the Armed Forces of the United States.  (b) A court "enters" a judgment of conviction against a person on the date on which guilt is admitted, adjudicated or found, whether or not:  (1) The court has imposed a sentence, a penalty or other sanction for the conviction; or  (2) The person has exercised any right to appeal the conviction.  (c) A killing in this state that constitutes murder of the first or second degree, as defined in NRS 200.010, 200.020 and 200.030, or voluntary manslaughter, as defined in NRS 200.040, 200.050 and 200.060, shall be deemed to be a felonious and intentional killing.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1351)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.260 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.260 - Civil action: Parties; burden of proof; evidence; stay of proceedings; limitation on time for commencement.

  1. For the purposes of this chapter, an interested person may bring a civil action alleging that a person was a culpable actor in the felonious and intentional killing of a decedent. An interested person may bring such a civil action whether or not any person who is alleged to be a killer in the civil action or any other person is or has been, in a separate criminal action, charged with or convicted or acquitted of being:  (a) A culpable actor in the felonious and intentional killing of the decedent; or  (b) A culpable actor in any other offense arising out of the facts surrounding the killing of the decedent.  2. If an interested person brings a civil action pursuant to this section, the court shall determine, by a preponderance of the evidence, whether a person who is alleged to be a killer of the decedent was a culpable actor in the felonious and intentional killing of the decedent. If the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a person who is alleged to be a killer of the decedent was a culpable actor in the felonious and intentional killing of the decedent:  (a) The finding of the court conclusively establishes for the purposes of this chapter that the person feloniously and intentionally killed the decedent; and  (b) The person shall be deemed to be a killer of the decedent.  3. If, in a separate criminal action, a person is charged with being a culpable actor in the felonious and intentional killing of a decedent or with any other offense arising out of the facts surrounding the killing of the decedent and:  (a) The person is acquitted of the charge;  (b) The charge is dismissed; or  (c) A verdict or judgment is not reached or entered on the charge for any reason,  evidence concerning any such matter is not admissible in a civil action brought pursuant to this section.  4. Upon its own motion or the motion of an interested person, the court may, in whole or in part, stay the proceedings in a civil action brought pursuant to this section during the pendency of any separate criminal action that has been brought against a person who is alleged to be a killer in the civil action. The provisions of this subsection do not limit the power of the court to stay the proceedings in the civil action for any other reason.  5. A civil action described in this section may not be commenced by an interested person more than 5 years after the interested person discovers or through the use of reasonable diligence should have discovered the material facts that constitute the cause of action.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1352)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.300 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.300 - Estate of decedent.

  1. A killer of a decedent forfeits any appointment, nomination, power, right, property, interest or benefit that, pursuant to the provisions of title 12 of NRS or the common law, accrues or devolves to the killer from or through the estate of the decedent, including, without limitation:  (a) An intestate share.  (b) An elective share.  (c) The share of an omitted spouse or child.  (d) A family allowance.  (e) A homestead allowance.  (f) Any exempt property.  2. The intestate estate of the decedent passes as if the killer had predeceased the decedent, and any other appointment, nomination, power, right, property, interest or benefit described in subsection 1 must be treated as if the killer had predeceased the decedent.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1353)
NV Rev Stat § 41B.310 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 41B - Action Against Killer of Decedent for Forfeiture of Certain Property, Benefits and Rights|NRS 41B.310 - Governing instruments.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 41B.320, a killer of a decedent forfeits any appointment, nomination, power, right, property, interest or benefit that, pursuant to the provisions of a governing instrument executed by the decedent or any other person, accrues or devolves to the killer based upon the death of the decedent.  2. In addition to any forfeiture required by subsection 1, if a governing instrument provides for the payment of certain benefits only upon the death of a decedent, a killer of the decedent forfeits any right or interest that the killer is entitled to assert against those benefits on the basis that community property was used, in whole or in part, to purchase the governing instrument or to pay one or more contributions or premiums that were related to the governing instrument.  3. If a killer of a decedent forfeits any appointment, nomination, power, right, property, interest or benefit pursuant to this section, the provisions of each governing instrument affected by the forfeiture must be treated as if the killer had predeceased the decedent.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1353)