Nevada Revised Statutes Section 450B.550 - Public Health and Safety

Person who administers emergency medical services required to comply with do-not-resuscitate protocol; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person who administers emergency medical services shall comply with do-not-resuscitate protocol when he observes a do-not-resuscitate identification or carries out a do-not-resuscitate order.

2. A person who administers emergency medical services and who is unwilling or unable to comply with the do-not-resuscitate protocol shall take all reasonable measures to transfer a qualified patient who possesses a do-not-resuscitate identification or has been issued a do-not-resuscitate order to a physician or health care facility in which the do-not-resuscitate protocol may be followed.

Last modified: February 26, 2006