Nevada Revised Statutes Section 450B.560 - Public Health and Safety

Assumption that do-not-resuscitate identification is valid.

1. Unless he has knowledge to the contrary, a physician, any other provider of health care or any person who administers emergency medical services may assume that a do-not-resuscitate identification complies with the provisions of NRS 450B.400 to 450B.590, inclusive, and is valid.

2. The provisions of NRS 450B.400 to 450B.590, inclusive, do not create a presumption concerning the intention of a:

(a) Qualified patient or a parent or legal guardian of a qualified patient who has revoked authorization to withhold life-resuscitating treatment pursuant to NRS 450B.525 or 450B.530; or

(b) Person who has not obtained a do-not-resuscitate identification,

Ê concerning the use or withholding of life-resuscitating treatment in a life-threatening emergency.

Last modified: February 26, 2006