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NRS 162C.320 - Acceptance and reliance upon supported decision-making agreement.

NV Rev Stat § 162C.320 (2019) (N/A)
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Any person who is not a party to a supported decision-making agreement, including, without limitation, a provider of health care or provider of financial services, that in good faith, as defined in NRS 162A.060, accepts a supported decision-making agreement:

1. Without actual knowledge that any of the signatures thereon is not genuine may rely upon the presumption that such a signature is genuine.

2. Without actual knowledge that the supported decision-making agreement or the purported supporter’s authority is void, invalid or terminated may rely upon the supported decision-making agreement as if the agreement and supporter’s authority are genuine, valid and still in effect.

3. Is not subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for unprofessional conduct for giving effect to a declaration contained within the supported decision-making agreement or for following the direction of a supporter named in the supported decision-making agreement.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 463)

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