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NRS 450B.560 - Assumption that do-not-resuscitate identification is valid.

NV Rev Stat § 450B.560 (2019) (N/A)
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1. Unless he or she 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,

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

(Added to NRS by 1997, 290; A 2001, 819; 2017, 1772)

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