Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE40 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY |
CHAPTER449. Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities |
WITHHOLDING OR WITHDRAWAL OF LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT |
NRS449.630. Immunity from civil and criminal liability and discipline for unprofessional conduct.
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1. A physician or other provider of health care is not subject to civil or criminal liability, or discipline for unprofessional conduct, for giving effect to a declaration or the direction of a person designated pursuant to NRS 449.600 in the absence of knowledge of the revocation of a declaration, or for giving effect to a written consent under NRS 449.626.
2. A physician or other provider of health care, whose action pursuant to NRS 449.535 to 449.690, inclusive, is in accord with reasonable medical standards, is not subject to civil or criminal liability, or discipline for unprofessional conduct, with respect to that action.
3. A physician or other provider of health care, whose decision about the validity of consent under NRS 449.626 is made in good faith, is not subject to civil or criminal liability, or discipline for unprofessional conduct, with respect to that decision.
4. A person designated pursuant to NRS 449.600 or a person authorized to consent pursuant to NRS 449.626, whose decision is made or consent is given in good faith pursuant to NRS 449.535 to 449.690, inclusive, is not subject to civil or criminal liability, or discipline for unprofessional conduct, with respect to that decision.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 760; A 1985, 1747; 1991, 635)