Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE40 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY |
CHAPTER450B. Emergency Medical Services |
WITHHOLDING LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT |
NRS450B.420. “Do-not-resuscitate order” defined.
Latest version.
- “Do-not-resuscitate order” means a written directive issued by a physician licensed in this state that emergency life-resuscitating treatment must not be administered to a qualified patient. The term also includes a valid do-not-resuscitate order issued under the laws of another state.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 288)