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 |
NRS449.680. Other right or responsibility regarding use of life-sustaining treatment or withholding or withdrawal of medical care not limited.
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- NRS 449.535 to 449.690, inclusive, do not affect the right of a patient to make decisions regarding use of life-sustaining treatment, so long as the patient is able to do so, or impair or supersede a right or responsibility that any person has to effect the withholding or withdrawal of medical care.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 761; A 1991, 637)