NRS449.694. Board required to prescribe standardized POLST form; requirements.

  The Board shall prescribe a standardized Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment form, commonly known as a POLST form, which:

      1.  Is uniquely identifiable and has a uniform color;

      2.  Provides a means by which to indicate whether the patient has made an anatomical gift pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive;

      3.  Gives direction to a provider of health care or health care facility regarding the use of emergency care and life-sustaining treatment;

      4.  Is intended to be honored by any provider of health care who treats the patient in any health-care setting, including, without limitation, the patient’s residence, a health care facility or the scene of a medical emergency; and

      5.  Includes such other features and information as the Board may deem advisable.

      (Added to NRS by 2013, 2285)