Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE40 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY |
CHAPTER449. Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities |
PATIENT’S RIGHTS |
NRS449.725. Owner and administrator of certain facility prohibited from receiving money or property by will of resident or former resident or from life insurance proceeds of resident or former resident; exception.
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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, an owner or administrator of a medical facility or facility for the dependent is not entitled to receive, and must not receive:
(a) Any money, personal property or real property that is devised or bequeathed by will to the owner or administrator by a resident or former resident of the facility.
(b) Any proceeds from a life insurance policy upon the life or body of a resident or former resident of the facility.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, any money, property, proceeds or interest therein that is described in subsection 1 passes in accordance with law as if the owner or administrator of the medical facility or facility for the dependent had predeceased the decedent resident or former resident.
3. The provisions of subsections 1 and 2 do not apply if the owner or administrator of the medical facility or facility for the dependent is the spouse, legal guardian or next of kin of the resident or former resident of the facility or home, as applicable.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 696)