NRS450B.470. “Qualified patient” defined.

  “Qualified patient” means:

      1.  A patient 18 years of age or older who has been determined by the patient’s attending physician to be in a terminal condition and who:

      (a) Has executed a declaration in accordance with the requirements of NRS 449.600;

      (b) Has executed a Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment form pursuant to NRS 449.691 to 449.697, inclusive, if the form provides that the patient is not to receive life-resuscitating treatment; or

      (c) Has been issued a do-not-resuscitate order pursuant to NRS 450B.510.

      2.  A patient who is less than 18 years of age and who:

      (a) Has been determined by the patient’s attending physician to be in a terminal condition; and

      (b) Has executed a Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment form pursuant to NRS 449.691 to 449.697, inclusive, if the form provides that the patient is not to receive life-resuscitating treatment or has been issued a do-not-resuscitate order pursuant to NRS 450B.510.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 288; A 2001, 815; 2013, 2290)