Nevada § 450B.590 Limitations on effect of provisions

Nevada Statutes

§ 450B.590 — Limitations on effect of provisions

Nevada § 450B.590

Title 40PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

Ch. 450BEmergency

WITHHOLDING LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450B.590 (2026).

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The provisions of NRS 450B.400 to 450B.590, inclusive, do not:

1.Require a physician or other provider of health care to take action contrary to reasonable medical standards;

2.Condone, authorize or approve mercy killing, euthanasia or assisted suicide;

3.Substitute for any other legally authorized procedure by which a person may direct that the person not be resuscitated in the event of a cardiac or respiratory arrest;

4.Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449A.557 , affect or impair any right created pursuant to the provisions of NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481 , inclusive, or 449A.500 to 449A.581 , inclusive; or

5.Affect the right of a qualified patient to make decisions concerning the use of life-resuscitating treatment, if he or she is able to do so, or impair or supersede a right or re

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The provisions of NRS 450B.400 to 450B.590, inclusive, do not:
1. Require a physician or other provider of health care to take action contrary to reasonable medical standards;
2. Condone, authorize or approve mercy killing, euthanasia or assisted suicide;
3. Substitute for any other legally authorized procedure by which a person may direct that the person not be resuscitated in the event of a cardiac or respiratory arrest;
4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449A.557 , affect or impair any right created pursuant to the provisions of NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481 , inclusive, or 449A.500 to 449A.581 , inclusive; or
5. Affect the right of a qualified patient to make decisions concerning the use of life-resuscitating treatment, if he or she is able to do so, or impair or supersede a right or responsibility of a person to affect the withholding of medical care in a lawful manner.