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Nevada Living Wills Laws
More Information on Living Wills
| Code Section | 449.535, et seq. Uniform Act on Rights of the Terminally Ill |
| Specific Powers, Life-Prolonging Acts | Any medical procedure which utilizes mechanical or other artificial methods to sustain, restore, or supplant a vital function; does not include medication or procedures necessary to alleviate pain. Artificial nutrition and hydration by way of gastro-intestinal tract is considered medical procedure or life sustaining treatment and must be withheld unless different desire is expressed in writing or agent has authority to withhold consent. |
| Legal Requirements for Valid Living Will | (1) 18 yrs. or older; (2) may designate another to make decisions governing withholding or withdrawing; (3) signed by declarant or another at declarant's direction; (4) 2 witnesses; (5) sample form §449-610 and 449-613; (6) not operative if patient is known to be pregnant and live birth is probable (7) declaration part of medical record |
| Revocation of Living Will | Revocable at any time and in any manner. Effective upon communication to the attending physician or other provider of health care |
| Validity from State-to-State | Declaration executed in another state in compliance with the law of that state or of this state is valid |
| If Physician Unwilling to Follow Durable Power of Attorney | Physician shall take all reasonable steps as promptly as possible to transfer care of declarant to another physician |
| Immunity for Attending Physician | Not subject to civil, criminal liability or professional discipline if acted in good faith and in accordance with reasonable medical standards. No liability for failure to follow patient's directions; physician may consider "other factors" in determining whether the circumstances warrant following the directions |
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