NRS 162A.810 – Time at which power of attorney is effective.
1. A power of attorney for health care is effective when executed unless the principal provides in the power of attorney that it becomes effective at a future date or upon incapacity. 2. If a power of attorney for health care becomes effective upon the principal’s incapacity, the power of attorney becomes effective upon a […]
NRS 162A.815 – Acceptance and reliance upon acknowledged power of attorney.
1. A physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, a health care facility or other provider of health care that in good faith accepts an acknowledged power of attorney for health care without actual knowledge that the signature is not genuine may rely upon the presumption that the signature is genuine. 2. A physician, an advanced […]
NRS 162A.820 – Termination of power of attorney or authority of agent.
1. A power of attorney for health care terminates when: (a) The principal dies; (b) The principal revokes the power of attorney; (c) The power of attorney includes a termination date; or (d) The principal revokes the agent’s authority or the agent dies, becomes incapacitated or resigns, and the power of attorney does not provide […]
NRS 162A.830 – Co-agents and successor agents.
1. A principal may designate two or more persons to act as co-agents. Unless the power of attorney for health care otherwise provides, each co-agent may exercise its authority independently. 2. A principal may designate one or more successor agents to act if an agent resigns, dies, becomes incapacitated, is not qualified to serve or […]
NRS 162A.840 – Persons not eligible for designation as agent.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a principal may not name as agent in a power of attorney for health care: (a) His or her provider of health care; (b) An employee of his or her provider of health care; (c) An operator of a health care facility; or (d) An employee of […]
NRS 162A.850 – Agents: Prohibited acts; decisions concerning use or nonuse of life-sustaining treatment.
1. The agent may not consent to: (a) Commitment or placement of the principal in a facility for treatment of mental illness; (b) Convulsive treatment; (c) Psychosurgery; (d) Sterilization; (e) Abortion; (f) Aversive intervention, as that term is defined in NRS 449A.203; (g) Experimental medical, biomedical or behavioral treatment, or participation in any medical, biomedical […]
NRS 162A.860 – Power of attorney: Form.
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 162A.865 and 162A.870, the form of a power of attorney for health care may be substantially in the following form, and must be witnessed or executed in the same manner as the following form: DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE DECISIONS WARNING TO PERSON EXECUTING THIS DOCUMENT THIS […]
NRS 162A.865 – Power of attorney for adult with intellectual disability: Form.
1. The form of a power of attorney for health care for an adult with an intellectual disability may be substantially in the following form, and must be witnessed or executed in the same manner as the following form: DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE DECISIONS My name is……………….. (insert your name) and my […]
NRS 162A.870 – Power of attorney for adult with dementia: Form.
1. The form of a power of attorney for health care for an adult with any form of dementia may be substantially in the following form, and must be witnessed or executed in the same manner as the following form: DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE DECISIONS My name is……………….. (insert your name) and […]
NRS 162A.800 – Nomination of guardian of person; relation of agent to court-appointed guardian; duties of guardian.
1. In a power of attorney for health care, a principal may nominate a guardian of the principal’s person for consideration by the court if guardianship proceedings for the principal’s person are begun after the principal executes the power of attorney. 2. If, after a principal properly executes a nondurable power of attorney for health […]