NRS 162A.700 – Applicability.
NRS 162A.700 to 162A.870, inclusive, apply to any power of attorney containing the authority to make health care decisions. (Added to NRS by 2009, 198; A 2013, 925; 2015, 1901; 2019, 1744)
NRS 162A.710 – Definitions.
As used in NRS 162A.700 to 162A.870, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 162A.720 to 162A.780, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2009, 198; A 2013, 925; 2015, 1901; 2019, 1744)
NRS 162A.720 – “Attending physician” defined.
“Attending physician” means the physician who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient. (Added to NRS by 2009, 198)
NRS 162A.730 – “Declaration” defined.
“Declaration” means a writing executed in accordance with the requirements of NRS 449A.433. (Added to NRS by 2009, 198)
NRS 162A.740 – “Health care facility” defined.
“Health care facility” includes: 1. Any medical facility as defined in NRS 449.0151; and 2. Any facility for the dependent as defined in NRS 449.0045. (Added to NRS by 2009, 198; A 2011, 91)
NRS 162A.745 – “Intellectual disability” defined.
“Intellectual disability” means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period. (Added to NRS by 2015, 1895)
NRS 162A.750 – “Life-sustaining treatment” defined.
“Life-sustaining treatment” means a medical procedure or intervention that, when administered to a patient, serves only to prolong the process of dying. (Added to NRS by 2009, 198)
NRS 162A.760 – “Provider of health care” defined.
“Provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031. (Added to NRS by 2009, 198)
NRS 162A.770 – “Qualified patient” defined.
“Qualified patient” means a patient, 18 years of age or older, who has executed a declaration and who has been determined by the attending physician to be in a terminal condition. (Added to NRS by 2009, 198)
NRS 162A.780 – “Terminal condition” defined.
“Terminal condition” means an incurable and irreversible condition that cannot be cured or modified by any known current medical therapy or treatment, and which, without the administration of life-sustaining treatment, will in the opinion of the attending physician result in death within a relatively short time period. (Added to NRS by 2009, 198)
NRS 162A.790 – Execution of power of attorney; acknowledgment; witnesses; certification of competency required for certain principals; validity of power of attorney executed outside this State.
1. Any adult person may execute a power of attorney enabling the agent named in the power of attorney to make decisions concerning health care for the principal if that principal becomes incapable of giving informed consent concerning such decisions. 2. A power of attorney for health care must be signed by the principal. The […]
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 […]
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 […]