449.617 - Time declaration becomes operative; duty of providers of health care. - Nevada Statutes

449.617  Time declaration becomes operative; duty of providers of health care.  A declaration becomes operative when it is communicated to the attending physician and the declarant is determined by the attending physician to be in a terminal condition and no longer able to make decisions regarding administration of life-sustaining treatment. When the declaration becomes operative, the attending physician and other providers of health care shall act in accordance with its provisions and with the instructions of a person designated pursuant to NRS 449.600 or comply with the requirements of NRS 449.628 to transfer care of the declarant.

      (Added to NRS by 1991, 631)