450B.410 - “Do-not-resuscitate identification” defined. - Nevada Statutes

450B.410  “Do-not-resuscitate identification” defined.  “Do-not-resuscitate identification” means:

      1.  A form of identification approved by the health authority, which signifies that:

      (a) A person is a qualified patient who wishes not to be resuscitated in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest; or

      (b) The patient’s attending physician has:

             (1) Issued a do-not-resuscitate order for the patient;

             (2) Obtained the written approval of the patient concerning the order; and

             (3) Documented the grounds for the order in the patient’s medical record.

      2.  The term also includes a valid do-not-resuscitate identification issued under the laws of another state.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 287)