450B.550 - Person who administers emergency medical services required to comply with do-not-resuscitate protocol; exception. - Nevada Statutes

450B.550  Person who administers emergency medical services required to comply with do-not-resuscitate protocol; exception.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person who administers emergency medical services shall comply with do-not-resuscitate protocol when the person observes a do-not-resuscitate identification or carries out a do-not-resuscitate order.

      2.  A person who administers emergency medical services and who is unwilling or unable to comply with the do-not-resuscitate protocol shall take all reasonable measures to transfer a qualified patient who possesses a do-not-resuscitate identification or has been issued a do-not-resuscitate order to a physician or health care facility in which the do-not-resuscitate protocol may be followed.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 290; A 2001, 818)