Section 450B.560 - Assumption that do-not-resuscitate identification is valid1. Unless he or she has knowledge to the contrary, a physician, any other provider of health care or any person who administers emergency medical services may assume that a do-not-resuscitate identification complies with the provisions of NRS 450B.400 to 450B.590, inclusive, and is valid.2. The provisions of NRS 450B.400 to 450B.590, inclusive, do not create a presumption concerning the intention of a: (a) Qualified patient or a parent or legal guardian of a qualified patient who has revoked authorization to withhold life-resuscitating treatment pursuant to NRS 450B.525 or 450B.530; or(b) Person who has not obtained a do-not-resuscitate identification, concerning the use or withholding of life-resuscitating treatment in a life-threatening emergency.
Added to NRS by 1997, 290; A 2001, 819; 2017, 1772Amended by 2017, Ch. 318,§82, eff. 1/1/2018.