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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 13. Guardianships; Conservatorships; Trusts § 162A.850. Agents: Prohibited acts; decisions concerning use or nonuse of life-sustaining treatment

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

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 or behavioral research program; or

(h) Any other treatment to which the principal, in the power of attorney for health care, states that the agent may not consent.

2. The agent must make decisions concerning the use or nonuse of life-sustaining treatment which conform to the known desires of the principal. The principal may make these desires known in the power of attorney for health care.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 13. Guardianships; Conservatorships; Trusts § 162A.850. Agents: Prohibited acts; decisions concerning use or nonuse of life-sustaining treatment - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-13-guardianships-conservatorships-trusts/nv-rev-st-162a-850/

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