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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. A physician or other provider of health care who willfully fails to transfer the care of a patient in accordance with NRS 449A.457 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
2. A physician or advanced practice registered nurse who willfully fails to record a determination of terminal condition or the terms of a declaration in accordance with NRS 449A.448 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. A person who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces or obliterates the declaration of another without the declarant's consent or who falsifies or forges a revocation of the declaration of another is guilty of a misdemeanor.
4. A person who falsifies or forges the declaration of another, or willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation, with the intent to cause a withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment contrary to the wishes of the declarant and thereby directly causes life-sustaining treatment to be withheld or withdrawn and death to be hastened is guilty of murder.
5. A person who requires or prohibits the execution of a declaration as a condition of being insured for, or receiving, health care is guilty of a misdemeanor.
6. A person who coerces or fraudulently induces another to execute a declaration, or who falsifies or forges the declaration of another except as provided in subsection 4, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
7. The penalties provided in this section do not displace any sanction applicable under other law.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 40. Public Health and Safety § 449A.472. Penalties - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-40-public-health-and-safety/nv-rev-st-449a-472/
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