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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The provisions of NRS 449A.500 to 449A.581, inclusive, do not:
1. Require a provider of health care to take any action contrary to reasonable medical standards;
2. Affect the responsibility of a provider of health care to provide treatment for a patient's comfort or alleviation of pain;
3. Condone, authorize or approve mercy killing, euthanasia or assisted suicide;
4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449A.557, affect or impair any right created pursuant to the provisions of any other types of advance directives; or
5. Affect the right of a patient to make decisions concerning the use of emergency care or life-sustaining treatment, if he or she is able to do so.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 40. Public Health and Safety § 449A.575. Actions contrary to reasonable medical standards not required; mercy-killing, euthanasia or assisted suicide not authorized; rights associated with other advance directives not impaired; right to make decisions concerning emergency care or life-sustaining treatment not affected - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-40-public-health-and-safety/nv-rev-st-449a-575/
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