Nevada Revised Statutes Title 40. Public Health and Safety § 450B.590. Limitations on effect of provisions

1. Require a physician or other provider of health care to take action contrary to reasonable medical standards;

2. Condone, authorize or approve mercy killing, euthanasia or assisted suicide;

3. Substitute for any other legally authorized procedure by which a person may direct that the person not be resuscitated in the event of a cardiac or respiratory arrest;

4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449A.557, affect or impair any right created pursuant to the provisions of NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, or 449A.500 to 449A.581, inclusive; or

5. Affect the right of a qualified patient to make decisions concerning the use of life-resuscitating treatment, if he or she is able to do so, or impair or supersede a right or responsibility of a person to affect the withholding of medical care in a lawful manner.