NRS 450B.520
Application for do-not-resuscitate identification: Form

  • requirements.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 450B.525:

1.

A qualified patient may apply to the health authority for a do-not-resuscitate identification by submitting an application on a form provided by the health authority. To obtain a do-not-resuscitate identification, the patient must comply with the requirements prescribed by the board and sign a form which states that the patient has informed each member of his or her family within the first degree of consanguinity or affinity, whose whereabouts are known to the patient, or if no such members are living, the patient’s legal guardian, if any, or if he or she has no such members living and has no legal guardian, his or her caretaker, if any, of the patient’s decision to apply for an identification.

2.

An application must include, without limitation:

(a)

Certification by the patient’s attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse that the patient suffers from a terminal condition;

(b)

Certification by the patient’s attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse that the patient is capable of making an informed decision or, when the patient was capable of making an informed decision, that the patient:

(1)

Executed:
(I) A written directive that life-resuscitating treatment be withheld under certain circumstances;
(II) A durable power of attorney for health care pursuant to NRS 162A.700 to 162A.870, inclusive; or
(III) A Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment form pursuant to NRS 449A.500 to 449A.581, inclusive, if the form provides that the patient is not to receive life-resuscitating treatment; or

(2)

Was issued a do-not-resuscitate order pursuant to NRS 450B.510;

(c)

A statement that the patient does not wish that life-resuscitating treatment be undertaken in the event of a cardiac or respiratory arrest;

(d)

The name, signature and telephone number of the patient’s attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse; and

(e)

The name and signature of the patient or the agent who is authorized to make health care decisions on the patient’s behalf pursuant to a durable power of attorney for health care decisions.

Source: Section 450B.520 — Application for do-not-resuscitate identification: Form; requirements., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-450B.­html#NRS450BSec520.

450B.400
Definitions.
450B.402
“Advanced practice registered nurse” defined.
450B.404
“Attending advanced practice registered nurse” defined.
450B.405
“Attending physician” defined.
450B.410
“Do-not-resuscitate identification” defined.
450B.420
“Do-not-resuscitate order” defined.
450B.430
“Do-not-resuscitate protocol” defined.
450B.440
“Health care facility” defined.
450B.450
“Life-resuscitating treatment” defined.
450B.460
“Person who administers emergency medical services” defined.
450B.470
“Qualified patient” defined.
450B.475
“Terminal condition” defined.
450B.480
Applicability.
450B.490
Adoption of regulations
450B.500
Do-not-resuscitate identification: Contents.
450B.505
Do-not-resuscitate identification: Manufacture and issuance of bracelet or medallion.
450B.510
Written do-not-resuscitate orders: Issued only to qualified patients
450B.520
Application for do-not-resuscitate identification: Form
450B.525
Application for do-not-resuscitate identification on behalf of minor: Requirements
450B.530
Revocation of authorization to withhold life-resuscitating treatment.
450B.540
Person not guilty of unprofessional conduct or subject to liability for withholding or providing life-resuscitating treatment under certain circumstances.
450B.550
Person who administers emergency medical services required to comply with do-not-resuscitate protocol
450B.560
Assumption that do-not-resuscitate identification is valid.
450B.570
Resulting death not suicide or homicide
450B.580
Unlawful acts
450B.590
Limitations on effect of provisions.
Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

§ 450B.520’s source at nv​.us