Death does not constitute suicide or homicide; effect of declaration on policy of insurance; prohibiting or requiring execution of declaration prohibited as condition for insurance or receipt of health care.

NRS 449A.469 Death does not constitute suicide or homicide; effect of declaration on policy of insurance; prohibiting or requiring execution of declaration prohibited as condition for insurance or receipt of health care. 1. Death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in accordance with NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, does not constitute, for any purpose, a suicide or homicide. 2. The making of a declaration pursuant to NRS 449A.433 does not affect the sale, procurement or issuance of a policy of life insurance or annuity, nor does it affect, impair or modify the terms of an existing policy of life insurance or annuity. A policy of life insurance or annuity is not legally impaired or invalidated by the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from an insured, notwithstanding any term to the contrary. 3. A person may not prohibit or require the execution of a declaration as a condition for being insured for, or receiving, health care. (Added to NRS by 1977, 761; A 1991, 636)