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NRS 162A.610 Gifts. 1. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, an agent has no authority to make a gift to any party on behalf of the principal. 2. If the power of attorney grants the agent the authority to make gifts, the agent may: (a) Make outright to, or for the bene…

NRS 162A.620 Power of attorney. A document substantially in the following form may be used to create a statutory form power of attorney that has the meaning and effect prescribed by NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive: STATUTORY FORM POWER OF ATTORNEY THIS IS AN IMPORTANT LEGAL D…

NRS 162A.650 Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among the states that enact it. (Added to NRS by 20…

NRS 162A.660 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, modifies, limits and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or superse…

NRS 162A.700 Applicability. NRS 162A.700 to 162A.870, inclusive, apply to any power of attorney containing the authority to make health care decisions. (Added to NRS by 2009, 198; A 2013, 925; 2015, 1901; 2019, 1744)

NRS 162A.710 Definitions. As used in NRS 162A.700 to 162A.870, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 162A.715 to 162A.780, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2009, 198; A 2013, 925; 2015…

NRS 162A.715 “Advance health-care directive” defined. “Advance health-care directive” means a power of attorney for health care. (Added to NRS by 2023, 484)

NRS 162A.720 “Attending physician” defined. “Attending physician” means the physician who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient. (Added to NRS by 2009, 198)

NRS 162A.730 “Declaration” defined. “Declaration” means a writing executed in accordance with the requirements of NRS 449A.433. (Added to NRS by 2009, 198)

NRS 162A.733 “Guardian” defined. “Guardian” means a person appointed under other law by a court to make decisions regarding the personal affairs of an individual, including, without limitation, health care decisions. The term does not include a guardian ad litem. (Added to NRS by…

NRS 162A.736 “Health care” defined. “Health care” means care, treatment, service or procedure to maintain, monitor, diagnose or otherwise affect the physical or mental illness, injury or condition of an individual. (Added to NRS by 2023, 484)

NRS 162A.740 “Health care facility” defined. “Health care facility” includes: 1. Any medical facility as defined in NRS 449.0151; 2. Any facility for the dependent as defined in NRS 449.0045; and 3. Any agency to provide personal care services in the home as defined in NRS 449B.0…

NRS 162A.745 “Intellectual disability” defined. “Intellectual disability” means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period. (Added to NRS by 2015, 1895)

NRS 162A.750 “Life-sustaining treatment” defined. “Life-sustaining treatment” means a medical procedure or intervention that, when administered to a patient, serves only to prolong the process of dying. (Added to NRS by 2009, 198)

NRS 162A.755 “Nursing home” defined. “Nursing home” means a “nursing facility” as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1396r(a), as amended, or “skilled nursing facility” as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1395i–3(a), as amended. (Added to NRS by 2023, 484)

NRS 162A.760 “Provider of health care” defined. “Provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031. (Added to NRS by 2009, 198)

NRS 162A.770 “Qualified patient” defined. “Qualified patient” means a patient, 18 years of age or older, who has executed a declaration and who has been determined by the attending physician to be in a terminal condition. (Added to NRS by 2009, 198)

NRS 162A.780 “Terminal condition” defined. “Terminal condition” means an incurable and irreversible condition that cannot be cured or modified by any known current medical therapy or treatment, and which, without the administration of life-sustaining treatment, will in the opinio…

NRS 162A.790 Execution of power of attorney; acknowledgment; witnesses; validity of power of attorney executed outside this State. 1. Any adult person may execute a power of attorney enabling the agent named in the power of attorney to make decisions concerning health care for th…

NRS 162A.800 Nomination of guardian of person; relation of agent to court-appointed guardian; duties of guardian. 1. In a power of attorney for health care, a principal may nominate a guardian of the principal’s person for consideration by the court if guardianship proceedings fo…

NRS 162A.810 Time at which power of attorney is effective. 1. A power of attorney for health care is effective when executed unless the principal provides in the power of attorney that it becomes effective at a future date or upon incapacity. 2. If a power of attorney for health …

NRS 162A.815 Acceptance and reliance upon acknowledged power of attorney. 1. A physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, a health care facility or other provider of health care that in good faith accepts an acknowledged power of attorney for health care without actual kno…

NRS 162A.820 Termination of power of attorney or authority of agent. 1. A power of attorney for health care terminates when: (a) The principal dies; (b) The principal revokes the power of attorney; (c) The power of attorney includes a termination date; or (d) The principal revoke…

NRS 162A.830 Co-agents and successor agents. 1. A principal may designate two or more persons to act as co-agents. Unless the power of attorney for health care otherwise provides, each co-agent may exercise its authority independently. 2. A principal may designate one or more suc…

NRS 162A.840 Persons not eligible for designation as agent. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a principal may not name as agent in a power of attorney for health care: (a) His or her provider of health care; (b) An employee of his or her provider of health care; (c…

NRS 162A.850 Agents: Prohibited acts; decisions concerning use or nonuse of life-sustaining treatment. 1. The agent may not consent to: (a) Commitment or placement of the principal in a facility for treatment of mental illness; (b) Convulsive treatment; (c) Psychosurgery; (d) Ste…

NRS 162A.855 Advance health-care directive: Form. The following form may be used to create an advance health-care directive. ADVANCE HEALTH-CARE DIRECTIVE HOW YOU USE THIS FORM You can use this form if you wish to name someone to make health care decisions for you in case you can…

NRS 162A.865 Power of attorney for adult with intellectual disability: Form. 1. The form of a power of attorney for health care for an adult with an intellectual disability may be substantially in the following form, and must be witnessed or executed in the same manner as the fol…

NRS 162A.870 Power of attorney for adult with dementia: Form. 1. The form of a power of attorney for health care for an adult with any form of dementia may be substantially in the following form, and must be witnessed or executed in the same manner as the following form: DURABLE …