Title 40

NRS 451.532 “Identification card” defined. “Identification card” means an identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to chapter 483 of NRS. (Added to NRS by 1991, 482; A 2001, 2624)

NRS 451.533 “Know” defined. “Know” means to have actual knowledge. (Added to NRS by 2007, 781)

NRS 451.5335 “Minor” defined. “Minor” means a natural person who is under 18 years of age. (Added to NRS by 2007, 781)

NRS 451.534 “Organ procurement organization” defined. “Organ procurement organization” means a person designated by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services as an organ procurement organization. (Added to NRS by 2007, 781)

NRS 451.5345 “Parent” defined. “Parent” means a parent whose parental rights have not been terminated. (Added to NRS by 2007, 781)

NRS 451.535 “Part” defined. “Part” means an organ, an eye or any tissue of a human being. The term does not include the whole body. (Added to NRS by 1969, 158; A 1989, 433; 2007, 795)

NRS 451.540 “Person” defined. “Person” means a natural person, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited-liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal…

NRS 451.545 “Physician” defined. “Physician” means a natural person authorized to practice medicine or osteopathy under the laws of any state. (Added to NRS by 1969, 158; A 1977, 962; 1985, 499; 1989, 433; 2007, 795)

NRS 451.547 “Procurement organization” defined. “Procurement organization” means an eye bank, organ procurement organization or tissue bank. (Added to NRS by 1989, 431; A 2007, 795)

NRS 451.5475 “Prospective donor” defined. “Prospective donor” means a natural person who is dead or near death and has been determined by a procurement organization to have a part that could be medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research or education. The term does …

NRS 451.548 “Reasonably available” defined. “Reasonably available” means able to be contacted by a procurement organization without undue effort and willing and able to act in a timely manner consistent with existing medical criteria necessary for the making of an anatomical gift…

NRS 451.5485 “Recipient” defined. “Recipient” means a natural person into whose body a decedent’s part has been or is intended to be transplanted. (Added to NRS by 2007, 781)

NRS 451.549 “Record” defined. “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. (Added to NRS by 2007, 781)

NRS 451.5493 “Refusal” defined. “Refusal” means a record created under NRS 451.561 that expressly states an intent to bar other persons from making an anatomical gift of a natural person’s body or part. (Added to NRS by 2007, 781)

NRS 451.5497 “Sign” defined. “Sign” means, with the present intent to authenticate or adopt a record: 1. To execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or 2. To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound or process. (Added to NRS by 2007, 782)

NRS 451.550 “State” defined. “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (Added to NRS by 1969, 158; A 1989, 433; 2007,…

NRS 451.553 “Technician” defined. “Technician” means a natural person determined to be qualified to remove or process parts by an appropriate organization that is licensed, accredited or regulated under federal or state law. The term includes an enucleator. (Added to NRS by 1989,…

NRS 451.5535 “Tissue” defined. “Tissue” means a portion of the human body other than an organ or an eye. The term does not include blood unless the blood is donated for the purpose of research or education. (Added to NRS by 2007, 782)

NRS 451.554 “Tissue bank” defined. “Tissue bank” means a person that is licensed, accredited or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage or distribution of tissue. (Added to NRS by 2007, 782)

NRS 451.5545 “Transplant hospital” defined. “Transplant hospital” means a hospital that furnishes organ transplants and other medical and surgical specialty services required for the care of transplant patients. (Added to NRS by 2007, 782)

NRS 451.556 Persons authorized to make anatomical gift before death of donor. Subject to NRS 451.562, an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education in the manner provided in…

NRS 451.558 Manner of making anatomical gift before death of donor. 1. A donor may make an anatomical gift: (a) By authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor’s driver’s license or identification card; (b) I…

NRS 451.559 Amending or revoking anatomical gift before death of donor. 1. Subject to NRS 451.562, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under NRS 451.556 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by: (a) A record signed by: (1) The donor; (2) The other perso…

NRS 451.561 Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal. 1. A natural person may refuse to make an anatomical gift of his or her body or part by: (a) A record signed by: (1) Him or her; or (2) Subject to subsection 2, another natural person acting at his or her direction i…

NRS 451.562 Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment or revocation. 1. Subject to the provisions of subsections 6 and 7, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending or revoking an anatomical …

NRS 451.566 Persons authorized to make anatomical gift of body or part of decedent; appointment of person to make anatomical gift where other authorized persons unavailable. 1. Subject to subsections 2, 3 and 4 and unless barred by NRS 451.561 or 451.562, an anatomical gift of a …

NRS 451.568 Manner of making, amending or revoking anatomical gift of body or part of decedent. 1. A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under NRS 451.566 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person’s oral comm…

NRS 451.569 Release of body or part upon request from procurement organization; requirements; immunity of coroner or medical examiner from liability. 1. For the purpose of transplantation only, upon a determination of brain death pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 4…

NRS 451.571 Persons who may receive anatomical gift; purpose of anatomical gift. 1. An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document of gift: (a) A hospital, accredited medical school, dental school, college, university, organ procurement organization…

NRS 451.572 Search and notification. 1. The following persons shall make a reasonable search of a natural person who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the natural person as a donor or as a natural person w…

NRS 451.578 Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine. 1. A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor’s lifetime to be effective. 2. Upon or after a natural person’s death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatom…

NRS 451.579 Rights and duties of procurement organization and others. 1. When a hospital refers a natural person at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records of any donor registry that it knows exists for the geogr…

NRS 451.584 Coordination of procurement and use. Each hospital in this State shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts. (Added to NRS by 2007, 789)

NRS 451.587 Nontransplant anatomical donation organizations: Certification; standards and guidelines; fee for application for issuance or renewal of certificate; duties of Division; penalty. 1. Each nontransplant anatomical donation organization that procures a human body or part…

NRS 451.590 Sale or purchase of parts prohibited; penalties. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person shall not knowingly, for valuable consideration, purchase or sell a part of a natural person for transplantation or therapy if removal of the part from the natur…

NRS 451.591 Other prohibited acts; penalties. 1. A person shall not, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsify, forge, conceal, deface or obliterate a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift or a refusal. 2. A person who violates this s…

NRS 451.592 Immunity. 1. A person that acts in accordance with NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive, or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution or administrative p…

NRS 451.593 Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity. 1. A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: (a) The provisions of NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive; (b) The laws of the state or country where it wa…

NRS 451.594 Donor registry. 1. A person shall not create or maintain a donor registry unless the donor registry complies with the provisions of NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive, and all other applicable provisions of federal and state law. 2. A donor registry must: (a) Allow a d…

NRS 451.595 Effect of anatomical gift on advance health-care directive. 1. As used in this section: (a) “Advance health-care directive” means a power of attorney for health care or other record signed by a prospective donor, or executed in the manner set forth in NRS 162A.790, co…

NRS 451.596 Cooperation between coroner and procurement organization. 1. A coroner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education. 2. If a coroner receives n…

NRS 451.597 Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction of coroner. 1. Upon request of a procurement organization, a coroner shall release to the procurement organization the name, contact information and available medical and social history of …

NRS 451.598 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive, modify, limit and supersede the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 7001 et seq., but do not modify, limit or supersed…

NRS 451.600 Definitions. As used in NRS 451.600 to 451.715, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 451.605 to 451.630, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1993, 2601; A 2017, 2735; 2023, 4…

NRS 451.605 “Agent” defined. “Agent” means, with respect to a particular deceased person, a person authorized to order the cremation of his or her human remains. (Added to NRS by 1993, 2601)

NRS 451.607 “Alkaline hydrolysis” defined. “Alkaline hydrolysis” means the: 1. Reduction of human remains to bone fragments through a water-based process of dissolution using alkaline chemicals and agitation to accelerate natural decomposition; and 2. Processing of the hydrolyzed…