State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Nevada > Title-40 > Chapter-449 > Registry-of-advance-directives-for-health-care > 449-940449.940 Secretary of State not required to determine accuracy of contents of advance directive or validity of advance directive; effect of registration, failure to register and failure to notify Secretary of State of revocation of advance directive.
1. The provisions of NRS 449.900 to 449.965, inclusive, do not require the Secretary of State to determine whether the contents of an advance directive submitted for registration are accurate or the execution or issuance of the advance directive complies with the requirements necessary to make the advance directive valid.
2. The registration of an advance directive does not establish or create a presumption that the contents of the advance directive are accurate or the execution or issuance of the advance directive complies with the requirements necessary to make the advance directive valid.
3. Failure to register an advance directive does not affect the validity of the advance directive.
4. Failure to notify the Secretary of State of the revocation of a registrant’s advance directive does not affect the validity of the revocation.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 2516)
