450B.525  Application for do-not-resuscitate identification on behalf of minor: Requirements; form; revocation by parent or legal guardian of authorization to withhold life-resuscitating treatment; minors of sufficient maturity.

1.  A parent or legal guardian of a minor may apply to the health authority for a do-not-resuscitate identification on behalf of the minor if the minor has been:

(a) Determined by his or her attending physician to be in a terminal condition; and

(b) Issued a do-not-resuscitate order pursuant to NRS 450B.510.

2.  To obtain such a do-not-resuscitate identification, the parent or legal guardian must:

(a) Submit an application on a form provided by the health authority; and

(b) Comply with the requirements prescribed by the board.

3.  An application submitted pursuant to subsection 2 must include, without limitation:

(a) Certification by the minor’s attending physician that the minor:

(1) Suffers from a terminal condition; and

(2) Has been issued a do-not-resuscitate order pursuant to NRS 450B.510;

(b) A statement that the parent or legal guardian of the minor does not wish that life-resuscitating treatment be undertaken in the event of a cardiac or respiratory arrest;

(c) The name of the minor;

(d) The name, signature and telephone number of the minor’s attending physician; and

(e) The name, signature and telephone number of the minor’s parent or legal guardian.

4.  The parent or legal guardian of the minor may revoke the authorization to withhold life-resuscitating treatment by removing or destroying or requesting the removal or destruction of the identification or otherwise indicating to a person that he or she wishes to have the identification removed or destroyed.

5.  If, in the opinion of the attending physician, the minor is of sufficient maturity to understand the nature and effect of withholding life-resuscitating treatment:

(a) The do-not-resuscitate identification obtained pursuant to this section is not effective without the assent of the minor.

(b) The minor may revoke the authorization to withhold life-resuscitating treatment by removing or destroying or requesting the removal or destruction of the identification or otherwise indicating to a person that the minor wishes to have the identification removed or destroyed.

(Added to NRS by 2001, 815)