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Statutes > Nevada > Title-40 > Chapter-450b > Withholding-life-sustaining-treatment > 450b-470

450B.470 “Qualified patient” defined. “Qualified patient” means:

1. A patient 18 years of age or older who has been determined by the patient’s attending physician to be in a terminal condition and who:

(a) Has executed a declaration in accordance with the requirements of NRS 449.600; or

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

2. A patient who is less than 18 years of age and who:

(a) Has been determined by the patient’s attending physician to be in a terminal condition; and

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

(Added to NRS by 1997, 288; A 2001, 815)

Statutes > Nevada > Title-40 > Chapter-450b > Withholding-life-sustaining-treatment > 450b-470

450B.470 “Qualified patient” defined. “Qualified patient” means:

1. A patient 18 years of age or older who has been determined by the patient’s attending physician to be in a terminal condition and who:

(a) Has executed a declaration in accordance with the requirements of NRS 449.600; or

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

2. A patient who is less than 18 years of age and who:

(a) Has been determined by the patient’s attending physician to be in a terminal condition; and

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

(Added to NRS by 1997, 288; A 2001, 815)

Statutes > Nevada > Title-40 > Chapter-450b > Withholding-life-sustaining-treatment > 450b-470

450B.470 “Qualified patient” defined. “Qualified patient” means:

1. A patient 18 years of age or older who has been determined by the patient’s attending physician to be in a terminal condition and who:

(a) Has executed a declaration in accordance with the requirements of NRS 449.600; or

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

2. A patient who is less than 18 years of age and who:

(a) Has been determined by the patient’s attending physician to be in a terminal condition; and

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

(Added to NRS by 1997, 288; A 2001, 815)

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