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Nevada · Through 2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25) · Newer source version available

NRS 450B.550: Person who administers emergency medical services required to comply with do-not-resuscitate protocol; exception.

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  1. TITLE 40 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
  2. CHAPTER 450B - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
  3. WITHHOLDING LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person who administers emergency medical services shall comply with do-not-resuscitate protocol when the person observes a do-not-resuscitate identification or carries out a do-not-resuscitate order.

2. A person who administers emergency medical services and who is unwilling or unable to comply with the do-not-resuscitate protocol shall take all reasonable measures to transfer a qualified patient who possesses a do-not-resuscitate identification or has been issued a do-not-resuscitate order to a physician, advanced practice registered nurse or health care facility in which the do-not-resuscitate protocol may be followed.

Collected 2026-09-03T05:51:40Z. Source file · JSON

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