{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-449a.433","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 449A.433","heading":"Declaration relating to use of life-sustaining treatment.","body":"1. A person of sound mind and 18 or more years of age may execute at any time a declaration governing the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. The declarant may designate another natural person of sound mind and 18 or more years of age to make decisions governing the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. The declaration must be signed by the declarant, or another at the declarant’s direction, and attested by two witnesses.\n2. A physician or other provider of health care who is furnished a copy of the declaration shall make it a part of the declarant’s medical record and, if unwilling to comply with the declaration, promptly so advise the declarant and any person designated to act for the declarant.\n3. A durable power of attorney for health care properly executed pursuant to NRS 162A.790 regarding the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment constitutes for the purposes of NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, a properly executed declaration pursuant to this section.","path":["TITLE 40 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 449A - CARE AND RIGHTS OF PATIENTS","WITHHOLDING OR WITHDRAWAL OF LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-449A.html#NRS449ASec433","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:40Z","sha256":"356de3f0d0584d36ad3e41595719b483c90d473a385ac5217ea0beee9259f389","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-449a.430","next":"us-nv/nrs-449a.436"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}