{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-449a.569","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 449A.569","heading":"Death does not constitute suicide or homicide; effect of POLST form on policy of insurance; prohibiting or requiring execution of POLST form prohibited as condition for insurance or receipt of health care.","body":"1. Death that results when emergency care or life-sustaining treatment has been withheld pursuant to a Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment form and in accordance with the provisions of NRS 449A.500 to 449A.581, inclusive, does not constitute a suicide or homicide.\n2. The execution of a POLST form does not affect the sale, procurement or issuance of a policy of life insurance or an annuity, nor does it affect, impair or modify the terms of an existing policy of life insurance or an annuity. A policy of life insurance or an annuity is not legally impaired or invalidated if emergency care or life-sustaining treatment has been withheld from an insured who has executed a POLST form, notwithstanding any term in the policy or annuity to the contrary.\n3. A person may not prohibit or require the execution of a POLST form as a condition of being insured for, or receiving, health care.","path":["TITLE 40 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 449A - CARE AND RIGHTS OF PATIENTS","PROVIDER ORDERS FOR LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-449A.html#NRS449ASec569","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:40Z","sha256":"eb9ac830a2362ede48ba3e8816af8cdfcbd51cdb6b5c4b801aaee98806ec746e","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-449a.566","next":"us-nv/nrs-449a.572"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}