{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-449a.575","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 449A.575","heading":"Actions contrary to reasonable medical standards not required; mercy-killing, euthanasia or assisted suicide not authorized; rights associated with other advance directives not impaired; right to make decisions concerning emergency care or life-sustaining treatment not affected.","body":"The provisions of NRS 449A.500 to 449A.581, inclusive, do not:\n1. Require a provider of health care to take any action contrary to reasonable medical standards;\n2. Affect the responsibility of a provider of health care to provide treatment for a patient’s comfort or alleviation of pain;\n3. Condone, authorize or approve mercy killing, euthanasia or assisted suicide;\n4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449A.557, affect or impair any right created pursuant to the provisions of any other types of advance directives; or\n5. Affect the right of a patient to make decisions concerning the use of emergency care or life-sustaining treatment, if he or she is able to do so.","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#NRS449ASec575","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:40Z","sha256":"c49e54137eaf2a57eac202d9dfe5cc7dadaafc7fc8874c5920a1206c52f1948a","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-449a.572","next":"us-nv/nrs-449a.578"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}