{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-450b.590","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 450B.590","heading":"Limitations on effect of provisions.","body":"The provisions of NRS 450B.400 to 450B.590, inclusive, do not:\n1. Require a physician or other provider of health care to take action contrary to reasonable medical standards;\n2. Condone, authorize or approve mercy killing, euthanasia or assisted suicide;\n3. Substitute for any other legally authorized procedure by which a person may direct that the person not be resuscitated in the event of a cardiac or respiratory arrest;\n4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449A.557, affect or impair any right created pursuant to the provisions of NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, or 449A.500 to 449A.581, inclusive; or\n5. Affect the right of a qualified patient to make decisions concerning the use of life-resuscitating treatment, if he or she is able to do so, or impair or supersede a right or responsibility of a person to affect the withholding of medical care in a lawful manner.","path":["TITLE 40 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 450B - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES","AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-450B.html#NRS450BSec590","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:40Z","sha256":"096976f45ee6d71128499d49218cc6ec717a1bd9b1dfb4e7ce8db349891288c7","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-450b.580","next":"us-nv/nrs-450b.600"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}