"Qualified patient" defined.

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"Qualified patient" means:

1. A patient 18 years of age or older who has been determined by the patient’s attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse to be in a terminal condition and who:

(a) Has executed a declaration in accordance with the requirements of NRS 449A.433;

(b) Has executed a Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment form pursuant to NRS 449A.500 to 449A.581, inclusive, if the form provides that the patient is not to receive life-resuscitating treatment; or

(c) Has been issued a do-not-resuscitate order pursuant to NRS 450B.510.

2. A patient who is less than 18 years of age and who:

(a) Has been determined by the patient’s attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse to be in a terminal condition; and

(b) Has executed a Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment form pursuant to NRS 449A.500 to 449A.581, inclusive, if the form provides that the patient is not to receive life-resuscitating treatment or has been issued a do-not-resuscitate order pursuant to NRS 450B.510.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 288; A 2001, 815; 2013, 2290; 2017, 462, 1768)


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