2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 40 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 449 Medical and Other Related Facilities
NRS 449.690 Validity of declaration executed in another state; effect of previously executed instrument.

NRS 449.690 Validity of declaration executed in another state; effect of previously executed instrument.

1. A declaration executed in another state in compliance with the law of that state or of this State is valid for purposes of NRS 449.535 to 449.690, inclusive.

2. An instrument executed anywhere before July 1, 1977, which clearly expresses the intent of the declarant to direct the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from the declarant when the declarant is in a terminal condition and becomes comatose or is otherwise rendered incapable of communicating with his or her attending physician, if executed in a manner which attests voluntary execution, or executed anywhere before October 1, 1991, which substantially complies with NRS 449.600, and has not been subsequently revoked, is effective under NRS 449.535 to 449.690, inclusive.

3. As used in this section, "state" includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

(Added to NRS by 1977, 761; A 1991, 637)

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