2015 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 129 - Minors’ Disabilities; Judicial Emancipation of Minors
NRS 129.050 - Abuse of controlled substance: Treatment authorized without consent of parent or guardian under certain circumstances.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449.6942 and 450B.525, any minor who is under the influence of, or suspected of being under the influence of, a controlled substance:
(a) May give express consent; or
(b) If unable to give express consent, shall be deemed to consent,
↪ to § 2. Immunity from civil or criminal liability extends to any physician or other person rendering care or treatment pursuant to subsection 1, in the absence of negligent diagnosis, care or treatment.
3. The consent of the parent, parents or legal guardian of the minor is not necessary to authorize such care, but any physician who treats a minor pursuant to this section shall make every reasonable effort to report the fact of treatment to the parent, parents or legal guardian within a reasonable time after treatment.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1333; A 1973, 26, 1521; 1975, 1476; 1977, 956; 1985, 1755; 1987, 1547; 2001, 820, 2521; 2003, 179; 2013, 2294)
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