2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions
NRS 162A.815 - Acceptance and reliance upon acknowledged power of attorney.
1. A physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, a health care facility or other provider of health care that in good faith accepts an acknowledged power of attorney for health care without actual knowledge that the signature is not genuine may rely upon the presumption that the signature is genuine.
2. A physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, a health care facility or other provider of health care that in good faith accepts an acknowledged power of attorney for health care without actual knowledge that the power of attorney for health care is void, invalid or terminated, or that the purported agent’s authority is void, invalid or terminated, may rely upon the power of attorney for health care as if the power of attorney for health care were genuine, valid and still in effect, and the agent’s authority was genuine, valid and still in effect.
3. A physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, a health care facility or other provider of health care that in good faith accepts an acknowledged power of attorney for health care is not subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for unprofessional conduct for giving effect to a declaration contained within the power of attorney for health care or for following the direction of an agent named in the power of attorney for health care.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 923; A 2019, 514)
