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2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 440 - Vital Statistics
NRS 440.030 - "Live birth" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] "Live birth" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 440.030 (2022)
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As used in this chapter, "live birth" means a birth in which the child shows evidence of life after complete birth. A birth is complete when the child is entirely outside the mother, even if the cord is uncut and the placenta still attached. The words "evidence of life" include heart action, breathing or coordinated movement of voluntary muscle.

[Part 25a:199:1911; added 1941, 381; 1931 NCL § 5259.01]

As used in this chapter, "live birth" means a birth in which the child shows evidence of life after complete birth. A birth is complete when the child is entirely outside the person giving birth, even if the cord is uncut and the placenta still attached. The words "evidence of life" include heart action, breathing or coordinated movement of voluntary muscle.

[Part 25a:199:1911; added 1941, 381; 1931 NCL § 5259.01]—(NRS A 2021, 3428, effective January 1, 2022)

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