449.905 - Advance directive” defined.

449.905  “Advance directive” defined.  “Advance directive” means an advance directive for health care. The term includes:

      1.  A declaration governing the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment as set forth in NRS 449.535 to 449.690, inclusive;

      2.  A durable power of attorney for health care as set forth in NRS 162A.700 to 162A.860, inclusive; and

      3.  A do-not-resuscitate order as defined in NRS 450B.420.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 2515; A 2009, 210)