Nevada Revised Statutes 162A.850 – Agents: Prohibited acts; decisions concerning use or nonuse of life-sustaining treatment
1. The agent may not consent to:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 162A.850
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
(a) Commitment or placement of the principal in a facility for treatment of mental illness;
(b) Convulsive treatment;
(c) Psychosurgery;
(d) Sterilization;
(e) Abortion;
(f) Aversive intervention, as that term is defined in NRS 449A.203;
(g) Experimental medical, biomedical or behavioral treatment, or participation in any medical, biomedical or behavioral research program; or
(h) Any other treatment to which the principal, in the power of attorney for health care, states that the agent may not consent.
2. The agent must make decisions concerning the use or nonuse of life-sustaining treatment which conform to the known desires of the principal. The principal may make these desires known in the power of attorney for health care.