Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 440 > General Provisions

• advanced practice registered nurse: means a registered nurse who holds a valid license as an advanced practice registered nurse issued by the State Board of Nursing pursuant to NRS 632. See Nevada Revised Statutes 440.005
• Board: means the State Board of Health. See Nevada Revised Statutes 440.010
• dead body: means a lifeless human body, or such severed parts of the human body or the bones thereof, from the state of which it reasonably may be concluded that death had recently occurred, and where the circumstances under which such dead body was found indicate that the death has not been recorded. See Nevada Revised Statutes 440.020
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• midwife: means :

  1. See Nevada Revised Statutes 440.035

• person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
• remains: means the body of a deceased person, and includes the body in any state of decomposition and the cremated remains of a body. See Nevada Revised Statutes 440.025
• State Registrar: means the State Registrar of Vital Statistics. See Nevada Revised Statutes 440.060
• stillbirth: means a birth after at least 20 weeks of gestation, in which the child shows no evidence of life after complete birth. See Nevada Revised Statutes 440.070
• vital statistics: means records of birth, legitimation of birth, death, fetal death, marriage, annulment of marriage, divorce and data incidental thereto. See Nevada Revised Statutes 440.080