Nevada Revised Statutes 451.562 – Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment or revocation
1. Subject to the provisions of subsections 6 and 7, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under NRS 451.558 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under NRS 451.559.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 451.562
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- 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
2. A donor’s revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under NRS 451.559 is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in NRS 451.556 or 451.566 from making an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under NRS 451.558 or 451.568.
3. If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under NRS 451.558 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under NRS 451.559, another person may not make, amend or revoke the gift of the donor’s body or part under NRS 451.568.
4. A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part under NRS 451.559 by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part under NRS 451.558 or 451.568.
5. In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under NRS 451.556, an anatomical gift of a part is neither a refusal to give another part nor a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor or another person.
6. In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under NRS 451.556, an anatomical gift of a part for one or more of the purposes set forth in NRS 451.556 is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any of the other purposes by the donor or any other person under NRS 451.558 or 451.568.
7. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 451.558, if a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a parent or guardian of the donor who is reasonably available may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part.
8. If an unemancipated minor who signed a refusal dies, a parent or guardian of the minor who is reasonably available may revoke the minor’s refusal.