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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 451.556 (2026)

Persons authorized to make anatomical gift before death of donor

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NRS 451.556  Persons authorized to make anatomical gift before death of donor.  Subject to NRS 451.562, an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education in the manner provided in NRS 451.558 by:

      1.  The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is:

      (a) Emancipated; or

      (b) Authorized under state law to apply for a driver’s license because the donor is at least 16 years of age;

      2.  An agent of the donor, unless the power of attorney for health care or other record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift;

      3.  A parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or

      4.  The donor’s guardian.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 782)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: Ceballos v. NP Palace, LLC, 2022 NV 58 (Nev. 2022).
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Ceballos v. NP Palace, LLC, 2022 NV 58 (Nev. 2022). “, NRS 451.556(1)(b) (allowing a minor to be an organ donor where the minor is “lajuthorized under state law to apply for a driver’s license”); NRS 624.”
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 451.556(1)(b): 1 case
Ceballos v. NP Palace, LLC, 2022 NV 58 (Nev. 2022). “, NRS 451.556(1)(b) (allowing a minor to be an organ donor where the minor is “lajuthorized under state law to apply for a driver’s license”); NRS 624.”
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