Current through 82nd (2023) Legislative Session Chapter 535 and 34th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1 and 35th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1
Section 451.572 - Search and notification1. The following persons shall make a reasonable search of a natural person who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the natural person as a donor or as a natural person who made a refusal:(a) A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic or other emergency rescuer finding the natural person; and(b) If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the natural person's arrival at the hospital.2. If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by paragraph (a) of subsection 1 and the natural person or deceased natural person to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.3. A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.Added to NRS by 2007, 787Added to NRS by 2007, 787