Nevada Code § 451.562

Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment or revocation
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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 donors body or part if the donor made an
anatomical gift of the donors body or part under NRS 451.558 or an amendment to an
anatomical gift of the donors body or part under NRS 451.559 .
2. A donors revocation of an anatomical
gift of the donors 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 donors 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 donors body or part under NRS 451.558 or an amendment to an
anatomical gift of the donors body or part under NRS 451.559 , another person may not make,
amend or revoke the gift of the donors body or part under NRS 451.568 .
4. A revocation of an anatomical gift of a
donors 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 donors 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 minors refusal.

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