Nevada Code § 451.568

Manner of making, amending or revoking anatomical gift of body or part of decedent
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1. A person authorized to make an
anatomical gift under NRS 451.566 may
make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the
gift or by that persons oral communication that is electronically recorded or
is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the natural person
receiving the oral communication.
2. Subject to subsection 3, an anatomical
gift by a person authorized under NRS
451.566 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a
prior class who is reasonably available. If more than one member of the prior
class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under NRS 451.566 may be:
(a) Amended only if a majority of the reasonably
available members agree to the amending of the gift; or
(b) Revoked only if a majority of the reasonably
available members agree to the revoking of the gift or if they are equally
divided as to whether to revoke the gift.
3. A revocation under subsection 2 is
effective only if, before an incision has been made to remove a part from the
donors body or before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the recipient,
the procurement organization, transplant hospital or physician or technician
knows of the revocation.

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