Estate of Maxey v. Darden

OPINION

By the Court,

Hardesty, J.:

In this appeal, we consider, for the first time, multiple sections of Nevada’s Uniform Act on Rights of the Terminally 111 (the Act), codified in NRS 449.535 through 449.690. The Act authorizes the use of three procedures by which terminally ill patients or their families can legally implement their wishes with regard to withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment. First, an individual may execute a declaration directing an attending physician to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment under certain circumstances. Second, an individual may…