Manner of making, amending or revoking anatomical gift of body or part of decedent.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 451.568
in effect1. 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.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-451.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026
