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Nevada Advance Health-Care Directive and Medical Power of Attorney

The agent makes health care decisions when you cannot make them yourself, subject to the document’s limits.

Jurisdiction
Nevada
Purpose
Medical & health care
Source / form version
Undated PDF; current NRS §162 A.855 form introduced in 2025
Resource format
PDF
Signing
The downloaded form uses two adult witnesses. NRS §162 A.790 also permits notarization; follow the appropriate execution route and nursing-home witness restrictions.
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Sources checked: 2026-11-13. General information, not individual legal advice.

Use the newer advance directive format

The court library supplies an eight-page advance health-care directive under NRS §162 A.855. It combines an agent appointment, treatment preferences and other optional directions. This differs from older Nevada documents labeled only durable power of attorney for health care. Read the complete current form before transferring choices from an older template.

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Record values and decision-making limits

The form asks about life-sustaining care, food and fluids, personal priorities and other instructions. It also provides information for the agent about following your wishes and considering your values. Name an alternate, write reachable contact details and discuss any limits. The agent’s access to medical information does not turn this into a financial appointment.

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Follow the form’s witness route

The provided form has two witness lines for naming an agent. Witnesses must be adults and cannot be the agent; nursing-home owners, operators and employees are excluded when you live there. The statute also permits a notarial acknowledgment, but this particular PDF presents witnesses. Keep the signed pages and share copies with your care team.

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Common questions

Does the new form replace every older Nevada directive automatically?

A new statutory format does not by itself establish that a previously signed document is invalid. Review the existing document and applicable law before replacing it.

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Can a nursing-home employee witness this appointment?

Not when you reside in that nursing home. Both the form and NRS §162 A.790 identify restrictions on nursing-home witnesses.

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Related forms and guides

Sources and verification

  1. Washoe County Law Library, Second Judicial District Court: source and instructions (opens in a new tab)
  2. Publisher document download (opens in a new tab)
  3. Applicable state law or official guidance (opens in a new tab)

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