NRS 460.010

Procurement, processing, distribution or use of certain body parts or products constitutes service; no implied warranties; limited liability

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 73 Md. App. 1 - Roberts v. SUBURBAN HOSPITAL ASS'N, INC. (1987)

Most recently applied in Samson v. Greenville Hospital System (May 1988)

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1381; A 1971, 250; 1985, 1469; 1989, 60)

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The procurement, processing, distribution or use of any:

1. Whole human blood, plasma, blood product or blood derivative for the purpose of injection or transfusion; or

2. Tissue or organ for the purpose of transplantation,

Ê into the human body constitutes, as to the transmission of infectious disease, the rendition of a service and not a sale by every person participating therein, and no implied warranty of merchantability or fitness, nor any doctrine of liability other than negligence or willful misconduct, applies to the service.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.