484C.480 - Regulations. - Nevada Statutes

484C.480  Regulations.

      1.  The Committee on Testing for Intoxication shall on or before January 1, 1990, adopt regulations which:

      (a) Provide for the certification of each model of those devices, described by manufacturer and model, which it approves as designed and manufactured to be accurate and reliable to test a person’s breath to determine the concentration of alcohol in the person’s breath and, if the results of the test indicate that the person has a concentration of alcohol of 0.02 or more in his or her breath, prevent the motor vehicle in which it is installed from starting.

      (b) Prescribe the form and content of records respecting the calibration of devices, which must be kept by the Director or the agent of the Director, and other records respecting the maintenance and operation of the devices which it finds should be kept by the Director or the agent.

      2.  The Committee shall establish its own standards and procedures for evaluating the models of the devices and obtain evaluations of those models from the Director or the agent.

      3.  If a model of a device has been certified by the Committee to be accurate and reliable pursuant to subsection 1, it is presumed that, as designed and manufactured, each device of that model is accurate and reliable to test a person’s breath to determine the concentration of alcohol in the person’s breath and, if the results of the test indicate that the person has a concentration of alcohol of 0.02 or more in his or her breath, will prevent the motor vehicle in which it is installed from starting.

      (Added to NRS by 1989, 1738; A 1997, 3372; 1999, 2460)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.3947)