488.510 - Presumption that solution or gas used to calibrate device for testing breath is properly prepared. - Nevada Statutes

488.510  Presumption that solution or gas used to calibrate device for testing breath is properly prepared.  If:

      1.  A manufacturer or technician in a laboratory prepares a chemical solution or gas to be used in calibrating a device for testing a person’s breath to determine the concentration of alcohol in his or her breath; and

      2.  The technician makes an affidavit or declaration that the solution or gas has the chemical composition that is necessary for calibrating the device,

Ê it is presumed that the solution or gas has been properly prepared and is suitable for calibrating the device.

      (Added to NRS by 1987, 629; A 1993, 2079; 1999, 2467)