1. Any person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle on a highway or on premises to which the public has access shall be deemed to have given his or her consent to a preliminary test of his or her breath to determine the concentration of alcohol in his or her breath when the test is administered at the request of a police officer at the scene of a vehicle crash or where the police officer stops a vehicle, if the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be tested was:
(a) Driving or in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance; or
(b) Engaging in any other conduct prohibited by NRS 484C.110, 484C.120, 484C.130 or 484C.430.
2. If the person fails to submit to the test, the officer shall, if reasonable grounds otherwise exist, arrest the person and take him or her to a convenient place for the administration of a reasonably available evidentiary test under NRS 484C.160.
3. The result of the preliminary test must not be used in any criminal action, except to show there were reasonable grounds to make an arrest.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1066; A 1993, 2072; 1995, 1883; 1999, 2453, 3424; 2001, 172; 2005, 148; 2007, 2802; 2015, 1638, 2535; 2021, 2454)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.382)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 484C - Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or a Prohibited Substance
NRS 484C.030 - "Concentration of alcohol of 0.18 or more in his or her blood or breath" defined.
NRS 484C.040 - "Concentration of alcohol of less than 0.18 in his or her blood or breath" defined.
NRS 484C.050 - "Evaluation center" defined.
NRS 484C.053 - "Ignition interlock device" defined.
NRS 484C.057 - "Ignition interlock privilege" defined.
NRS 484C.060 - "License to drive a motor vehicle" defined.
NRS 484C.070 - "Nonresident’s driving privilege" defined.
NRS 484C.080 - "Prohibited substance" defined.
NRS 484C.090 - "Revocation of driver’s license" defined.
NRS 484C.100 - "Treatment provider" defined.
NRS 484C.105 - "Under the influence" defined.
NRS 484C.310 - Standards for approval of evaluation center.
NRS 484C.370 - Evaluation or treatment by private company authorized.
NRS 484C.373 - Legislative declarations.
NRS 484C.376 - "Core components" defined.
NRS 484C.378 - "Designated law enforcement agency" defined.
NRS 484C.380 - "Immediate sanction" defined.
NRS 484C.383 - "Political subdivision" defined.
NRS 484C.385 - "Program" defined.
NRS 484C.386 - "Program participant" defined.
NRS 484C.388 - "Testing" defined.
NRS 484C.390 - "Timely sanction" defined.
NRS 484C.395 - Requirements for offender in program.
NRS 484C.397 - Designated law enforcement agency to collect fees; disposition of fees.
NRS 484C.450 - "Device" defined.