1. Any coroner, or other public official performing like duties, shall in all cases in which a death has occurred as a result of a crash involving a motor vehicle, whether the person killed is a driver, passenger or pedestrian, cause to be drawn from each decedent, within 8 hours of the crash, a blood sample to be analyzed for the presence and concentration of alcohol.
2. The findings of the examinations are a matter of public record and must be reported to the Department by the coroner or other public official within 30 days after the death.
3. Blood-alcohol analyses are acceptable only if made by laboratories licensed to perform this function.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 893; A 1985, 1952; 1999, 2460; 2015, 1638)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.394)
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.