1. The Department of Public Safety shall adopt regulations which:
(a) Provide for the certification of manufacturers and vendors of ignition interlock devices to allow such manufacturers and vendors to conduct business in this State.
(b) Prescribe the form and content of records respecting the calibration of ignition interlock devices, which must be kept by the manufacturer of the ignition interlock device or its agent, and other records respecting the installation, removal, inspection, maintenance and operation of the ignition interlock devices which it finds should be kept by the manufacturer or its agent.
(c) Prescribe standards and procedures for the proper installation, removal, inspection, calibration, maintenance and operation of an ignition interlock device installed by the manufacturer or its agent.
(d) Require the manufacturer or its agent to waive the cost of installing or removing the ignition interlock device and adjust the fee to lease, calibrate or monitor the ignition interlock device, if the person required to install an ignition interlock device pursuant to NRS 484C.210 or 484C.460:
(1) Has an income which is at or below 100 percent of the federally designated level signifying poverty, to 50 percent of the fee; or
(2) Receives supplemental nutritional assistance, as defined in NRS 422A.072, was determined indigent pursuant to NRS 171.188 or has an income which is at or below 149 percent of the federally designated level signifying poverty, to 75 percent of the fee.
2. The Department of Public Safety shall establish its own standards and procedures for evaluating the models of the ignition interlock devices and obtain evaluations of those models from the Director or the manufacturer of the ignition interlock device or its agent.
3. If a model of an ignition interlock device has been certified by the Department of Public Safety to be accurate and reliable pursuant to subsection 1, it is presumed that, as designed and manufactured, each ignition interlock 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; 2017, 4050; 2021, 2473)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.3947)
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.