Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 484C - Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or a Prohibited Substance
NRS 484C.620 - Adoption of regulations to prescribe standards and procedures to calibrate breath-testing devices; issuance of certificates by Director of Department of Public Safety.

1. The Committee on Testing for Intoxication shall adopt regulations which:
(a) Prescribe standards and procedures for calibrating devices used for testing a person’s breath to determine the concentration of alcohol in the person’s breath. The regulations must specify the period within which a law enforcement agency that uses such a device must calibrate it or have it calibrated by the Director of the Department of Public Safety or the agent of the Director.
(b) Establish methods for ascertaining the competence of persons to calibrate such devices and provide for the examination and certification of those persons by the Department of Public Safety. A certificate issued by the Department may not be made effective for longer than 3 years.
(c) Prescribe the form and contents of records respecting the calibration of such devices which must be kept by a law enforcement agency and any other records respecting the maintenance or operation of those devices which it finds should be kept by such an agency.
2. The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall issue a certificate to any person who is found competent to calibrate such a device or examine others on their competence in that calibration.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1912; A 1985, 1950; 1993, 2075; 1999, 2458; 2005, 59)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.3884)

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