1. Each railroad company or corporation or its receiver, owning or operating any railroad within this state, shall equip and maintain in each of its passenger trains, cabooses, locomotives, motors or diesel engines used in the propelling of trains or switching of cars an emergency first-aid kit whose contents must be those prescribed by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada. Each passenger train and each caboose must be equipped with at least one stretcher. All of the contents of the emergency first-aid kits, except the stretchers, must be stored on each passenger train, caboose, locomotive, motor or diesel engine, in a clean, sanitary and sterile container and in an accessible place at all times, which places, including the storage places of stretchers, must be plainly designated.
2. The employee of any railroad company or corporation or its receiver, having charge of any passenger train, caboose, locomotive, motor or diesel engine, shall as soon as possible report in writing to the office or officer designated by the company, corporation or receiver for the purpose, whenever any of the emergency first-aid kit has been used or has been found missing. The emergency first-aid kit must only be used to render first medical or surgical aid to injured passengers, employees or other injured persons requiring first aid.
3. Any railroad company or corporation or its receiver, which refuses, neglects or fails to comply with the provisions of this section is liable for a penalty to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada of $25 for each failure to equip a passenger train, caboose, locomotive or motor or diesel engine with the emergency first-aid kit specified in subsection 1.
4. Any person who removes, carries away from its proper place or uses any emergency first-aid kit provided in this section, except for the purpose of administering first aid in the event of injury to any passenger, employee or other person shall be fined not more than $500.
[1:139:1949; 1943 NCL § 6326.01] + [2:139:1949; 1943 NCL § 6326.02] + [3:139:1949; 1943 NCL § 6326.03] + [4:139:1949; 1943 NCL § 6326.04] + [5:139:1949; 1943 NCL § 6326.05]—(NRS A 1965, 544; 1967, 660; 1979, 200; 1981, 1680; 1985, 318; 1997, 1922)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails
NRS 705.005 - Effect of federal preemption.
NRS 705.030 - Contract reserving title or lien as security for full payment.
NRS 705.050 - Validity of contract for conditional sale.
NRS 705.120 - Duty of maintaining fences; liability for killing livestock.
NRS 705.140 - Penalty for allowing animal to stray on enclosed right-of-way.
NRS 705.160 - Settlement of claim within 90 days; action for recovery; assignment of claim.
NRS 705.180 - Employee to report killing or injuring of livestock.
NRS 705.210 - Employees’ hours of employment limited; penalties.
NRS 705.220 - Railroad police: Appointment; responsibility for actions; wearing of badge.
NRS 705.240 - Engineer required to be able to read timetables and ordinary handwriting; penalty.
NRS 705.250 - Intoxication and other violations of duties; penalties.
NRS 705.260 - "Common carrier" defined.
NRS 705.270 - Liability for injury to or death of employee.
NRS 705.300 - Question of causation for jury’s determination.
NRS 705.310 - Fact of injury or death presumptive evidence of want of care by employer.
NRS 705.330 - Survival of right of action.
NRS 705.340 - Limitation of actions.
NRS 705.360 - Headlights on locomotive; penalty.
NRS 705.415 - Requirements for certain railroads transporting freight; exception.
NRS 705.420 - Civil penalties.
NRS 705.421 - Department of Transportation to develop state plan for service by rail.
NRS 705.430 - Penalty for unlawful failure to ring bell or sound whistle at crossing; exceptions.
NRS 705.440 - Illegal rates and charges; penalty.
NRS 705.450 - Penalty for willful obstruction or delay of train.
NRS 705.460 - Penalty for unlawful obstruction or destruction of track, equipment or devices.
NRS 705.480 - Tampering with railroad property; penalty.
NRS 705.650 - "Monorail" defined.
NRS 705.660 - "Operator" defined.