NRS483.490. Issuance of restricted license; penalties; period of suspension or revocation. [Effective through December 31, 2014.]

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, after a driver’s license has been suspended or revoked for an offense other than a second violation within 7 years of NRS 484C.110, and one-half of the period during which the driver is not eligible for a license has expired, the Department may, unless the statute authorizing the suspension prohibits the issuance of a restricted license, issue a restricted driver’s license to an applicant permitting the applicant to drive a motor vehicle:

      (a) To and from work or in the course of his or her work, or both; or

      (b) To acquire supplies of medicine or food or receive regularly scheduled medical care for himself, herself or a member of his or her immediate family.

Ê Before a restricted license may be issued, the applicant must submit sufficient documentary evidence to satisfy the Department that a severe hardship exists because the applicant has no alternative means of transportation and that the severe hardship outweighs the risk to the public if the applicant is issued a restricted license.

      2.  A person who has been ordered to install a device in a motor vehicle pursuant to NRS 484C.460:

      (a) Shall install the device not later than 21 days after the date on which the order was issued; and

      (b) May not receive a restricted license pursuant to this section until:

             (1) After at least 1 year of the period during which the person is not eligible for a license, if the person was convicted of:

                   (I) A violation of NRS 484C.430 or a homicide resulting from driving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance or resulting from any other conduct prohibited by NRS 484C.110, 484C.130 or 484C.430; or

                   (II) A violation of NRS 484C.110 that is punishable as a felony pursuant to NRS 484C.410 or 484C.420;

             (2) After at least 180 days of the period during which the person is not eligible for a license, if the person was convicted of a violation of subsection 6 of NRS 484B.653; or

             (3) After at least 45 days of the period during which the person is not eligible for a license, if the person was convicted of a first violation within 7 years of NRS 484C.110.

      3.  If the Department has received a copy of an order requiring a person to install a device in a motor vehicle pursuant to NRS 484C.460, the Department shall not issue a restricted driver’s license to such a person pursuant to this section unless the applicant has submitted proof of compliance with the order and subsection 2.

      4.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 62E.630, after a driver’s license has been revoked or suspended pursuant to title 5 of NRS, the Department may issue a restricted driver’s license to an applicant permitting the applicant to drive a motor vehicle:

      (a) If applicable, to and from work or in the course of his or her work, or both; or

      (b) If applicable, to and from school.

      5.  After a driver’s license has been suspended pursuant to NRS 483.443, the Department may issue a restricted driver’s license to an applicant permitting the applicant to drive a motor vehicle:

      (a) If applicable, to and from work or in the course of his or her work, or both;

      (b) To receive regularly scheduled medical care for himself, herself or a member of his or her immediate family; or

      (c) If applicable, as necessary to exercise a court-ordered right to visit a child.

      6.  A driver who violates a condition of a restricted license issued pursuant to subsection 1 or by another jurisdiction is guilty of a misdemeanor and, if the license of the driver was suspended or revoked for:

      (a) A violation of NRS 484C.110, 484C.210 or 484C.430;

      (b) A homicide resulting from driving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance or resulting from any other conduct prohibited by NRS 484C.110, 484C.130 or 484C.430; or

      (c) A violation of a law of any other jurisdiction that prohibits the same or similar conduct as set forth in paragraph (a) or (b),

Ê the driver shall be punished in the manner provided pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 483.560.

      7.  The periods of suspensions and revocations required pursuant to this chapter and NRS 484C.210 must run consecutively, except as otherwise provided in NRS 483.465 and 483.475, when the suspensions must run concurrently.

      8.  Whenever the Department suspends or revokes a license, the period of suspension, or of ineligibility for a license after the revocation, begins upon the effective date of the revocation or suspension as contained in the notice thereof.

      [36:190:1941; A 1953, 191]—(NRS A 1971, 282; 1973, 81; 1975, 200; 1977, 998; 1981, 535, 1923; 1983, 1082; 1985, 633, 1169; 1993, 2482, 2898; 1995, 731, 947, 1157, 1362, 1918, 1919, 2401, 2409; 1997, 803, 2843, 2858, 3368; 1999, 2136, 3411; 2001, 147; 2003, 1156; 2005, 134, 605; 2007, 2038; 2009, 1033; 2011, 1632; 2013, 716)