Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE43 PUBLIC SAFETY; VEHICLES; WATERCRAFT |
CHAPTER484C. Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or a Prohibited Substance |
PRELIMINARY AND EVIDENTIARY TESTING OF DRIVERS AND OTHERS |
NRS484C.170. Analysis of blood of deceased victim of accident involving motor vehicle to determine presence and concentration of alcohol.
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1. Any coroner, or other public official performing like duties, shall in all cases in which a death has occurred as a result of an accident 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 accident, 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)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.394)