Nevada Revised Statutes 483.908 – Adoption of regulations
The Department shall adopt regulations:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 483.908
- Department: means the Department of Motor Vehicles. See Nevada Revised Statutes 481.015
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
1. Providing for the issuance, expiration, renewal, suspension, revocation and reinstatement of commercial drivers’ licenses;
2. Providing the same exemptions allowed pursuant to federal regulations for farmers, firefighters, military personnel or any other class of operators or vehicles for which exemptions are authorized by federal law or regulations;
3. Specifying the violations which constitute grounds for disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle and the penalties associated with each violation;
4. Setting forth a schedule of various alcohol concentrations and the penalties which must be imposed if those concentrations are detected in the breath, blood, urine or other bodily substances of a person who is driving, operating or is in actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle; and
5. Necessary to enable it to carry out the provisions of NRS 483.900 to 483.940, inclusive. The Department shall not adopt regulations which are more restrictive than the federal regulations adopted pursuant to the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, as amended, 49 U.S.C. chapter 313 ( 31301 et seq.).