NRS 483.348 - Issuance of specially designed driver’s licenses to insulin dependent diabetics and epileptics; Department of Public Safety required to provide for education of peace officers relating to treatment and identification of such persons.

NV Rev Stat § 483.348 (2019) (N/A)

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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Department shall issue a driver’s license with a specially colored background to any person who qualifies for a driver’s license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and delivers to the Department a signed statement from a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse that the person is an insulin dependent diabetic or an epileptic. The Department shall designate one color to be used only for a driver’s license held by a diabetic and another color to be used only for a driver’s license held by an epileptic.

2. In lieu of issuing a driver’s license pursuant to subsection 1, the Department may issue to a person specified in that subsection a driver’s license with a specially colored border around the photograph on the license.

3. The Department of Public Safety shall provide for the education of peace officers on the:

(a) Effects and treatment of a person suffering from a diabetic condition or an epileptic seizure and the similarity in appearance of a person suffering from a diabetic condition or an epileptic seizure to a person under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance; and

(b) Procedures for identifying and handling situations involving a person suffering from a diabetic condition or an epileptic seizure.

(Added to NRS by 1989, 1209; A 2001, 1502; 2007, 2044; 2019, 497)

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