1. A law enforcement officer or a duly appointed authorized employee of a law enforcement agency may search the Next-of-Kin Registry for an emergency contact person of a person if the person on whose behalf the search is conducted:

(a) Possesses a Nevada driver’s license, identification card or driver authorization card;

(b) Has been involved in an accident or emergency situation other than a motor vehicle crash which results in the death, serious bodily injury or other incapacitation of the person; and

(c) Is incapable of communicating.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if the law enforcement officer or the duly authorized employee of a law enforcement agency identifies an emergency contact person of a person through the Next-of-Kin Registry pursuant to this section, the officer or employee shall make a reasonable attempt to notify the emergency contact person of the hospital or other location at which the injured or incapacitated person may be located.

3. In the event of the death of a person due to an accident or other emergency situation other than a motor vehicle crash, the law enforcement officer or the duly authorized employee of a law enforcement agency shall coordinate the notification of the emergency contact person with the coroner or medical examiner, as applicable. Such notification may only be made after the positive identification of the decedent.

(Added to NRS by 2015, 435, effective on the date on which the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient resources are available to enable the Department to carry out the provisions of chapter 119, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page 429)