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NRS 484C.170 - Analysis of blood of deceased victim of crash involving motor vehicle to determine presence and concentration of alcohol.

NV Rev Stat § 484C.170 (2019) (N/A)
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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 a crash 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 crash, 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; 2015, 1638) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 484.394)

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