- 1. Any coroner, or other public officer performing like duties, shall in all cases in which a death has occurred as a result of an accident involving a power-driven vessel or sailing vessel under way on the waters of this state, whether the person killed is the operator of the vessel or a passenger or other person, cause to be drawn from each decedent, within 8 hours after 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 Commission by the coroner or other public officer within 30 days after the death.
- 3. Analyses of blood alcohol are acceptable only if made by laboratories licensed to perform this function.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 629; A 1999, 2468; 2023, 551)