Tests to determine concentration of alcohol or presence of controlled or prohibited substance: Implied consent to and grounds for administration.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 484.383, a person who drives, operates or is in actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle within this State shall be deemed to have given consent to an evidentiary test of his blood, urine, breath or other bodily substance for the purpose of determining the concentration of alcohol in his blood or breath or to detect the presence of a controlled substance, chemical, poison, organic solvent or another prohibited substance.
2. The tests must be administered pursuant to NRS 484.383 at the direction of a police officer who, after stopping or detaining such a person, has reasonable grounds to believe that the person was:
(a) Driving, operation or in actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance; or
(b) Engaging in any other conduct prohibited by NRS 484.379 or 484.3795.
3. As used in this section, “prohibited substance” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484.1245.
Last modified: February 25, 2006