Driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor: Test showing concentration of alcohol of 0.10 or more in blood or breath; revocation of license, permit or privilege; periods of ineligibility to run consecutively. [Effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State.]
1. If the result of a test given under NRS 484.382 or 484.383 shows that a person had a concentration of alcohol of 0.10 or more in his blood or breath at the time of the test, his license, permit or privilege to drive must be revoked as provided in NRS 484.385 and he is not eligible for a license, permit or privilege for a period of 90 days.
2. If a revocation of a person’s license, permit or privilege to drive under NRS 62E.640 or 483.460 follows a revocation under subsection 1 which was based on his having a concentration of alcohol of 0.10 or more in his blood or breath, the Department shall cancel the revocation under that subsection and give the person credit for any period during which he was not eligible for a license, permit or privilege.
3. Periods of ineligibility for a license, permit or privilege to drive which are imposed pursuant to this section must run consecutively.
Last modified: February 25, 2006