Nevada § 483.3485 - Program for imprinting symbol indicating medical condition on license: Establishment; regulations; single symbol; eligibility; records of medical condition; provision of information about program; donations

§ 483.3485. Program for imprinting symbol indicating medical condition on license: Establishment; regulations; single symbol; eligibility; records of medical condition; provision of information about program; donations

1. The Department may adopt regulations establishing a program for the imprinting

of a symbol indicating a medical condition on a driver's license issued by the Department. 2. If the Department establishes a program pursuant to subsection 1: (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, the Department shall adopt a single

symbol for imprinting on a driver's license to indicate a medical condition and shall

not adopt individualized symbols for different medical conditions. (b) The regulations adopted by the Department must provide that a person is eligible

to have the symbol indicating a medical condition imprinted on his or her driver's

license if the person is: (1) On anticoagulants; or (2) A person with: (I) Diabetes; (II) Epilepsy; (III) Blindness and low vision; (IV) Deafness; (V) Coronary atherosclerosis; (VI) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; (VII) A food allergy; (VIII) Malignant hyperthermia; (IX) Sickle cell disease; (X) Systemic lupus erythematosus; (XI) Heart disease; (XII) Hemophilia; (XIII) Schizophrenia; (XIV) Depression; or (XV) A mental illness. (c) The Department shall maintain a record of the medical condition for which the

symbol indicating a medical condition was imprinted on the driver's license of an

eligible person. The record must be maintained in the same location and manner as all other records

relating to the driver's license of the person, including, without limitation, the

records relating to the driver's license of the person that are made available to

law enforcement agencies. If the Department maintains such information in the form of a code, the code used

must conform with the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, or the most current revision, adopted by the National Center for Health Statistics

and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (d) The Department shall maintain on the Internet website of the Department information

about the program established pursuant to subsection 1, including, without limitation,

the manner in which a person may obtain a driver's license which has been imprinted

with a symbol indicating a medical condition. (e) The regulations adopted by the Department may provide that a person is eligible

to have the symbol indicating a medical condition imprinted on his or her driver's

license to indicate such other medical conditions not listed in paragraph (b) as the

Department deems appropriate. The Department shall provide a means for members of the public to suggest additional

medical conditions for inclusion in the regulations adopted by the Department. 3. The Department may apply for and accept any gift, grant, appropriation or other

donation to assist in carrying out a program established pursuant to the provisions

of this section.