Nevada § 483.863 - Program for imprinting symbol indicating medical condition on card: Establishment; regulations; single symbol; eligibility; records of medical condition; provision of information about Program; donations

§ 483.863. Program for imprinting symbol indicating medical condition on card: 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 an identification card 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 an identification card 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 identification

card 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 identification card of

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

relating to the identification card of the person, including, without limitation,

the records relating to the identification card of the person that are 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, at the time of the issuance or renewal of an identification

card, give the holder the opportunity to have imprinted on his or her identification

card a symbol indicating a medical condition. (e) 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 an identification card which has been imprinted

with a symbol indicating a medical condition. (f) 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 identification

card 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.