Nev. Admin. Code § 483.8495

Current through October 11, 2024
Section 483.8495 - Penalties for certain violations
1. In addition to the penalties provided in those provisions adopted by reference in NAC 483.800, a person who operates a commercial motor vehicle while his or her commercial driver's license is suspended, revoked or cancelled, or while the person is otherwise disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle, is subject to the provisions and penalties specified in NRS 483.560.
2. A person who knowingly falsifies any information or certification on an application filed with the Department for a commercial driver's license or permit is subject to the provisions specified in NRS 483.420.
3. A person who holds a commercial driver's license with an expired hazardous materials endorsement is subject to a suspension of his or her commercial driver's license for not less than 30 days.
4. At least 90 days before the expiration of a person's hazardous materials endorsement, the Department will provide the person a notice which informs the person that he or she:
(a) Must apply for a security threat assessment required pursuant to 49 C.F.R. § 383.141 at least 60 days before his or her hazardous materials endorsement expires and must pass the security threat assessment before his or her hazardous materials endorsement may be renewed;
(b) May be subject to suspension of his or her commercial driver's license as described in subsection 3; and
(c) May avoid such suspension of his or her commercial driver's license by:
(1) Complying with the requirements for renewing a hazardous materials endorsement, including, without limitation, passing the security threat assessment required pursuant to 49 C.F.R. § 383.141;
(2) Requesting that the Department remove the hazardous materials endorsement from his or her commercial driver's license; or
(3) Requesting that the Department issue a noncommercial driver's license in place of the commercial driver's license.
5. The Department will require a person to obtain a new driver's license that reflects the renewal of a hazardous materials endorsement, the removal of such an endorsement, or the change to a noncommercial license described in paragraph (c) of subsection 4 in person at an office of the Department.
6. A person who is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle under this section shall surrender his or her commercial driver's license or permit to the Department.
7. To reinstate a commercial driver's license or permit after disqualification, a person must, in addition to any other conditions required by law:
(a) Complete an application;
(b) Pass a vision test, knowledge tests and, if applicable, skills tests;
(c) Provide any additional information requested by the Department to determine his or her fitness to operate a commercial motor vehicle safely; and
(d) Pay the reinstatement fees established in NRS 483.910.

Nev. Admin. Code § 483.8495

Added to NAC by Dep't of Motor Veh. & Pub. Safety, eff. 5-27-92; A 12-2-96; A by Dep't of Motor Veh. by R062-02, 9-20-2002; R105-04, 8-2-2004; R108-05, 10-31-2005; R034-10, 8-13-2010; R142-12, 11-1-2012, eff. 1-28-2013-Substituted in revision for NAC 483.802; A by R049-15, eff. 4/4/2016

NRS 483.908, 408.924