2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 488 - Watercraft › NRS 488.480 - Admissibility of evidence of failure to submit to evidentiary test and results of test; availability of results of test; presumption of accuracy and reliability of testing device; judicial notice of certification of operator of testing device; other evidence not precluded.

1. If a person refuses to submit to a required chemical test provided for in NRS 488.450 or 488.460, evidence of that refusal is admissible in any criminal action arising out of acts alleged to have been committed while the person was:
(a) Operating or in actual physical control of a power-driven vessel or sailing vessel under way while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance; or
(b) Engaging in any other conduct prohibited by NRS 488.410, 488.420 or 488.425.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of NRS 488.450, a court may not exclude evidence of a required test or failure to submit to such a test if the peace officer or other person substantially complied with the provisions of NRS 488.450 to 488.500, inclusive.
3. If a person submits to a chemical test provided for in NRS 488.450 or 488.460, full information concerning that test must be made available, upon request, to the person or the person’s attorney.
4. Evidence of a required test is not admissible in a criminal proceeding unless it is shown by documentary or other evidence that the device for testing a person’s breath or other sample was certified pursuant to NRS 484C.610 or 484C.640, as applicable, and was calibrated, maintained and operated as provided by the regulations of the Committee on Testing for Intoxication adopted pursuant to NRS 484C.620, 484C.630 or 484C.640.
5. If the device for testing a person’s breath or other sample has been certified by the Committee on Testing for Intoxication to be accurate and reliable pursuant to NRS 484C.610 or 484C.640, it is presumed that, as designed and manufactured, the device is accurate and reliable for the purpose of testing a person’s breath or other sample to determine the concentration of alcohol, a controlled substance or another prohibited substance in the person’s breath or other sample.
6. A court shall take judicial notice of the certification by the Director of a person to operate testing devices of one of the certified types. If a test to determine the amount of alcohol, a controlled substance or another prohibited substance in a person’s breath or other sample has been performed with a certified type of device by a person who is certified pursuant to NRS 484C.630 or 484C.640, it is presumed that the person operated the device properly.
7. This section does not preclude the admission of evidence of a test of a person’s breath or other sample where the:
(a) Information is obtained through the use of a device other than one of a type certified by the Committee on Testing for Intoxication.
(b) Test has been performed by a person other than one who is certified by the Director.
8. As used in this section, "Director" means the Director of the Department of Public Safety.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 628; A 1993, 2078; 1997, 331; 1999, 1033, 2466, 3434, 3440; 2001, 172; 2005, 60, 159; 2023, 549, 3264)