1. The Department shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to every qualified applicant a drivers license indicating the type or class of vehicles the licensee may drive. 2. The Department shall adopt regulations prescribing the information that must be contained on a drivers license. 3. The Department may issue a drivers license for purposes of identification only for use by officers of local police and sheriffs departments, agents of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety while engaged in special undercover investigations relating to narcotics or prostitution or for other undercover investigations requiring the establishment of a fictitious identity, federal agents while engaged in undercover investigations, investigators employed by the Attorney General while engaged in undercover investigations, criminal investigators employed by the Secretary of State while engaged in undercover investigations and agents of the Nevada Gaming Control Board while engaged in investigations pursuant to NRS 463.140 . An application for such a license must be made through the head of the police or sheriffs department, the Chief of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety, the director of the appropriate federal agency, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State or his or her designee or the Chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Such a license is exempt from the fees required by NRS 483.410 . The Department, by regulation, shall provide for the cancellation of any such drivers license upon the completion of the special investigation for which it was issued. 4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115 , information pertaining to the issuance of a drivers license pursuant to subsection 3 is confidential. 5. It is a misdemeanor for any person to use a drivers license issued pursuant to subsection 3 for any purpose other than the special investigation for which it was issued. 6. At the time of the issuance of the drivers license, the Department shall: (a) Give the holder the opportunity to have indicated on his or her drivers license that the holder: (1) Wishes to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598 , inclusive; or (2) Does not at that time wish to make an anatomical gift of his or her body or part thereof. (b) Give the holder the opportunity to have indicated whether he or she wishes to donate $1 or more to the Anatomical Gift Account created by NRS 460.150 . (c) Provide to each holder who is interested in becoming a donor information relating to anatomical gifts, including the procedure for registering as a donor with the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to this paragraph. To carry out this paragraph, the Department shall, on such terms as it deems appropriate, enter into a contract with a donor registry that is in compliance with the provisions of NRS 451.500 to 451.598 , inclusive. (d) If the Department has established a program for imprinting a symbol indicating a medical condition on a drivers license pursuant to NRS 483.3485 , give the holder the opportunity to have a symbol indicating a medical condition imprinted on his or her drivers license. 7. At the time of the renewal of the drivers license, the Department shall: (a) If the holder indicated at the time of the issuance of the drivers license pursuant to subsection 6 that the holder wishes to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598 , inclusive, provide the holder: (1) Notice that, unless the holder affirmatively indicates upon the renewal of the drivers license that he or she wishes to change that indication, the indication will remain on his or her drivers license; (2) The opportunity to have indicated whether he or she wishes to donate $1 or more to the Anatomical Gift Account created by NRS 460.150 ; and (3) If the Department has established a program for imprinting a symbol indicating a medical condition on a drivers license pursuant to NRS 483.3485 , the opportunity to have a symbol indicating a medical condition imprinted on his or her drivers license. (b) If the holder indicated at the time of the issuance of the drivers license pursuant to subsection 6 that the holder did not at that time wish to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598 , inclusive, provide the holder: (1) The opportunity to change that indication to indicate that the holder wishes to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598 , inclusive; (2) The opportunity to have indicated whether he or she wishes to donate $1 or more to the Anatomical Gift Account created by NRS 460.150 ; (3) If the holder is interested in becoming a donor, information relating to anatomical gifts, including the procedure for registering as a donor with the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to this section; and (4) If the Department has established a program for imprinting a symbol indicating a medical condition on a drivers license pursuant to NRS 483.3485 , the opportunity to have a symbol indicating a medical condition imprinted on his or her drivers license. 8. If the holder wishes to make a donation to the Anatomical Gift Account, the Department shall collect the donation and deposit the money collected in the State Treasury for credit to the Anatomical Gift Account. 9. The Department shall submit to the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 6 information from the records of the Department relating to persons who have drivers licenses that indicate the intention of those persons to make an anatomical gift. The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection. NRS 483.340 Issuance and contents of license; contents of license to be prescribed by regulation; license for purposes of identification only issued to certain persons; confidentiality of certain information; exception; prohibited acts; anatomical gifts; symbol indicating medical condition; Next-of-Kin Registry; adoption of regulations. [Effective on the date on which the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient resources are available to enable the Department to carry out the provisions of chapter 119, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page 429 .] 1. The Department shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to every qualified applicant a drivers license indicating the type or class of vehicles the licensee may drive. 2. The Department shall adopt regulations prescribing the information that must be contained on a drivers license. 3. The Department may issue a drivers license for purposes of identification only for use by officers of local police and sheriffs departments, agents of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety while engaged in special undercover investigations relating to narcotics or prostitution or for other undercover investigations requiring the establishment of a fictitious identity, federal agents while engaged in undercover investigations, investigators employed by the Attorney General while engaged in undercover investigations, criminal investigators employed by the Secretary of State while engaged in undercover investigations and agents of the Nevada Gaming Control Board while engaged in investigations pursuant to NRS 463.140 . An application for such a license must be made through the head of the police or sheriffs department, the Chief of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety, the director of the appropriate federal agency, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State or his or her designee or the Chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Such a license is exempt from the fees required by NRS 483.410 . The Department, by regulation, shall provide for the cancellation of any such drivers license upon the completion of the special investigation for which it was issued. 4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115 , information pertaining to the issuance of a drivers license pursuant to subsection 3 is confidential. 5. It is a misdemeanor for any person to use a drivers license issued pursuant to subsection 3 for any purpose other than the special investigation for which it was issued. 6. At the time of the issuance of the drivers license, the Department shall: (a) Give the holder the opportunity to have indicated on his or her drivers license that the holder: (1) Wishes to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598 , inclusive; or (2) Does not at that time wish to make an anatomical gift of his or her body or part thereof. (b) Give the holder the opportunity to have indicated whether he or she wishes to donate $1 or more to the Anatomical Gift Account created by NRS 460.150 . (c) Provide to each holder who is interested in becoming a donor information relating to anatomical gifts, including the procedure for registering as a donor with the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to this paragraph. To carry out this paragraph, the Department shall, on such terms as it deems appropriate, enter into a contract with a donor registry that is in compliance with the provisions of NRS 451.500 to 451.598 , inclusive. (d) If the Department has established a program for imprinting a symbol indicating a medical condition on a drivers license pursuant to NRS 483.3485 , give the holder the opportunity to have a symbol indicating a medical condition imprinted on his or her drivers license. (e) Provide to the holder information instructing the holder how to register with the Next-of-Kin Registry pursuant to NRS 483.653 if he or she so chooses. 7. At the time of the renewal of the drivers license, the Department shall: (a) If the holder indicated at the time of the issuance of the drivers license pursuant to subsection 6 that the holder wishes to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598 , inclusive, provide the holder: (1) Notice that, unless the holder affirmatively indicates upon the renewal of the drivers license that he or she wishes to change that indication, the indication will remain on his or her drivers license; (2) The opportunity to have indicated whether he or she wishes to donate $1 or more to the Anatomical Gift Account created by NRS 460.150 ; and (3) If the Department has established a program for imprinting a symbol indicating a medical condition on a drivers license pursuant to NRS 483.3485 , the opportunity to have a symbol indicating a medical condition imprinted on his or her drivers license. (b) If the holder indicated at the time of the issuance of the drivers license pursuant to subsection 6 that the holder did not at that time wish to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598 , inclusive, provide the holder: (1) The opportunity to change that indication to indicate that the holder wishes to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598 , inclusive; (2) The opportunity to have indicated whether he or she wishes to donate $1 or more to the Anatomical Gift Account created by NRS 460.150 ; (3) If the holder is interested in becoming a donor, information relating to anatomical gifts, including the procedure for registering as a donor with the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to this section; and (4) If the Department has established a program for imprinting a symbol indicating a medical condition on a drivers license pursuant to NRS 483.3485 , the opportunity to have a symbol indicating a medical condition imprinted on his or her drivers license. 8. If the holder wishes to make a donation to the Anatomical Gift Account, the Department shall collect the donation and deposit the money collected in the State Treasury for credit to the Anatomical Gift Account. 9. The Department shall submit to the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 6 information from the records of the Department relating to persons who have drivers licenses that indicate the intention of those persons to make an anatomical gift. The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
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