Nevada Code § 483.575

Driving if epilepsy severely impairs ability to safely operate motor vehicle; penalty; duties of physician or advanced practice registered nurse
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1. A person with epilepsy shall not
operate a motor vehicle if that person has been informed by a physician or an
advanced practice registered nurse pursuant to NRS 629.047 that his or her condition would
severely impair his or her ability to safely operate a motor vehicle. A
violation of this subsection is a misdemeanor.
2. If a physician or an advanced practice
registered nurse is aware that a person has violated subsection 1 after the
physician or advanced practice registered nurse has informed the person
pursuant to NRS 629.047 that the
persons condition would severely impair his or her ability to safely operate a
motor vehicle, the physician or advanced practice registered nurse may, without
the consent of the person, submit a written report to the Department that
includes the name, address and age of the person. A report received by the
Department pursuant to this subsection:
(a) Is confidential, except that the contents of
the report may be disclosed to the person about whom the report is made; and
(b) May be used by the Department solely to
determine the eligibility of the person to operate a vehicle on the streets and
highways of this State.
3. The submission by a physician or an
advanced practice registered nurse of a report pursuant to subsection 2 is
solely within his or her discretion. No cause of action may be brought against
a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse based on the fact that he
or she did not submit such a report.
4. No cause of action may be brought
against a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse based on the fact
that he or she submitted a report pursuant to subsection 2 unless the physician
or advanced practice registered nurse acted with malice, intentional
misconduct, gross negligence or intentional or knowing violation of the law.

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