Nevada Code § 483.9385

Mandatory suspension of commercial drivers license, commercial learners permit or privilege to drive commercial motor vehicle based upon result of test showing prohibited concentration of alcohol or presence of schedule I controlled substance. [Effective until the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State.]
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1. If the result of a test given pursuant
to NRS 484C.150 or 484C.160 shows that a person 18 years of
age or older had a concentration of alcohol of 0.04 or more but less than 0.08
in his or her blood or breath or any detectable amount of a substance described
in 21 C.F.R. 1308.11 in his or her blood or urine at the time of the test,
the persons commercial drivers license, commercial learners permit or
privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle must be suspended for a period of
1 year.
2. This section does not preclude:
(a) The prosecution of a person for a violation
of any other provision of law; or
(b) The suspension or revocation of a persons
commercial drivers license, commercial learners permit or privilege to drive
a commercial motor vehicle pursuant to any other provision of law.
NRS 483.9385 Mandatory suspension of
commercial drivers license, commercial learners permit or privilege to drive
commercial motor vehicle based upon result of test showing prohibited
concentration of alcohol or presence of schedule I controlled substance.
[Effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to
make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol
concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal
funding for the construction of highways in this State.]
1. If the result of a test given pursuant
to NRS 484C.150 or 484C.160 shows that a person 18 years of
age or older had a concentration of alcohol of 0.04 or more but less than 0.10
in his or her blood or breath or any detectable amount of a substance described
in 21 C.F.R. 1308.11 in his or her blood or urine at the time of the test,
the persons commercial drivers license, commercial learners permit or
privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle must be suspended for a period of
1 year.
2. This section does not preclude:
(a) The prosecution of a person for a violation
of any other provision of law; or
(b) The suspension or revocation of a persons
commercial drivers license, commercial learners permit or privilege to drive
a commercial motor vehicle pursuant to any other provision of law.

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