Nev. Admin. Code § 483.077

Current through October 11, 2024

Section 483.077 - Imprinting of indicator of certain medical conditions; designation of disability which limits or impairs ability to walk

1. Upon application for a driver's license or identification card, an applicant may, if eligible, request that an indicator of a medical condition listed in subsection 2 be imprinted on his or her driver's license or identification card.

2. The indicator of a medical condition in subsection 1 must conform with the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9), or the most recent revision, adopted by the National Center for Health Statistics and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The following ICD-9 codes may be used on a driver's license or identification card:

(a) Code 250.3, indicating a person with diabetes with other coma;

(b) Code 345.9, indicating a person with epilepsy;

(c) Code 369.00, indicating a person with blindness and low vision;

(d) Code 389.10, indicating a person with deafness;

(e) Code 414.0, indicating a person with coronary atherosclerosis;

(f) Code 496.0, indicating a person with chronic airway obstruction;

(g) Code E934.2, indicating a person on anticoagulants;

(h) Code 995.60, indicating a person with a food allergy; or

(i) Code 995.86, indicating a person with malignant hyperthermia.

3. To be eligible to have a medical indicator listed in subsection 2 placed on his or her driver's license or identification card, an applicant, at the time of submitting his or her application for a driver's license or identification card and at the time for each renewal of the driver's license or identification card, must present, in person and on a form provided by the Department, written documentation prepared by a licensed physician indicating that the applicant has been diagnosed with a condition listed in subsection 2. The form must be signed and dated within the immediately preceding 30 days, and include all requested information.

4. In addition to the conditions listed in subsection 2, an applicant may request a designation on his or her driver's license or identification card that he or she is a person with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk.

Nev. Admin. Code § 483.077

Added to NAC by Dep't of Motor Veh. by R107-08, 9-29-2008, eff. 10-1-2008

NRS 481.051, 483.220, 483.3485, 483.349, 483.863, 483.865