488.520  Analysis of blood of deceased victim of accident involving vessel to determine presence and concentration of alcohol.

1.  Any coroner, or other public officer performing like duties, shall in all cases in which a death has occurred as a result of an accident involving a vessel under power or sail on the waters of this state, whether the person killed is the operator of the vessel or a passenger or other person, cause to be drawn from each decedent, within 8 hours after the accident, a blood sample to be analyzed for the presence and concentration of alcohol.

2.  The findings of the examinations are a matter of public record and must be reported to the Commission by the coroner or other public officer within 30 days after the death.

3.  Analyses of blood alcohol are acceptable only if made by laboratories licensed to perform this function.

(Added to NRS by 1987, 629; A 1999, 2468)