1. There is hereby established a statewide sobriety and drug monitoring program in which any political subdivision in this State may elect to participate.
2. The core components of the program must include the use of a primary testing methodology that tests for the presence of alcohol or a prohibited substance in a program participant’s system, best facilitates the ability to apply immediate sanctions for noncompliance and is available at an affordable cost. In cases of economic hardship or when a program participant is rewarded with less stringent testing requirements, testing methodologies with timely sanctions for noncompliance may be utilized.
3. The program must be evidence-based and satisfy at least two of the following requirements:
(a) The program is included in the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices;
(b) The program has been reported in a peer-reviewed journal as having positive effects on the primary targeted outcome; or
(c) The program has been documented as effective by informed experts and other sources.
4. The core components of the program that generally require testing to determine the presence of alcohol in a person’s system not less than two times each day and random testing to determine the presence of a prohibited substance in a person’s system not less than two times each week must not be altered or modified.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2749)