NAC706.3761. Drivers: Hours of service.

     1. A driver of a taxicab shall not work a shift longer than 12 consecutive hours except when under a charter or a trip that commenced within a reasonable period before the end of the driver’s shift.

     2. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, a driver of a taxicab shall not under any circumstances work longer than 16 hours within a period of 24 consecutive hours.

     3. A driver of a taxicab who has completed a shift of 8 hours or more:

     (a) Shall not resume driving; and

     (b) Must not be knowingly allowed or required by his or her employer to resume driving,

Ê unless the driver has been off duty for at least 8 consecutive hours.

     4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, a certificate holder shall not knowingly require or allow any driver of a taxicab to work longer than 12 consecutive hours.

     5. A certificate holder shall provide an appropriate, accurate and operable time clock. The time clock must be approved by the Authority before its use, and the certificate holder shall require its drivers to time stamp their trip sheets at the beginning and end of each of their shifts.

     (Added to NAC by Transportation Serv. Auth. by R040-02, eff. 9-20-2002)