NAC706.549. Drivers: Hours of service.

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

     2. Under no circumstances may a driver work longer than 16 hours within a 24-consecutive hour period.

     3. A driver who has completed a period of duty of 8 hours or more must not be knowingly permitted or required to resume driving unless the driver has been off duty for at least 8 consecutive hours.

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

     5. Each 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 periods of duty.

     [Taxicab Auth., Gen. Order No. 3 Rule 204, eff. 4-18-71; A 3-28-76; 8-16-78]—(NAC A 10-13-88; R064-02, 7-31-2002)