1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, when a person deemed to have future driving privileges pursuant to NRS 483.447 has accumulated 3 or more demerit points, but less than 12, the Department shall notify the person of this fact. If, after the Department mails the notice, the person presents proof to the Department that he or she has successfully completed a course of traffic safety approved by the Department and a signed statement which indicates that the successful completion of the course was not required pursuant to a plea agreement, the Department shall cancel not more than 3 demerit points from the person’s driving record. If such a person accumulates 12 or more demerit points before completing the course of traffic safety, the person will not be entitled to have demerit points cancelled upon the completion of the course but must have future driving privileges suspended. A person deemed to have future driving privileges may attend a course only once in 12 months for the purpose of reducing demerit points. The 3 demerit points may only be cancelled from the driver’s record of the person during the 12-month period immediately following the driver’s successful completion of the course of traffic safety. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to a person deemed to have future driving privileges whose successful completion of a course of traffic safety was required pursuant to a plea agreement.

2. Any reduction of demerit points pursuant to this section applies only to the demerit record of the person deemed to have future driving privileges and otherwise does not affect the person’s driving record with the Department or insurance record.

3. Notwithstanding any provision of this title to the contrary, if a person deemed to have future driving privileges accumulates demerit points, the Department shall suspend those future driving privileges:

(a) For the first accumulation of 12 demerit points during a 12-month period, for 6 months. Such a person is eligible for a restricted license during this 6-month period.

(b) For the second accumulation within 3 years of 12 demerit points during a 12-month period, for 1 year. Such a person is eligible for a restricted license during this 1-year period.

(c) For the third accumulation within 5 years of 12 demerit points during a 12-month period, for 1 year. Such a person is not eligible for a restricted license during this 1-year period.

4. The Department shall suspend for 1 year the future driving privileges of a person convicted of a sixth traffic offense within a 5-year period if all six offenses have been assigned a value of 4 or more demerit points. Such a person is not eligible for a restricted license during this 1-year period.

5. If the Department determines by its records that a person deemed to have future driving privileges is not eligible for a driver’s license pursuant to this section, the Department shall notify the person by mail of that fact.

6. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, the Department shall suspend the future driving privileges of a person pursuant to this section 30 days after the date on which the Department mails the notice to the person required by subsection 5.

7. If a written request for a hearing is received by the Department:

(a) The suspension of the future driving privileges of the person requesting the hearing is stayed until a determination is made by the Department after the hearing.

(b) The hearing must be held, within 45 days after the request is received, in the county in which the person resides unless the person and the Department agree that the hearing may be held in some other county. The scope of the hearing must be limited to whether the records of the Department accurately reflect the driving history of the person.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1235)