1. A person who wishes to have placed on his or her commercial driver’s license a designation that he or she is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States pursuant to subsection 2 must:

(a) If applying for the initial issuance of a commercial driver’s license, appear in person at an office of the Department and submit evidence satisfactory to the Department that he or she has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States.

(b) If applying for the renewal of a commercial driver’s license upon which a designation that the person is a veteran:

(1) Is not placed, submit by mail or in person an honorable discharge or other document of honorable separation from the Armed Forces of the United States or other evidence satisfactory to the Department that he or she has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States.

(2) Is placed, submit by mail, in person or by other means authorized by the Department a statement that the person wishes the commercial driver’s license to continue to designate that the person is a veteran.

2. Upon the request of a person that his or her commercial driver’s license indicate that he or she is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States pursuant to subsection 1, and who satisfies the requirements of that subsection, the Department shall place on any commercial driver’s license issued to the person pursuant to the provisions of this chapter a designation that the person is a veteran.

3. The Director shall determine the design and placement of the designation of veteran status required by this section on any commercial driver’s license to which this section applies.

4. As used in this section, “evidence satisfactory to the Department that he or she has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States” includes, without limitation, digital verification obtained from the Nevada Veterans Information System, or its successor, maintained by the Department of Veterans Services, of the applicant’s DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, issued by the United States Department of Defense, or a similar form, including, without limitation:

(a) AF IMT 100, Request and Authorization for Separation;

(b) DD Form 217, Discharge Certificate;

(c) NA Form 13038, Certification of Military Service;

(d) NAVCG 2510, Honorable Discharge, United States Coast Guard;

(e) NAVMC 70-PD, Honorable Discharge, United States Marine Corps;

(f) NAVMC 78-PD, United States Marine Corps Report of Separation;

(g) NAVPERS-553, Notice of Separation from United States Naval Service;

(h) NAVPERS-660, Honorable Discharge from United States Navy;

(i) NGB Form 22, Report of Separation and Record of Service, National Guard Bureau;

(j) NMC 2571 A&I, Honorable Discharge, United States Marine Corps;

(k) WD AGO 53, Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge;

(l) WD AGO 53-55, Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge;

(m) WD AGO 53-58, Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge;

(n) WD AGO 55, Honorable Discharge from The Army of the United States;

(o) WD AGO 525, Honorable Discharge from the United States Army;

(p) WD AGO 755, Honorable Discharge, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps; and

(q) WD AGO-729, Honorable Discharge from the Army of the United States of America.

(Added to NRS by 2015, 1425; A 2019, 577)