2005 Nevada Revised Statutes - Chapter 498 — Skydiving Businesses
CHAPTER 498 - SKYDIVING BUSINESSES
GENERAL PROVISIONS
NRS 498.010 Definitions.
NRS 498.020 Associationdefined.
NRS 498.030 Skydivingbusiness defined.
NRS 498.040 Studentskydiver defined.
NRS 498.050 Legislativefindings and declaration.
NRS 498.060 Certainpersons presumed to be student skydivers.
DUTIES OF OPERATORS
NRS 498.070 Operatorsrequired to comply with certain federal regulations and safety requirements andto use Associations training options; Director of Department of Transportationrequired to review amendments to basic safety requirements and trainingoptions.
NRS 498.080 Maintenanceof safety handbook on premises; provision or availability of copy of basicsafety requirements and federal regulations to customer.
NRS 498.090 Postingof certain information at operators place of business.
NRS 498.100 Accidentreports.
PENALTIES
NRS 498.110 Penalty;revocation of license.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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1. The opportunity to jump with a parachute from anairplane, a balloon or any other vehicle used for navigation through the air;or
2. Training on how to jump safely from an airplane, aballoon or any other vehicle used for navigation through the air and how toland safely using a parachute.
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DUTIES OF OPERATORS
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1. The operator of a skydiving business shall:
(a) Comply with the regulations of the Federal AviationAdministration governing skydiving;
(b) Comply with safety requirements that are at leastas stringent as the basic safety requirements of the Association set forth inthe Skydivers Information Manual in the form most recently published by theAssociation, unless the Director of the Department of Transportation posts anotice of disapproval of any amendment to those requirements pursuant to subsection2; and
(c) Provide training to a student skydiver using one ofthe training options adopted by the Association in the Skydivers InformationManual in the form most recently published by the Association, unless theDirector of the Department of Transportation posts a notice of disapproval ofany amendment to those training options pursuant to subsection 2.
2. The Director of the Department of Transportation ora person designated by the Director shall review each amendment to the basicsafety requirements and training options set forth in the SkydiversInformation Manual and approve or disapprove of the amendment for use in thisstate. If the Director does not post a notice of disapproval within 30 daysafter such an amendment is published, the amendment shall be deemed approvedfor this state.
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1. The operator of a skydiving business shall maintainon the premises of the business a safety handbook which contains the safetyrequirements that the operator will comply with in conducting the operations ofthe business.
2. Upon request, the operator shall provide a customerwith a copy of the basic safety requirements of the Association and the regulationsof the Federal Aviation Administration governing skydiving. The operator shallbe deemed to have complied with the provisions of this subsection if he makesavailable to the customer for review on the premises the safety handbookrequired to be maintained pursuant to subsection 1, or a copy of the handbook,which contains the basic safety requirements of the Association and theregulations of the Federal Aviation Administration governing skydiving.
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1. A statement that skydiving businesses operating inthis state must comply with the regulations of the Federal AviationAdministration governing skydiving and safety requirements that are at least asstringent as the basic safety requirements of the Association;
2. A list of the equipment required to be provided toa student skydiver; and
3. A statement that a customer may report any allegedviolation of the provisions of NRS 498.010to 498.110, inclusive, to the districtattorney of the county in which the alleged violation occurred or to theAttorney General.
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1. The operator of a skydiving business shall reportin writing to the Association an accident that results in serious injury to orthe death of one of its customers.
2. The report must:
(a) Be submitted to the Association not later than thenext business day following the date of the accident; and
(b) Include the time and place of the accident and thecircumstances relating thereto.
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PENALTIES
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1. The operator of a skydiving business who willfullyviolates any of the provisions of NRS498.010 to 498.100, inclusive, isguilty of a misdemeanor.
2. Any governmental entity that has issued a licenseto engage in business as an operator of a skydiving business to a person who isconvicted of violating any of the provisions of
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