Upon the arrest of a person with a communications disability as defined in NRS 50.050, and before any interrogation or the taking of a statement, the peace officer in actual charge of the station, headquarters or other facility to which the person with a communications disability has been brought shall make an interpreter available at public expense to that person in accordance with the provisions of NRS 50.050 to 50.053, inclusive.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 309; A 1979, 657; 2001, 1776; 2007, 170)