1. The board of county highway commissioners may make rules and regulations to allow a person to erect and maintain a gate across a public road in the county. Such rules and regulations:
(a) Must require such a gate to be kept unlocked; and
(b) May set forth any specifications, standards and requirements concerning the erection and maintenance of such a gate as the board of county highway commissioners determines to be necessary.
2. As used in this section, “public road” means a:
(a) Main, general or minor county road designated pursuant to NRS 403.170.
(b) Public road, as defined in subsection 2 of NRS 405.191.