34-11-9. Exemptions from license requirements.The following are exempt from the provisions of §§34-11-2 to 34-11-8, inclusive:(1)The occasional use of a privately owned vehicle or aircraft, not ordinarily used in the business of providing ambulance service or operating under the provisions of §32-34-3;(2)A vehicle that provides ambulance services following a disaster or emergency, if ambulances based in the area are unable to provide the necessary services;(3)An ambulance service based outside of this state, unless the service is receiving a patient in this state and providing medical transportation to another location in this state;(4)A vehicle owned and operated by a rescue squad, provided the vehicle is not regularly used as an ambulance outside of rescue operations;(5)An ambulance owned and operated by the federal government; and(6)A vehicle used to provide coach service, by prior appointment, for persons who require non-emergency medical transportation. Source: SL 1974, ch 239, §6; SL 1982, ch 259, §33; SL 1989, ch 287, §2; SL 1992, ch 240, §6; SL 2024, ch 126, §13.
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