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.