§ 48-2.006. Exemptions.

(a)

This division shall not apply:

(1)

To vehicles operated as ambulances and to persons engaged in the ambulance service where ambulance services are rendered at the request of any county communications center or at the request of any law enforcement or fire protection agency during any "state of war emergency," "state of emergency," or "local emergency" as defined in Government Code section 8558 or during any period (not over thirty days, but renewable every thirty days) when the County health officer has determined in writing that adequate emergency ambulance service will not be available from existing permittees;

(2)

To vehicles operated as ambulances and to persons engaged in the ambulance service where ambulance services are rendered exclusively to patients who become in need of ambulance service while on or in the place of business of the person and where no charge is made for the ambulance services rendered; provided, however, that if the vehicle is going to travel Code 3 or its equivalent, the appropriate county communications center shall be so notified of this fact.

(b)

This division shall not prevent any peace officer, firefighter, or physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, from arranging for the transportation of an individual in need of emergency medical care when no ambulance with an appropriate ambulance service permit is available and such transportation is required immediately for the preservation of life or to avoid substantial impairment of the person to be transported.

(Ords. 83-28 § 1 (part), 70-77).