(a) A motorcycle equipped to handle medical emergencies shall be deemed a rescue vehicle. The commissioner shall issue a safety certificate to such motorcycle upon examination of such vehicle and a determination that such motorcycle (1) is in satisfactory mechanical condition, (2) is as safe to operate as the average motorcycle, and (3) is equipped with such emergency medical equipment as may be required by subsection (b) of this section.

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(b) The commissioner shall annually issue a list specifying the minimum equipment that a motorcycle must carry to operate as a rescue vehicle pursuant to this section. Such equipment shall include those items that would enable an emergency medical technician, paramedic or other individual similarly trained to render to a person requiring emergency medical assistance the maximum benefit possible from the operation of such motorcycle rescue vehicle.