West Virginia Code 16-4C-7 – Vehicles, aircraft and persons aboard them exempted from requirements of article
The following vehicles and aircraft are exempted from the provisions of this article and rules promulgated pursuant to it and persons aboard them are not required to comply with the provisions of section eight of this article:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 16-4C-7
- Ambulance: means any privately or publicly-owned vehicle or aircraft which is designed, constructed or modified. See West Virginia Code 16-4C-3
- Emergency medical service personnel: means any person certified by the commissioner to provide emergency medical services as set forth by legislative rule. See West Virginia Code 16-4C-3
- Patient: means any person who is a recipient of the services provided by emergency medical services. See West Virginia Code 16-4C-3
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
(a) Privately-owned vehicles and aircraft not ordinarily used in the business or service of transporting patients;
(b) Vehicles and aircraft used as ambulances in case of a catastrophe or emergency when the ambulances normally staffed by certified emergency medical service personnel based in the locality of the catastrophe or emergency are insufficient to render the service required;
(c) Ambulances based outside this state, except that emergency medical service personnel aboard any such ambulance receiving a patient within this state for transportation to a location within this state shall comply with the provisions of this article and the rules promulgated pursuant to it except in the event of a catastrophe or emergency when the ambulances normally staffed by certified emergency medical service personnel based in the locality of the catastrophe or emergency are insufficient to render the services required;
(d) Ambulances owned by or operated under the direct control of a governmental agency of the United States; and
(e) Vehicles and aircraft designed primarily for rescue operations which do not ordinarily transport patients.