2016 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44 - Health
CHAPTER 61 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Section 44-61-100. Exemptions.

The following are exempted from the provisions of this article:

(A) ambulances owned and operated by the Federal Government;

(B) a vehicle or vehicles, including associated personnel, rendering assistance to community ambulances in the case of a catastrophe when licensed ambulances in the locality are insufficient to render the required services;

(C) the use of a privately or publicly owned vehicle, not ordinarily utilized in the transportation of persons who are sick, injured, or otherwise incapacitated and operating pursuant to Section 15-1-310 (Good Samaritan Act) in the prevention of loss of life and alleviation of suffering;

(D) the use of out-of-state ambulance services and personnel to assist with treatment and transport of patients during a disaster or catastrophe when licensed services in the locality are insufficient to render the required services.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-905.40; 1974 (58) 2370; 2004 Act No. 271, Section 1, eff July 16, 2004; 2010 Act No. 157, Section 1, eff May 11, 2010.

Effect of Amendment

The 2004 amendment, in the introductory paragraph, substituted "article" for "chapter"; in paragraph (b), added ", including associated personnel,"; in paragraph (c), substituted "pursuant to" for "under the provisions of"; and added paragraph (d) relating to out-of-state ambulance services.

The 2010 amendment changed the subsection designators from lower to upper case.