§ 50-54. Exemptions and exclusions from certificate requirement.

Certificates shall not be required for:

(1)

Rescue Services (Non-ALS).

(2)

The use of a non-ambulance for any transport of a patient pursuant to the Good Samaritan Act, F.S. § 768.13.

(3)

Vehicles rendering ambulance-type services when requested to do so by the Board of County Commissioners or County Manager in the event of a major catastrophe or other such emergency which requires more ambulances than are available in the county.

(4)

Ambulances based outside the county which pick up a patient in the county and transport him out of the county, or which pick up a patient out of the county and transport him into the county.

(5)

Vehicles used to transport persons for routine scheduled medical treatments. Vehicles transporting persons who require services en route are not covered by this exemption.

(Ord. No. 04-12, § 4; Ord. No. 05-16, § 4; Ord. No. 2011-36, § 2)