§ 2-13-53. Exemptions.

(a)

Per Section 401.33, Florida Statutes, as amended, the following are exempt from the provisions of this article:

(1)

Fixed wing air ambulances used or intended to be used for air transportation of sick or injured persons who may need medical attention during transport;

(2)

Any ambulance owned and operated by the federal government or sovereign Indian tribe;

(3)

Vehicles used for transporting a patient pursuant to Section 768.13, Florida Statutes, known as the Good Samaritan Act;

(4)

A vehicle used to transport patients in the event of a major catastrophe or local or state declared emergency when ambulances with current certificates and state licenses are insufficient in number to render the services needed as determined by the public safety director or designee;

(5)

A privately-owned vehicle not ordinarily used in the business of transporting persons who are sick, injured, wounded, incapacitated, or helpless; and

(6)

Any state licensed hospital utilizing its own vehicles in transporting, to or from a hospital or a medical facility, non-emergency patients whose medical condition is such that they are confined to a wheelchair or to a stretcher but who do not need, nor are likely to need, medical attention during transport if the hospital does not charge a fee for this service.

(b)

The Town of Longboat Key shall be exempt from the provisions of this article so long as it is operating under a certificate issued prior to April 25, 2017 (the date of the amendment and restatement of this article via Ordinance 17-041 ) and its Sarasota County certificate for these services is valid.

(Ord. No. 17-041 , § 3, 4-25-17)