§ 62-37. Exemptions.

(a)

The following are exempted from the provisions of this section:

(1)

The occasional use of a privately owned or publicly owned vehicle, aircraft or marine craft not ordinarily used in the business of transporting persons who are sick, injured, wounded, or otherwise incapacitated or helpless or operating under the provisions of the Good Samaritan Law in the performance of a life-saving act.

(2)

All medical transportation vehicles wholly owned and operated by an agency of the United States Government for routine operations.

(3)

Ambulances wholly owned, or leased, by industrial agency ambulance services and providing transportation to employees, students, faculty, or individuals who become sick or injured within the boundaries of their property or coverage area and request treatment and/or emergency transportation to the nearest appropriate medical facility on a regular and recurring basis. Exemptions do not include ambulances or ambulance services contracted to provide services to an industrial agency.

(4)

Volunteer ambulance services are exempt from all provisions of this section in the event that they have an annual memorandum of understanding with the City of New Orleans for operation that shall include, at a minimum:

a.

Conditions for operation to include yearly inspection, a defined response area, specific patient population served, and level of care provided.

b.

Conditions for notification and activation of the 911 emergency response system through the Orleans Parish Communications District.

c.

Review of operations and procedures by the Medical Director or Director of New Orleans EMS.

d.

Fees for operations paid shall be no less than those set forth for private ambulance providers in the City of New Orleans, and shall include inspection of vehicles.

(M.C.S., Ord. No. 25023, § 1, 9-20-12)