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title: O.C.G.A. § 31-11-11. Applicability of chapter.
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# O.C.G.A. § 31-11-11. Applicability of chapter.

This chapter shall not apply to the following:

(1) An ambulance or ambulance service operated by an agency of the United States government;

(2) A vehicle or aircraft that is operated by a person who is not licensed to furnish ambulance service which is rendering assistance temporarily in the case of a major catastrophe or emergency because the licensed ambulance services of the state are insufficient or unable to meet the demands thereof;

(3) An ambulance which is operated from a location outside of the state in order to transport patients from without the state’s limits to locations within the state; or

(4) An invalid car or the operator thereof, except as provided in subsection (b) of Code Section 31-11-30.

## History

Code 1933, § 88-3111, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 625, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 800, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 304, § 5.