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title: O.C.G.A. § 31-11-7. Authority to operate ambulances and emergency organ transport vehicles as emergency vehicles.
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# O.C.G.A. § 31-11-7. Authority to operate ambulances and emergency organ transport vehicles as emergency vehicles.

(a) The driver of an ambulance on the public streets, highways, and private access roads of this state, when responding to an emergency call or while transporting a patient, shall be authorized to operate the ambulance as an emergency vehicle pursuant to Code Section 40-6-6.

(b) The driver of an emergency organ transport vehicle on the public streets, highways, and private access roads of this state, when transporting necessary personnel, organs, tissue, or medical supplies to a time-critical organ transplant procedure, shall be authorized to operate the emergency organ transport vehicle as an emergency vehicle pursuant to Code Section 40-6-6.

## History

Code 1933, § 88-3109, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 625, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 304, § 4; Ga. L. 2025, p. 286, § 4/SB 58, effective July 1, 2025.

## Cross References

Yielding of right of way to authorized emergency vehicles, § 40-6-74.

Duty of pedestrians to yield right of way to authorized vehicles, § 40-6-99.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2025, p. 286, § 1/SB 58, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Georgia Transporting Life-Saving Organs and Personnel Act.’”

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a); substituted “shall be authorized” for “is authorized” in subsection (a); and added subsection (b).