West Virginia Code
Article 4C. Emergency Medical Services Act
§16-4C-7. Vehicles, Aircraft and Persons Aboard Them Exempted From Requirements of Article

The following vehicles and aircraft are exempted from the provisions of this article and rules promulgated pursuant to it and persons aboard them are not required to comply with the provisions of section eight of this article:
(a) Privately-owned vehicles and aircraft not ordinarily used in the business or service of transporting patients;
(b) Vehicles and aircraft used as ambulances in case of a catastrophe or emergency when the ambulances normally staffed by certified emergency medical service personnel based in the locality of the catastrophe or emergency are insufficient to render the service required;
(c) Ambulances based outside this state, except that emergency medical service personnel aboard any such ambulance receiving a patient within this state for transportation to a location within this state shall comply with the provisions of this article and the rules promulgated pursuant to it except in the event of a catastrophe or emergency when the ambulances normally staffed by certified emergency medical service personnel based in the locality of the catastrophe or emergency are insufficient to render the services required;
(d) Ambulances owned by or operated under the direct control of a governmental agency of the United States; and
(e) Vehicles and aircraft designed primarily for rescue operations which do not ordinarily transport patients.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 16. Public Health

Article 4C. Emergency Medical Services Act

§16-4C-1. Short Title

§16-4C-2. Purposes of Article

§16-4C-3. Definitions

§16-4C-4. Office of Emergency Medical Services Created; Requiring Appointment of a Director of the Office of Emergency Medical Services; Staffing

§16-4C-5. Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council; Duties; Composition; Appointment; Meetings; Compensation and Expenses

§16-4C-6. Powers and Duties of Commissioner

§16-4C-6a. Emergency Medical Services Agency Licensure

§16-4C-6b. Establishment of Emergency Medical Services Agency Licensure Fund; Authorized Expenditures; Annual Report

§16-4C-7. Vehicles, Aircraft and Persons Aboard Them Exempted From Requirements of Article

§16-4C-8. Standards for Emergency Medical Services Personnel

§16-4C-8a. Courtesy Certification of Emergency Medical Services Personnel in Surrounding States

§16-4C-9. Complaints; Investigations; Due Process Procedure; Grounds for Disciplinary Action

§16-4C-10. Procedures for Hearing; Right of Appeal; Judicial Review

§16-4C-11. Liability for Cost of Emergency Medical Service

§16-4C-12. Violations; Criminal Penalties

§16-4C-13. Actions to Enjoin Violations; Injunctive Relief

§16-4C-14. Services That May Be Performed by Emergency Medical Service Personnel

§16-4C-15. Powers of Emergency Medical Service Attendants, Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic and Emergency Medical Technicians-Paramedic During Emergency Communications Failures and Disasters

§16-4C-16. Limitation of Liability; Mandatory Errors and Omissions Insurance

§16-4C-17. Limitation of Liability for Failure to Obtain Consent

§16-4C-18. Authority of Emergency Medical Service Personnel in Charge of Emergency Medical Services

§16-4C-19. Obstructing or Causing Bodily Injury to Emergency Medical Service Personnel; Criminal Penalties

§16-4C-20. Service Reciprocity Agreements for Mutual Aid

§16-4C-21. Restriction for Provision of Emergency Medical Services by Out-of-State Emergency Medical Service Personnel or Providers of Emergency Medical Services

§16-4C-22. Transportation of Unconscious or Otherwise Uncommunicative Patients

§16-4C-23. Authority of the Commissioner to Make Rules

§16-4C-24. Emergency Medical Services Equipment and Training Fund; Establishment of Grant Program for Equipment and Training of Emergency Medical Service Providers and Personnel