§ 17-12. Exemptions from article.

(a)

Licensed medical practitioners. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit a medical doctor, intern or resident, registered nurse or other person from giving treatment or caring for an injured person in conjunction with an emergency medical vehicle or service when such treatment or care is authorized under a license issued by the state.

(b)

Emergency medical services operated outside the city. An emergency medical service operating lawfully outside of the city may transport an ill or injured person from a location outside the city to a medical facility within the city or from a medical facility to a location outside the city, or may pass through the city in route from locations outside the city. If the transportation is on an emergency basis with red light and siren operating, the emergency medical service shall notify the dispatcher of the police department of the city of the route, destination and time of the transportation through, into or out of the city.

(c)

Emergency medical vehicles operated by the state or federal government. The provisions of this article shall not apply to emergency vehicles operated by the state, the federal government or any political subdivision of the state, their agencies or departments, except that any medical vehicle service operated by the city or by the Denver Health and Hospital Authority shall comply with all provisions of this article.

(d)

The exceptional emergency use of privately or publicly owned vehicle, including search and rescue unit vehicles, or aircraft not ordinarily used in the formal act of transporting patients.

(e)

A vehicle rendering services as an emergency medical vehicle in case of a major catastrophe or emergency when emergency medical vehicles with permits based on the localities of the catastrophe or emergency are insufficient to render the services required.

(f)

Emergency medical vehicles based outside this state which are transporting a patient to Colorado.

(g)

Vehicles used solely for the transportation of intoxicated persons or persons incapacitated by alcohol as defined in Section 25-1-302, C.R.S. as amended, but who are not otherwise disabled or seriously injured and would not be expected to require skilled treatment or care while in the vehicle.

(Code 1950, §§ 971.3-18, 971.3-19, 971.3-20; Ord. No. 475-97, § 2, 7-21-97)