Section 773.004 - Vehicles and Personnel Excluded From Chapter(a) This chapter does not apply to:(1) air transfer that does not advertise as an ambulance service and that is not licensed by the department;(2) the use of ground or air transfer vehicles to transport sick or injured persons in a casualty situation that exceeds the basic vehicular capacity or capability of emergency medical services providers in the area;(3) an industrial ambulance; or(4) a physician, registered nurse, or other health care practitioner licensed by this state unless the health care practitioner staffs an emergency medical services vehicle regularly.(b) In this section, "industrial ambulance" means a vehicle owned and operated by an industrial facility that is not available for hire or use by the public except to assist the local community in a disaster or when existing ambulance service is not available, and includes a ground vehicle at an industrial site used: (1) for the initial transportation or transfer of the unstable urgently sick or injured; or(2) to transport from the job site to an appropriate medical facility a person who becomes sick, injured, wounded, or otherwise incapacitated in the course of employment.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.004
Amended By Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 268, Sec. 14(a), eff. 9/1/2007.Amended By Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 305, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2005.Amended By Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1034, Sec. 4, eff. 9/1/2005.Amended By Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 376, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 240, eff. 9/1/1991Amended By Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/1991 Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989.