SDCL § 34-11-9: Exemptions from license requirements.

The following are exempt from the provisions of §§ 34-11-2 to 34-11-8, inclusive:

(1) The occasional use of a privately owned vehicle or aircraft, not ordinarily used in the business of providing ambulance service or operating under the provisions of § 32-34-3;

(2) A vehicle that provides ambulance services following a disaster or emergency, if ambulances based in the area are unable to provide the necessary services;

(3) An ambulance service based outside of this state, unless the service is receiving a patient in this state and providing medical transportation to another location in this state;

(4) A vehicle owned and operated by a rescue squad, provided the vehicle is not regularly used as an ambulance outside of rescue operations;

(5) An ambulance owned and operated by the federal government; and

(6) A vehicle used to provide coach service, by prior appointment, for persons who require non-emergency medical transportation.