{"data":{"id":"us-va/12vac5-31-190","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"12VAC5-31-190","heading":"General exemptions from these regulations","body":"The following are exempted from these regulations except as noted:\n\n1. A person or privately owned vehicle not engaged in the business, service, or regular activity of providing medical care or transportation of persons who are sick, injured, wounded, or otherwise disabled;\n\n2. A person or vehicle assisting with the rendering of emergency medical services or medical transportation in the case of a major medical emergency as reasonably necessary when the EMS agencies, vehicles, and personnel based in or near the location of such major emergency are insufficient to render the services required;\n\n3. An EMS agency operated by the United States government within this state. Any person holding a United States government contract is not exempt from these regulations unless the person only provides services within an area of exclusive federal jurisdiction;\n\n4. A medical care facility, but only with respect to the provision of emergency medical services within such facility;\n\n5. Personnel employed by or associated with a medical care facility that provides emergency medical services within that medical care facility, but only with respect to the services provided therein;\n\n6. An EMS agency based in a state bordering Virginia when requested to respond into Virginia for the purpose of providing mutual aid in the primary service area of a designated emergency response agency with the following conditions:\n\na. This agency must comply with the terms of a written mutual aid agreement with the EMS agency; and\n\nb. This agency must comply with applicable EMS regulations of its home state.\n\n7. An EMS agency that operates in Virginia for the exclusive purpose of interstate travel.","path":["Title 12. Health","Agency 5. Department of Health","Chapter 31. Virginia Emergency Medical Services Regulations","Part I. General Provisions","Article 3. Exceptions, Variances, and Exemptions"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title12/agency5/chapter31/section190/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:50Z","sha256":"70197f793213c6fe4d46a712e30416c5bb7da8447e8a315caa91ba874df47688","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/12vac5-31-180","next":"us-va/12vac5-31-200"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}