Ambulances used primarily as convalescent transport units are hereby exempted from the size provisions of S.C. Code, Title 44, Chapter 61, as amended, or any regulations relating to size requirements promulgated pursuant to such chapter. A convalescent transport unit as used in this section is defined as a vehicle making such nonemergency calls within the county, and to destinations within the county, as scheduled visits to a physician’s office or hospital for treatment, routine physical examination, x-rays or laboratory tests or is used for transporting, within the county, patients upon discharge from a hospital or nursing home to a hospital, nursing home or residence, or a vehicle making any other calls dispatched within the county as a nonemergency.
(1976 Code, § 6-38) (Ord. 766, § 2)