Indiana § 9-13-2-6 - "Authorized emergency vehicle"
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 9-13-2-6 — "Authorized emergency vehicle", with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 9-13-2-6. "Authorized emergency vehicle"
Sec. 6. "Authorized emergency vehicle" means the following:
(1) The following vehicles:
(A) Fire department vehicles.
(B) Police department vehicles.
(C) Ambulances.
(D) Emergency vehicles operated by or for hospitals or health and hospital corporations under IC 16-22-8.
(2) Vehicles designated as emergency vehicles by the Indiana department of transportation under IC 9-21-20-1.
(3) Motor vehicles that, subject to IC 9-21-20-2, are approved by the Indiana emergency medical services commission that are:
(A) ambulances that are owned by persons, firms, limited liability companies, or corporations other than hospitals; or
(B) not ambulances and that provide emergency medical services, including extrication and rescue services (as defined in IC 16-18-2-110).
(4) Vehicles of the department of correction that, subject to IC 9-21-20-3, are:
(A) designated by the department of correction as emergency vehicles; and
(B) responding to an emergency.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-2(d).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-1992, SEC.35; P.L.2-1993, SEC.64; P.L.8-1993, SEC.165.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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