Interpretation ID: nht73-1.1

DATE: 02/20/73

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; L. R. Schneider; NHTSA

TO: Joe Motley

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT:

March 28, 1973

Mr. Joe Motley 2704 Sparkman Drive, N. W. Huntsville, Alabama 35810

Dear Mr. Motley:

This is in reply to your letter of December 15, 1972, regarding requirements applicable to manufacturers of ambulances. Ambulances are considered by NHTSA to be "multipurpose passenger vehicles", a vehicle type to which several Federal motor vehicle safety standards and regulations are applicable. Manufacturers of ambulances, including those who convert other vehicle types to ambulances, are required to manufacture each ambulance in accordance with those standards and regulations applicable to multipurpose passenger vehicles. The enclosed leaflet contains a short list and description of the standards and regulations, indicating which vehicle types are subject to each standard. The NHTSA is reponsible for both the promulgation and the enforcement of these standards.

We rely on persons such as yourself to report possible violations of our requirements, and we appreciate your writing to us. I have referred your letter to our Office of Standards Enforcement, which will take steps to see that vehicles are manufactured in accordance with the Federal motor vehicle safety standards and other NHTSA regulations.

Sincerely,

Lawrence R. Schneider Chief Counsel