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Note that the Red Cross organization doesn't have unique rights to the red cross symbol under the Geneva convention, it is slightly more complicated than such.

From Wikipedia [1]: "As a protection symbol, they are used in armed conflicts to mark persons and objects (buildings, vehicles, etc.) which are working in compliance with the rules of the Geneva Conventions."

This means that in contrast to what many commenter here are saying non-Red Cross medics (including military ones) can and do use the red cross symbol to signal that they are such.

This of course does not really change much in regards to the usage issue, you are still not allowed to use the symbol for other purposes than specified in the Geneva convention.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emblems_of_the_International_R...