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N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 1 Short title
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§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the\n"volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law".\n
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 10 Permanent partial disability benefits
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§ 10. Permanent partial disability benefits. 1. In the case of\ndisability partial in character, but permanent in quality, the volunteer\nambulance worker, injured in the line of duty shall be paid one hundred\nfifty dollars for each week for the period specified in this\nsubdiv…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 11 Temporary partial disability benefits
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§ 11. Temporary partial disability benefits. In the case of temporary\npartial disability the volunteer ambulance worker shall be paid for each\nweek during the continuance thereof, as follows:\n 1. If the percentage of loss of earning capacity is seventy-five per\ncentum, or gr…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 11-A Repair or replacement of prosthetic devices
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§ 11-a. Repair or replacement of prosthetic devices. If, as a result\nof services performed in line of duty, a volunteer ambulance worker\ndamages or loses any prosthetic devices required to be worn or used by\nhim, whether or not he is injured, such prosthetic device shall be\n…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 11-B Hazardous exposures
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§ 11-b. Hazardous exposures. If, as a result of services performed in\nline of duty, a volunteer ambulance worker is exposed to or comes in\ncontact with any poisons, gases, x-rays, radium, radioactive materials\nor other potentially harmful substances or matter, the captain or …
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 11-C Medical examination of volunteer ambulance workers to detect and identify the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
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§ 11-c. Medical examination of volunteer ambulance workers to detect\nand identify the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). 1. Whenever a\nvolunteer ambulance worker has been exposed to a significant risk of\ntransmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) while performing…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 12 Nonschedule adjustments
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§ 12. Nonschedule adjustments. Notwithstanding any other provision of\nthis chapter, in any case coming within the provisions of sections ten\nand eleven of this article, in which the right to benefits has been\nestablished and benefits have been paid for not less than three mon…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 13 Reclassification of disabilities
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§ 13. Reclassification of disabilities. Subject to the limitations in\nsection fifty-one of this chapter and in section one hundred\ntwenty-three of the workers' compensation law as made applicable to this\nchapter by section fifty-seven of this chapter, the workers'\ncompensati…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 14 Previous disability
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§ 14. Previous disability. The fact that a volunteer ambulance worker\nhas suffered previous disability or received benefits therefor as\nprovided in the workers' compensation law, or this chapter shall not\npreclude him from benefits for a later injury nor preclude death\nbenef…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 15 Expense for rehabilitating injured volunteer ambulance workers
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§ 15. Expense for rehabilitating injured volunteer ambulance workers.\nA volunteer ambulance worker, who as a result of injury is or may be\nexpected to be totally or partially incapacitated for a remunerative\noccupation and who, under the direction of the state education\ndepa…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 16 Treatment and care
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§ 16. Treatment and care. A volunteer ambulance worker injured in line\nof duty shall be entitled to receive medical, surgical, podiatric,\nchiropractic, psychological and other attendance and treatment, nurse\nand hospital service, medicine, crutches, artificial members, device…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 17 Noncitizens
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§ 17. Noncitizens. Financial benefits payable under this chapter to\nnoncitizens not residents or about to become nonresidents of the United\nStates or Canada shall be in the same amount as provided for residents,\nexcept that dependents in any foreign country shall be limited t…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 18 Disposition of accrued benefits upon death
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§ 18. Disposition of accrued benefits upon death. Except as otherwise\nprovided in section ten of this article, in the case of the death of an\ninjured volunteer ambulance worker to whom there was due at the time of\nhis death any benefits under the provisions of this chapter, t…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 19 Exclusiveness of remedy
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§ 19. Exclusiveness of remedy. The benefits provided by this chapter\nshall be the exclusive remedy of a volunteer ambulance worker, or his\nspouse, parents, dependents, next of kin, executor or administrator, or\nanyone otherwise entitled to recover damages, at common law or\no…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 2 Purpose
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§ 2. Purpose. In recognition of the unselfish service given to the\npeople of New York state by these volunteer ambulance workers,\ngovernment has undertaken to provide for them and their families some\nmeasure of protection against loss from death or injuries in the line of\ndu…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 20 Other remedies of volunteer ambulance workers; subrogation
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§ 20. Other remedies of volunteer ambulance workers; subrogation. The\nprovisions of section twenty-nine of the workers' compensation law to\nthe extent that such provisions are not inconsistent with the provisions\nof this chapter, shall be applicable as fully as if set forth i…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 21 Assistance to other states, the Dominion of Canada, property ceded to the federal government and to Indian reservations
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§ 21. Assistance to other states, the Dominion of Canada, property\nceded to the federal government and to Indian reservations. 1. Whenever\nan ambulance company or ambulance department in this state shall answer\na call to furnish assistance to any political subdivision or terr…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 22 Revenues and benefits from sources other than this chapter
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§ 22. Revenues and benefits from sources other than this chapter. 1.\nBenefits, savings or insurance of the injured or deceased volunteer\nambulance worker, or insurance carried for his benefit under subsection\n(a) of section four thousand two hundred thirty-seven of the insura…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 23 Assignments, exemptions
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§ 23. Assignments, exemptions. Benefits payable under this article\nshall not be assigned, released or commuted, except as provided by this\nchapter, and shall be exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy,\nexecution and attachment or other remedy for recovery or collect…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 24 Waiver agreements
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§ 24. Waiver agreements. No agreement or release by a volunteer\nambulance worker, or, in the case of death, the dependents of a deceased\nvolunteer ambulance worker, to waive his or her right to benefits under\nthis chapter shall be valid, except as provided in section thirty-t…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 25 Limitation of time
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§ 25. Limitation of time. No limitation of time provided in this\nchapter shall run as against any person who is mentally incompetent or a\nminor so long as he has no committee or guardian.\n
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 3 Definitions
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§ 3. Definitions. As used in this chapter:\n 1. "Volunteer ambulance worker" means an active volunteer member of an\nambulance company as specified on a list regularly maintained by that\ncompany for the purpose of this chapter.\n 2. "Ambulance company" means any voluntary or mu…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 30 Liability for and payment of benefits
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§ 30. Liability for and payment of benefits. Except as otherwise\nprovided in article five of the workers' compensation law and in section\ntwenty-one of this chapter:\n 1. If at the time of injury the volunteer ambulance worker was a\nmember of an ambulance company of a county,…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 31 The insurance contract
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§ 31. The insurance contract. 1. The provisions of subdivisions one,\ntwo, four, five and seven of section fifty-four of the workers'\ncompensation law, in relation to the insurance contract, which are not\ninconsistent with this chapter, shall be applicable as fully as if set\n…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 32 Group insurance
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§ 32. Group insurance. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of section\nthirty of this article, any town may contract for a single policy of\ninsurance indemnifying (a) all ambulance districts wholly within such\ntown which are liable for the payment of benefits under this chapter,\…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 40 Notice of injury or death
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§ 40. Notice of injury or death. Notice of an injury or death for\nwhich benefits are to be paid or provided under this chapter shall be\ngiven to the political subdivision or the volunteer ambulance company\nliable for the payment thereof within ninety days after such injury or…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 41 Claim for benefits
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§ 41. Claim for benefits. The right to claim benefits under this\nchapter shall be barred, except as hereinafter provided, unless within\ntwo years after the injury, or, if death results therefrom, within two\nyears after such death, a claim for the benefits under this chapter\n…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 42 Reports of injuries, claims and proceedings
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§ 42. Reports of injuries, claims and proceedings. If an injury is one\nfor which an insurance carrier might be liable under a contract of\ninsurance or a county plan of self-insurance might be required to pay,\nthe officer to whom a notice of injury is required to be delivered …
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 43 Determination of claims for benefits
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§ 43. Determination of claims for benefits. The provisions of section\ntwenty of the workers' compensation law shall be applicable as fully as\nif set forth in this chapter, except that the waiting period of seven\ndays for the presentation of claims for benefits shall not apply…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 44 Presumptions
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§ 44. Presumptions. If a claim for benefits is filed within two years\nafter the injury, or, if death results therefrom, is filed within two\nyears after such death, as provided in section forty-one of this\narticle, then in any proceeding for the enforcement of such claim, it\n…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 45 Modification of awards, decisions or orders
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§ 45. Modification of awards, decisions or orders. The provisions of\nsection twenty-two of the workers' compensation law shall be applicable\nas fully as if set forth in this chapter.\n
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 46 Appeals
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§ 46. Appeals. The provisions of section twenty-three of the workers'\ncompensation law shall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this\nchapter except that reimbursement following modification or recession\nupon appeal shall be paid from administration expenses as provided…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 47 Costs and fees
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§ 47. Costs and fees. The provisions of section twenty-four of the\nworkers' compensation law shall be applicable as fully as if set forth\nin this chapter.\n
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 48 Representation before the workers' compensation board
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§ 48. Representation before the workers' compensation board. The\nprovisions of section twenty-four-a of the workers' compensation law\nwhich are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter shall be\napplicable as fully as if set forth in this chapter.\n
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 49 Benefits; how payable
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§ 49. Benefits; how payable. Except as otherwise provided in\nsubdivisions one and two of section seven of this chapter, benefits\nunder this chapter shall be paid in the manner provided in section\ntwenty-five of the workers' compensation law. The provisions of such\nsection tw…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 5 Coverage
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§ 5. Coverage. 1. The duties and activities in relation to which\nbenefits shall be paid and provided pursuant to this chapter are:\n a. Necessary travel to, working at, and necessary travel returning\nfrom an accident, alarm of accident, or other duty to which his\nambulance de…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 50 Payments pending controversies
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§ 50. Payments pending controversies. In order that the benefits to be\npaid and provided under this chapter shall be paid promptly where such\nbenefits are conceded to be due to any person because of the death of or\ninjuries to a volunteer ambulance worker, but controversy exi…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 51 Fund for reopened cases
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§ 51. Fund for reopened cases. 1. The provisions of section\ntwenty-five-a of the workers' compensation law shall be applicable as\nfully as if set forth in this chapter, except that, other than with\nrespect to the annual assessment under such section, payments to an\nexecutor …
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 52 Awards to nonresidents; nonresident compensation fund
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§ 52. Awards to nonresidents; nonresident compensation fund. The\nprovisions of section twenty-five-b of the workers' compensation law\nshall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this chapter.\n
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 53 Enforcement of payment
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§ 53. Enforcement of payment. 1. The provisions of section twenty-six\nof the workers' compensation law, other than the portions relating to\nsection fourteen-a, subdivision eight of section fifteen and section\nfifty of the workers' compensation law, shall be applicable as full…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 54 Aggregate trust fund
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§ 54. Aggregate trust fund. The provisions of section twenty-seven of\nthe workers' compensation law which are not inconsistent with the\nprovisions of this section, shall be applicable as fully as if set forth\nin this chapter with respect to claims for benefits under this chap…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 55 Penalty for false representation
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§ 55. Penalty for false representation. If, for the purpose of\nobtaining any benefit or payment under the provisions of this chapter,\nor for the purpose of influencing any determination regarding any\nbenefit or payment under the provisions of this chapter, either for\nhimself…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 56 Non-duplication of benefits
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§ 56. Non-duplication of benefits. If benefits are required to be paid\nunder this chapter in the event of injury to or death of a volunteer\nambulance worker, the volunteer ambulance worker or other persons\nentitled to such benefits shall not receive workers' compensation unde…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 57 Miscellaneous provisions
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§ 57. Miscellaneous provisions. The provisions of article seven of the\nworkers' compensation law which are not inconsistent with the provisions\nof this chapter shall be applicable as if fully set forth herein. The\nreference to sections twenty-five-a and fifty of the workers'\…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 58 Application of provisions of workers' compensation law
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§ 58. Application of provisions of workers' compensation law. All the\npowers and duties conferred or imposed upon the chairman of the workers'\ncompensation board and the workers' compensation board by the workers'\ncompensation law which are necessary for the administration of…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 59 Liberal construction
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§ 59. Liberal construction. The provisions of this article relating to\ngiving notice of injury and filing of claim, and to the contents of any\nsuch notice or claim, shall be construed liberally in order to\neffectuate the objects and purposes of this chapter.\n
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 6 Volunteer ambulance workers' benefits; general
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§ 6. Volunteer ambulance workers' benefits; general. If a volunteer\nambulance worker dies from the effects of injury in the line of duty, or\nif such an ambulance worker shall be injured in line of duty, benefits\nshall be paid and provided pursuant to this chapter, except that…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 60 Assessment for expenses
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§ 60. Assessment for expenses. 1. The estimated annual expenses\nnecessary for the workers' compensation board to administer the\nprovisions of the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law shall be\nborne by all affected employers and included as part of the assessment\nrate gen…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 61 Death or disability due to disease or malfunction of heart or coronary arteries; claims and procedures
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§ 61. Death or disability due to disease or malfunction of heart or\ncoronary arteries; claims and procedures. 1. A claim for benefits for\nthe death or disability of a volunteer ambulance worker due to disease\nor malfunction of the heart or of one or more coronary arteries fil…
N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 7 Death benefits
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§ 7. Death benefits. In the event of death the benefit shall be known\nas a death benefit and shall be paid as follows:\n 1. The reasonable funeral expenses of the deceased volunteer ambulance\nworker shall be paid in an amount not exceeding six thousand seven\nhundred dollars. …