Coverage

Coverage. (a) Compensation shall be payable under this chapter in case of disability or death of an employee, but only if the disability or death results from an injury or illness arising out of and in the course of employment. (b)(1) An employer who hires a worker in the Commonwealth and then transfers that same worker to a work assignment outside of the Commonwealth on a temporary nature must provide compensation insurance with benefits at least equal to those required by the Commonwealth. Such policy shall also meet the requirements of 4 CMC § 9353(c)(2). (2) If a worker who has been hired in the Commonwealth sustains personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, he shall be entitled to compensation in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth. (c) Any person who may be injured in performing service for the government in any voluntary or unpaid capacity under the authorized direction of a public officer or employee, and who shall not have secured payment of his hospital and medical expenses from the Commonwealth government or under any other provision of law and shall not have secured payment thereof from any third person, shall be paid his reasonable hospital and medical expenses by the Commonwealth government. (d) No compensation shall be payable under this chapter to the employee if the injury was proximately caused by the intoxication of the employee or by the willful intention of the employee to injure or kill himself or others. (e) Any person who may be injured in performing service for the Commonwealth government as a volunteer firefighter or reserve police officer under the authorized direction of a public officer or employee, and who shall not have secured compensation from any third person, shall be paid by the Commonwealth government compensation equivalent to that of a firefighter or police officer. The commission shall adopt rules and regulations to implement this section. Source: PL 6-33, § 1 (§ 9303); amended by PL 9-33, §§ 4, 5.