Section 36-30-23 – Eligibility for Benefits – Where Physical Examination Not Required at Time of Entry Into Service.
Section 36-30-23 Eligibility for benefits – Where physical examination not required at time of entry into service. (a) If a physical examination was not required at the time of entry into service, a policeman or state trooper who has had at least three years’ continuous service as a policeman or state trooper next preceding September […]
Section 36-30-40 – Definitions.
Section 36-30-40 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BENEFIT. Any monetary allowance payable by the state for a firefighter on account of his or her disability or to his or her dependents on account of his or her death, irrespective of whether the same is payable […]
Section 36-30-41 – Applicability; Compensation for Qualified Firefighters; Burden of Proof.
Section 36-30-41 Applicability; compensation for qualified firefighters; burden of proof. (a) This article shall apply to firefighters who, upon entering the service of the state as firefighters, have successfully passed a physical examination which failed to reveal any evidence of a firefighter’s occupational disease and who have completed at least three years’ service as firefighters. […]
Section 36-30-50 – Supplemental Insurance Coverage for Firefighters With Cancer.
Section 36-30-50 Supplemental insurance coverage for firefighters with cancer. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CANCER. Includes bladder, blood, brain, breast, cervical, esophageal, intestinal, kidney, lymphatic, lung, prostate, rectum, respiratory tract, skin, testicular, and thyroid cancer, leukemia, multiple myeloma, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. (2) […]
Section 36-30-1 – Definitions; Dependents; Persons Eligible for Compensation.
Section 36-30-1 Definitions; dependents; persons eligible for compensation. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-437 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases have the following meanings: (1) AWARDING AUTHORITY. The State Board of […]
Section 36-30-2 – Deaths Deemed Compensable; Compensation for Total Disability; Amount of Compensation.
Section 36-30-2 Deaths deemed compensable; compensation for total disability; amount of compensation. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-437 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a)(1)a. In the event a first responder is killed, either accidentally or deliberately; dies as a result of injuries […]
Section 36-30-3 – Payment of Compensation – Generally.
Section 36-30-3 Payment of compensation – Generally. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-437 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. The compensation payable to surviving beneficiaries or dependents of first responders who are killed under the circumstances prescribed in Section 36-30-2 shall be paid […]
Section 36-30-4 – Payment of Compensation – Paid Only to Residents of United States.
Section 36-30-4 Payment of compensation – Paid only to residents of United States. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-437 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. Compensation pursuant to this article for the death of a first responder shall be paid only to his […]
Section 36-30-5 – Presentation of Claims for Compensation; Forms; Rules of Evidence and Procedure.
Section 36-30-5 Presentation of claims for compensation; forms; rules of evidence and procedure. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-437 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) All claims for compensation as provided in this article shall be presented to the awarding authority within […]
Section 36-30-6 – Hearing and Determination of Claims by Board of Adjustment; Entry of Judgment and Order for Payment of Compensation.
Section 36-30-6 Hearing and determination of claims by Board of Adjustment; entry of judgment and order for payment of compensation. The Board of Adjustment when serving as the awarding authority under this article shall hear and determine claims for compensation under this article in the same manner prescribed by law for the hearing and determination […]