61 – Death or Disability Due to Disease or Malfunction of Heart or Coronary Arteries; Claims and Procedures.
§ 61. Death or disability due to disease or malfunction of heart or coronary arteries; claims and procedures. 1. A claim for benefits for the death or disability of a volunteer ambulance worker due to disease or malfunction of the heart or of one or more coronary arteries filed in accordance with section forty-one of […]
90 – References to Workers’ Compensation Law.
§ 90. References to workers’ compensation law. Where the provisions of any section or part of any section of the workers’ compensation law are made applicable to this chapter and are incorporated herein by reference, the following terms used in such provisions of the workers’ compensation law shall have the following meanings when read in […]
91 – Effect of Unconstitutionality in Part.
§ 91. Effect of unconstitutionality in part. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, […]
55 – Penalty for False Representation.
§ 55. Penalty for false representation. If, for the purpose of obtaining any benefit or payment under the provisions of this chapter, or for the purpose of influencing any determination regarding any benefit or payment under the provisions of this chapter, either for himself or for any other person, any person wilfully makes a false […]
56 – Non-Duplication of Benefits.
§ 56. Non-duplication of benefits. If benefits are required to be paid under this chapter in the event of injury to or death of a volunteer ambulance worker, the volunteer ambulance worker or other persons entitled to such benefits shall not receive workers’ compensation under the provisions of the workers’ compensation law in relation to […]
57 – Miscellaneous Provisions.
§ 57. Miscellaneous provisions. The provisions of article seven of the workers’ compensation law which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable as if fully set forth herein. The reference to sections twenty-five-a and fifty of the workers’ compensation law in section one hundred twenty-three of the workers’ compensation law […]
58 – Application of Provisions of Workers’ Compensation Law.
§ 58. Application of provisions of workers’ compensation law. All the powers and duties conferred or imposed upon the chairman of the workers’ compensation board and the workers’ compensation board by the workers’ compensation law which are necessary for the administration of this chapter and not inconsistent with this chapter are, to that extent, made […]
59 – Liberal Construction.
§ 59. Liberal construction. The provisions of this article relating to giving notice of injury and filing of claim, and to the contents of any such notice or claim, shall be construed liberally in order to effectuate the objects and purposes of this chapter.
60 – Assessment for Expenses.
§ 60. Assessment for expenses. 1. The estimated annual expenses necessary for the workers’ compensation board to administer the provisions of the volunteer ambulance workers’ benefit law shall be borne by all affected employers and included as part of the assessment rate generated pursuant to subdivision two of section one hundred fifty-one of the workers’ […]
51 – Fund for Reopened Cases.
§ 51. Fund for reopened cases. 1. The provisions of section twenty-five-a of the workers’ compensation law shall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this chapter, except that, other than with respect to the annual assessment under such section, payments to an executor or administrator of the estate of a volunteer ambulance […]