20 – Other Remedies of Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Subrogation.
§ 20. Other remedies of volunteer ambulance workers; subrogation. The provisions of section twenty-nine of the workers’ compensation law to the extent that such provisions are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, shall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this chapter.
21 – Assistance to Other States, the Dominion of Canada, Property Ceded to the Federal Government and to Indian Reservations.
§ 21. Assistance to other states, the Dominion of Canada, property ceded to the federal government and to Indian reservations. 1. Whenever an ambulance company or ambulance department in this state shall answer a call to furnish assistance to any political subdivision or territory of another state of the United States or of the Dominion […]
22 – Revenues and Benefits From Sources Other Than This Chapter.
§ 22. Revenues and benefits from sources other than this chapter. 1. Benefits, savings or insurance of the injured or deceased volunteer ambulance worker, or insurance carried for his benefit under subsection (a) of section four thousand two hundred thirty-seven of the insurance law, shall not be considered in determining the benefits to be paid […]
23 – Assignments, Exemptions.
§ 23. Assignments, exemptions. Benefits payable under this article shall not be assigned, released or commuted, except as provided by this chapter, and shall be exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy, execution and attachment or other remedy for recovery or collection of a debt, which exemption may not be waived. Such benefits […]
24 – Waiver Agreements.
§ 24. Waiver agreements. No agreement or release by a volunteer ambulance worker, or, in the case of death, the dependents of a deceased volunteer ambulance worker, to waive his or her right to benefits under this chapter shall be valid, except as provided in section thirty-two of the workers’ compensation law or otherwise in […]
25 – Limitation of Time.
§ 25. Limitation of time. No limitation of time provided in this chapter shall run as against any person who is mentally incompetent or a minor so long as he has no committee or guardian.
12 – Nonschedule Adjustments.
§ 12. Nonschedule adjustments. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any case coming within the provisions of sections ten and eleven of this article, in which the right to benefits has been established and benefits have been paid for not less than three months, in which the continuance of disability cannot be ascertained […]
13 – Reclassification of Disabilities.
§ 13. Reclassification of disabilities. Subject to the limitations in section fifty-one of this chapter and in section one hundred twenty-three of the workers’ compensation law as made applicable to this chapter by section fifty-seven of this chapter, the workers’ compensation board may at any time, without regard to the date of the injury, upon […]
14 – Previous Disability.
§ 14. Previous disability. The fact that a volunteer ambulance worker has suffered previous disability or received benefits therefor as provided in the workers’ compensation law, or this chapter shall not preclude him from benefits for a later injury nor preclude death benefits for death resulting therefrom; provided, however, that a volunteer ambulance worker who […]
15 – Expense for Rehabilitating Injured Volunteer Ambulance Workers.
§ 15. Expense for rehabilitating injured volunteer ambulance workers. A volunteer ambulance worker, who as a result of injury is or may be expected to be totally or partially incapacitated for a remunerative occupation and who, under the direction of the state education department is being rendered fit to engage in a remunerative occupation, may […]