§ 40. Notice of injury or death. Notice of an injury or death for which benefits are to be paid or provided under this chapter shall be given to the political subdivision or the volunteer ambulance company liable for the payment thereof within ninety days after such injury or death except that such notice need […]
§ 41. Claim for benefits. The right to claim benefits under this chapter shall be barred, except as hereinafter provided, unless within two years after the injury, or, if death results therefrom, within two years after such death, a claim for the benefits under this chapter shall be filed with the chairman of the workers’ […]
§ 42. Reports of injuries, claims and proceedings. If an injury is one for which an insurance carrier might be liable under a contract of insurance or a county plan of self-insurance might be required to pay, the officer to whom a notice of injury is required to be delivered or mailed and with whom […]
§ 43. Determination of claims for benefits. The provisions of section twenty of the workers’ compensation law shall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this chapter, except that the waiting period of seven days for the presentation of claims for benefits shall not apply to the presentation of claims for benefits under […]
§ 44. Presumptions. If a claim for benefits is filed within two years after the injury, or, if death results therefrom, is filed within two years after such death, as provided in section forty-one of this article, then in any proceeding for the enforcement of such claim, it shall be presumed in the absence of […]
§ 45. Modification of awards, decisions or orders. The provisions of section twenty-two of the workers’ compensation law shall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this chapter.
§ 46. Appeals. The provisions of section twenty-three of the workers’ compensation law shall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this chapter except that reimbursement following modification or recession upon appeal shall be paid from administration expenses as provided by section sixty of this article.
§ 47. Costs and fees. The provisions of section twenty-four of the workers’ compensation law shall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this chapter.
§ 48. Representation before the workers’ compensation board. The provisions of section twenty-four-a of the workers’ compensation law which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this chapter.
§ 49. Benefits; how payable. Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions one and two of section seven of this chapter, benefits under this chapter shall be paid in the manner provided in section twenty-five of the workers’ compensation law. The provisions of such section twenty-five, other than those relating to welfare, pension or benefit plans, […]
§ 50. Payments pending controversies. In order that the benefits to be paid and provided under this chapter shall be paid promptly where such benefits are conceded to be due to any person because of the death of or injuries to a volunteer ambulance worker, but controversy exists as to which political subdivision or volunteer […]
§ 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 […]
§ 52. Awards to nonresidents; nonresident compensation fund. The provisions of section twenty-five-b of the workers’ compensation law shall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this chapter.
§ 53. Enforcement of payment. 1. The provisions of section twenty-six of the workers’ compensation law, other than the portions relating to section fourteen-a, subdivision eight of section fifteen and section fifty of the workers’ compensation law, shall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this chapter. 2. The provisions of section fifty-four-b […]
§ 54. Aggregate trust fund. The provisions of section twenty-seven of the workers’ compensation law which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, shall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this chapter with respect to claims for benefits under this chapter.
§ 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
