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 […]
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 […]
52 – Awards to Nonresidents; Nonresident Compensation Fund.
§ 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.
§ 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.
§ 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.