New York · statute · N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law · 61 active provisions
CHAPTER 64-B OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS' BENEFIT LAW § Article I. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS ................... 1-3 II. COVERAGE AND BENEFITS ............................... 5-25 III. LIABILITY FOR BENEFITS; INSURANCE ................... 30-32 IV. PROCEDURE ............................…
ARTICLE I SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS Section 1. Short title. 2. Purpose. 3. Definitions.
§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law".
§ 2. Purpose. In recognition of the unselfish service given to the people of New York state by these volunteer ambulance workers, government has undertaken to provide for them and their families some measure of protection against loss from death or injuries in the line of duty. This chapter establishes a system of bene…
§ 3. Definitions. As used in this chapter: 1. "Volunteer ambulance worker" means an active volunteer member of an ambulance company as specified on a list regularly maintained by that company for the purpose of this chapter. 2. "Ambulance company" means any voluntary or municipal ambulance service registered or certifi…
ARTICLE II COVERAGE AND BENEFITS Section 5. Coverage. 6. Volunteer ambulance workers' benefits; general. 7. Death benefits. 7-a. Date of death benefits. 8. Permanent total disability benefits. 9. Temporary total disability benefits. 10. Permanent partial disability benefits. 11. Temporary partial disability benefits. 1…
§ 5. Coverage. 1. The duties and activities in relation to which benefits shall be paid and provided pursuant to this chapter are: a. Necessary travel to, working at, and necessary travel returning from an accident, alarm of accident, or other duty to which his ambulance department, ambulance company, or any unit there…
§ 6. Volunteer ambulance workers' benefits; general. If a volunteer ambulance worker dies from the effects of injury in the line of duty, or if such an ambulance worker shall be injured in line of duty, benefits shall be paid and provided pursuant to this chapter, except that there shall be no liability for such benefi…
§ 7. Death benefits. In the event of death the benefit shall be known as a death benefit and shall be paid as follows: 1. The reasonable funeral expenses of the deceased volunteer ambulance worker shall be paid in an amount not exceeding six thousand seven hundred dollars. If such funeral expenses shall have been paid…
§ 7-a. Date of death benefits. All weekly benefits payable under section seven of this article shall accrue as of the date of death of the volunteer ambulance worker. In the event that a person or persons entitled to weekly benefits shall die before a determination is made on the merits of their claim, and such determi…
§ 8. Permanent total disability benefits. In the case of total disability adjudged to be permanent the volunteer ambulance worker shall be paid six hundred dollars for each week during the continuance thereof. Permanent total disability, within the meaning of this section, shall exist only if the earning capacity of th…
§ 9. Temporary total disability benefits. In the case of temporary total disability the volunteer ambulance worker shall be paid three hundred dollars for each week during the continuance thereof; provided, however, that when the volunteer ambulance worker is injured in the line of duty on or after the effective date o…
§ 10. Permanent partial disability benefits. 1. In the case of disability partial in character, but permanent in quality, the volunteer ambulance worker, injured in the line of duty shall be paid one hundred fifty dollars for each week for the period specified in this subdivision, provided, however, that when the volun…
§ 11. Temporary partial disability benefits. In the case of temporary partial disability the volunteer ambulance worker shall be paid for each week during the continuance thereof, as follows: 1. If the percentage of loss of earning capacity is seventy-five per centum, or greater, he or she shall be paid one hundred fif…
§ 11-a. Repair or replacement of prosthetic devices. If, as a result of services performed in line of duty, a volunteer ambulance worker damages or loses any prosthetic devices required to be worn or used by him, whether or not he is injured, such prosthetic device shall be repaired, or replaced in the discretion of th…
§ 11-b. Hazardous exposures. If, as a result of services performed in line of duty, a volunteer ambulance worker is exposed to or comes in contact with any poisons, gases, x-rays, radium, radioactive materials or other potentially harmful substances or matter, the captain or other executive officer of the ambulance dep…
§ 11-c. Medical examination of volunteer ambulance workers to detect and identify the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). 1. Whenever a volunteer ambulance worker has been exposed to a significant risk of transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) while performing services in the line of duty, the executive…
§ 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…
§ 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 t…
§ 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,…
§ 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 r…
§ 16. Treatment and care. A volunteer ambulance worker injured in line of duty shall be entitled to receive medical, surgical, podiatric, chiropractic, psychological and other attendance and treatment, nurse and hospital service, medicine, crutches, artificial members, devices, appliances, and apparatus, including the…
§ 17. Noncitizens. Financial benefits payable under this chapter to noncitizens not residents or about to become nonresidents of the United States or Canada shall be in the same amount as provided for residents, except that dependents in any foreign country shall be limited to surviving spouse and child or children, or…
§ 18. Disposition of accrued benefits upon death. Except as otherwise provided in section ten of this article, in the case of the death of an injured volunteer ambulance worker to whom there was due at the time of his death any benefits under the provisions of this chapter, the amount of such benefits shall be payable…
§ 19. Exclusiveness of remedy. The benefits provided by this chapter shall be the exclusive remedy of a volunteer ambulance worker, or his spouse, parents, dependents, next of kin, executor or administrator, or anyone otherwise entitled to recover damages, at common law or otherwise, for or on account of an injury to a…