Ind. Code § 5-10-15-9
Presumption of disability in line of duty; rebutting of presumption
Indiana · Indiana Code Title 5 — State and Local Administration · Status: effective
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Sec. 9.
(a) An employee or former employee who:
(1) is diagnosed with an exposure related cancer, exposure related heart or lung disease, or exposure related Parkinson's disease that:
(A) requires medical treatment; or
(B) results in total or partial disability; and
(2) at the time of the diagnosis:
(A) is actively employed; or
(B) has terminated employment not more than sixty (60) months earlier;
is presumed to have a disability incurred in the line of duty.
(b) The presumption described in subsection (a) may be rebutted by competent evidence.
(c) A meeting or hearing held to rebut the presumption described in subsection (a) may be held as an executive session under IC 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(1).