Source: http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/codeofalabama/1975/25-5-50.htm
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 08:02:07
Document Index: 302526776

Matched Legal Cases: ['§7543', '§2', '§263', '§3', '§5', '§2', '§3', '§1', '§2', '§10', '§1', '§1', '§1', '§1', '§1']

Applicability; exemptions; coverage for school boards, volunteer fire departments, and rescue squads; sports officials.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), an officer of a corporation or individual limited liability company member may elect to be exempt from coverage by filing written certification of the election with the employer's insurance carrier. The exemption shall remain in effect at all times, unless properly revoked as provided herein, including subsequent coverage years with the same workers' compensation carrier.
(c) A corporate officer or individual limited liability company member seeking to secure coverage by revoking an existing exemption, at any time other than the end of the calendar year, in addition to complying with the provisions of subsection (b), shall execute an affidavit verifying that he or she has not suffered an employment accident, exposure, or injury from the date of exemption until the date of the written certification of the election to reinstate coverage. Any corporate officer or individual limited liability company member who fails to execute an affidavit or comply with other terms and conditions of the workers' compensation carrier shall not be entitled to revoke the previous exemption until the end of the calendar year.
(d) This section shall not be construed to mandate any school board to provide coverage until sufficient funds are appropriated from the Education Trust Fund to implement the provisions. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit any school board that voluntarily elects to provide such coverage from doing so with local or other available funds.
(e) This section shall provide for voluntary coverage of certified volunteer fire departments as described in Section 9-3-17 and legally organized rescue squads that meet the minimum personnel and equipment standards as established by the Alabama Association of Rescue Squads, that are engaged in fighting a fire or performing other duties involving any emergency incident and while performing any official supervised duties of the organization, including maintaining equipment and attending official training classes, and while traveling to and from an emergency incident.
(f) In all cases where an injury that is compensable under the terms of the Alabama Workers' Compensation Law is received by a volunteer fire fighter or rescue squad member, the wages for purposes of computing the average weekly wage shall be equal to 66 2/3 percent of what he or she is earning at his or her regular place of employment or 66 2/3 percent of the minimum wage, whichever is greater.
(g) State certified volunteer fire departments and legally organized rescue squads are herein granted the right to purchase workers' compensation medical or disability insurance, or both, but in no event are they required to do so.
(h) A licensed real estate agent operating under a licensed broker shall not be considered an employee for the purposes of this chapter.
(i) An individual who performs services as a product demonstrator shall not be considered an employee for purposes of this chapter. The term product demonstrator shall mean any individual who satisfies both of the following requirements:
(j)(1) For purposes of this subsection, sports official means an individual who is a neutral participant in a sports event, including, without limitation, an umpire, a referee, judge, linesman, scorekeeper, or timekeeper. Sports official does not include any person, otherwise employed by an organization or entity sponsoring a sports event, who performs services as a sports official as a part of his or her regular employment.
(Code 1923, §7543; Acts 1939, No. 661, p. 1036, §2; Code 1940, T. 26, §263; Acts 1971, No. 667, p. 1376, §3; Acts 1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §5; Acts 1975, No. 565, p. 1299, §2; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 86, p. 2622, §3; Acts 1979, No. 79-325, p. 488; Acts 1983, No. 83-592, p. 925, §1; Acts 1984, No. 84-322, p. 741, §2; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §10; Acts 1993, No. 93-649, p. 1121, §1; Acts 1996, No. 96-260, p. 289, §1; Act 2008-395, p. 764, §1; Act 2012-523, p. 1549, §1; Act 2017-390, §1.)