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NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 9 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 9 - Temporary Total Disability Benefits.

§ 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  of  this  chapter  to  June   thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  ninety;  further  provided, that when the   volunteer ambulance worker is injured in the line of duty  on  or  after   July  first, nineteen hundred ninety to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred   ninety-one, said ambulance worker  shall  receive  three  hundred  forty   dollars  per  week during the continuance thereof, and further provided,   that when a volunteer ambulance worker is injured in the line of duty on   or after July first, nineteen  hundred  ninety-one  to  June  thirtieth,   nineteen  hundred  ninety-two, said ambulance worker shall receive three   hundred fifty dollars per week during the continuance thereof;  provided   further that when a volunteer ambulance worker is injured in the line of   duty  on  or  after  July  first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-two to June   thirtieth, two thousand twenty-one, such ambulance worker shall be  paid   four  hundred  dollars  for  each  week  during the continuance thereof;   provided further that when a volunteer ambulance worker  is  injured  in   the  line  of  duty on or after July first, two thousand twenty-one such   ambulance worker shall be paid six hundred fifty dollars for  each  week   during  the  continuance thereof. Temporary total disability, within the   meaning of this section, shall exist only if the earning capacity of the   volunteer ambulance worker has been lost temporarily and totally as  the   result  of  the  injury.  In  case  of  temporary  total  disability and   permanent partial disability both resulting from the same injury, if the   temporary total disability continues for a longer period than the number   of weeks set forth in the following schedule, the  period  of  temporary   total disability in excess of such number of weeks shall be added to the   period  provided  in section ten of this chapter: arm, thirty-two weeks;   leg, forty weeks; hand, thirty-two weeks; foot, thirty-two  weeks;  ear,   twenty-five  weeks;  eye,  twenty weeks; thumb, twenty-four weeks; first   finger, eighteen weeks; great toe, twelve weeks; second  finger,  twelve   weeks;  third finger, eight weeks, fourth finger, eight weeks; toe other   than great toe, eight weeks. In any case resulting in  loss  or  partial   loss  of  use  of  arm, leg, hand, foot, ear, eye, thumb, finger or toe,   where the temporary total disability does not extend beyond the  periods   above  mentioned  for  such  injury,  benefits  shall  be limited to the   schedule contained in section ten of this chapter.
NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 11-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 11-A - Repair or Replacement of Prosthetic Devices.

§ 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 the workers' compensation   board, and necessary medical, surgical or other attendance or treatment,   nurse and hospital service, in connection therewith shall be  furnished,   in  the  same manner as a prosthetic device would be furnished, replaced   or repaired and treatment and care  provided  under  the  provisions  of   section  sixteen  of  this  article.  Damage  to or loss of a prosthetic   device shall be deemed an injury, except  that  no  disability  benefits   shall be payable with respect to such injury under sections eight, nine,   ten  and eleven of this article. The term "prosthetic device" as used in   this section includes an artificial limb,  artificial  eye,  eyeglasses,   contact  lens,  hearing aid, denture or dental appliance or any surgical   appliance required to be worn or used by the volunteer ambulance worker,   but shall not include shoes or any other article considered as  ordinary   wearing apparel, whether or not specially constructed.
NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 11-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 11-B - Hazardous Exposures.

§ 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  department,  volunteer ambulance   company or ambulance district of which he is a member may authorize  the   volunteer ambulance worker to obtain such examinations, tests, treatment   and  care  as  are  immediately  necessary  to  determine  whether he is   injured.  Any such authorization may be granted prior to the giving of a   notice of injury under this chapter. In any  such  case,  the  volunteer   ambulance  worker  shall  be  deemed  to  have been injured and shall be   entitled to treatment and care and disability benefits  as  provided  in   this chapter.
NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 12 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 12 - Nonschedule Adjustments.

§ 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  cannot  be ascertained with   reasonable certainty,  the  workers'  compensation  board  may,  in  the   interest  of justice, approve a nonschedule adjustment agreed to between   the claimant and the political subdivision liable  for  the  payment  of   benefits  or its insurance carrier. The provisions of subdivision five-b   of section fifteen of the workers' compensation law shall apply  in  any   such case.
NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 13 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 13 - Reclassification of Disabilities.

§ 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 the  date  of  the   injury, upon its own motion, or on application of any party in interest,   reclassify  a  disability  upon  proof  that  there has been a change in   condition, or that the previous classification was erroneous and not  in   the interest of justice.
NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 14 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 14 - Previous Disability.

§ 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,  however,  that a   volunteer ambulance worker who is suffering from a  previous  disability   shall  not receive benefits for a later injury in excess of the benefits   allowed for such injury when considered by itself and not in conjunction   with the previous disability. Notwithstanding the  foregoing  provisions   of this section, if a volunteer ambulance worker has previously incurred   permanent  partial  disability  through  the  loss or loss of use of one   hand, one arm, one foot, one leg, or one eye, and suffers  the  loss  or   loss  of  use  of  another  such major member or eye, he may be adjudged   permanently totally disabled and receive benefits  for  permanent  total   disability as provided in section eight of this article.
NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 15 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 15 - Expense for Rehabilitating Injured Volunteer Ambulance Workers.

§ 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 remunerative occupation,   may   receive  such  additional  financial  benefit  necessary  for  his   rehabilitation as the workers' compensation board shall determine.   Not   more  than  thirty  dollars  per week of such additional amount shall be   expended for maintenance. Such expense and such  of  the  administrative   expenses of the state education department as are properly assignable to   the expenses of rehabilitating such volunteer ambulance workers shall be   paid  out  of  the  vocational  rehabilitation  fund created pursuant to   subdivision nine of section fifteen of the  workers'  compensation  law.   Any  such volunteer ambulance worker for the purposes of such fund shall   be considered an employee of  the  political  subdivision  or  volunteer   ambulance  company  liable for the payment of benefits to such volunteer   ambulance worker under this chapter and such "employer" or its insurance   carrier, as the case may be, shall make the same financial  contribution   to  such  fund as required by subdivision nine of section fifteen of the   workers' compensation law in every case of injury  causing  death  of  a   volunteer  ambulance  worker  in  which there are no persons entitled to   financial benefits under this chapter other than  (1)  funeral  expenses   and  (2)  the death benefit provided in subdivision two of section seven   of this article.
NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 16 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 16 - Treatment and Care.

§ 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 replacement and repair thereof,   for such period as the nature of the injury or the process  of  recovery   may require and the political subdivision or volunteer ambulance company   liable  for  the  payment  of benefits to the volunteer ambulance worker   under this chapter because of such injury shall be liable  therefor  and   the  cost  thereof  shall  be  audited,  raised  and paid as provided in   section thirty of this chapter. The provisions of sections  thirteen  to   thirteen-m,  both  inclusive,  and sections nineteen to nineteen-b, both   inclusive, of the workers' compensation law, to  the  extent  that  such   provisions  are  not inconsistent with this chapter, shall be applicable   in  relation  to  any  injured  volunteer  ambulance  worker,  political   subdivision and third persons as fully as if set forth in this chapter.
NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 17 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 17 - Aliens.

§ 17. Aliens.  Financial benefits payable under this chapter to aliens   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, if there be no surviving spouse or   child or children, to the surviving father or mother whom the  volunteer   ambulance  worker  has supported, either wholly or in part, for a period   of one year prior to the date of the injury.
NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 18 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 18 - Disposition of Accrued Benefits Upon Death.

§ 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 to the surviving spouse, if there be   one, or, if none, to the surviving child or  children  of  the  deceased   under  the age of eighteen years, and if there be no surviving spouse or   children, then to the dependents of such deceased or to any of  them  as   the workers' compensation board may direct, and if there be no surviving   spouse,  children or dependents of such deceased, then to his estate. An   award for disability may be made after the death of an injured volunteer   ambulance worker.
NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 19 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 19 - Exclusiveness of Remedy.

§ 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 volunteer ambulance   worker in line of duty or death resulting from an injury to a  volunteer   ambulance  worker  in  line  of  duty,  as  against  (1)  the  political   subdivision or volunteer ambulance company liable  for  the  payment  of   such  benefits,  (2)  the  political subdivision regularly served by the   ambulance company of which the volunteer ambulance worker is  a  member,   whether  or  not  pursuant  to  a  contract for ambulance services, even   though any such political subdivision is not liable for the  payment  of   such benefits in the circumstances, and (3) any person or company acting   under  governmental  or statutory authority in furtherance of the duties   or activities in relation to which any such injury  resulted;  provided,   however,  that  the  benefits  provided by this chapter shall not be the   exclusive remedy as against persons who, in the furtherance of the  same   duties or activities, are not similarly barred from recourse against the   volunteer ambulance worker, or his executor or administrator.
NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 20 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 20 - Other Remedies of Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Subrogation.

§ 20. Other remedies of volunteer ambulance workers; subrogation.  The   provisions  of  section  twenty-nine of the workers' compensation law to   the extent that such provisions are not inconsistent with the provisions   of this chapter, shall be applicable as fully as if set  forth  in  this   chapter.
NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 22 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 22 - Revenues and Benefits From Sources Other Than This Chapter.

§ 22. Revenues  and  benefits from sources other than this chapter. 1.   Benefits, savings or insurance of  the  injured  or  deceased  volunteer   ambulance  worker, or insurance carried for his benefit under subsection   (a) of section four thousand two hundred thirty-seven of  the  insurance   law,  shall not be considered in determining the benefits to be paid and   provided under this chapter, nor shall such benefits  be  diminished  or   reduced  by  reason  of  the  payment  to an injured volunteer ambulance   worker  of  salary,  wages  or  other  remuneration  by  any   political   subdivision liable for the payment of such benefits.2.  Benefits  received  from  any  political  subdivision  pursuant to   service award payments authorized by article eleven-AA  of  the  general   municipal  law shall not be considered in determining the benefits to be   paid and provided under this chapter.
NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 23 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 23 - Assignments, Exemptions.

§ 23. Assignments,  exemptions.  Benefits  payable  under this article   shall not be assigned, released or commuted, except as provided by  this   chapter, and shall be exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy,   execution and attachment or other remedy for recovery or collection of a   debt,  which  exemption  may  not be waived. Such benefits shall be paid   only to volunteer  ambulance  workers  or  their  dependents  except  as   otherwise provided in this chapter.
NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 24 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 24 - Waiver Agreements.

§ 24. Waiver  agreements.  No  agreement  or  release  by  a volunteer   ambulance worker, or, in the case of death, the dependents of a deceased   volunteer ambulance worker, to waive his or her right to benefits  under   this chapter shall be valid, except as provided in section thirty-two of   the workers' compensation law or otherwise in this chapter.
NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 25 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 25 - Limitation of Time.

§ 25. Limitation  of  time.  No  limitation  of  time provided in this   chapter shall run as against any person who is mentally incompetent or a   minor so long as he has no committee or guardian.
NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 40 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 4 - Procedure 40 - Notice of Injury or Death.

§ 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 not be given if a claim is filed   pursuant to section forty-one of this article within ninety  days  after   such  injury  or  death.  Either  such notice may be given by any person   claiming to be entitled to such benefits or by someone  in  his  behalf.   The  notice  shall  be in writing, shall contain the name and address of   the volunteer ambulance worker, and state in ordinary language the time,   place, nature and cause of the injury and shall be signed by him or by a   person on his behalf or, in case of death, by any one  or  more  of  his   dependents, or by a person on their behalf. The notice shall be given to   the  clerk of the board of supervisors of the county, the comptroller or   chief financial officer of the city, the town clerk  of  the  town,  the   clerk  of  the  village,  the secretary of the ambulance district or the   volunteer ambulance company, as the case may be,  by  delivering  it  to   such officer or by registered letter properly addressed to such officer.   The  failure  to give notice of injury or notice of death shall be a bar   to any claim under this chapter unless such failure is  excused  by  the   workers'  compensation  board  on any of the following grounds, (1) that   for some sufficient reason the notice could not  have  been  given,  (2)   that  a  member of a body in charge of, or any officer of, the ambulance   district or ambulance  company  had  knowledge  within  such  ninety-day   period  of the injuries or death, (3) that the political subdivision, or   its insurance carrier had not been prejudiced by a delay in giving  such   notice,  or  (4) that the cause of disablement or death was not known to   be the result of service performed  in  line  of  duty  as  a  volunteer   ambulance  worker  in  sufficient  time to comply with the provisions of   this section.
NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 41 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 4 - Procedure 41 - Claim for Benefits.

§ 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' compensation board and   a copy of such claim shall be filed with the  same  officer  to  whom  a   notice  of injury must be given under section forty of this article. The   right of a  volunteer  ambulance  worker  or  his  dependents  to  claim   benefits  under  this  chapter for disablement or death, as the case may   be, caused by disease  shall  not  be  barred  by  the  failure  of  the   volunteer  ambulance  worker  or  his  dependents to file a claim within   either such period of two years, provided  such  claim  shall  be  filed   after  either  such  period  of  two  years and within ninety days after   disablement or ninety days after knowledge that the disease  is  or  was   due  to  service as a volunteer ambulance worker, whichever is the later   date. The claim shall be in substantially the same form and  shall  give   substantially the same information as is required to be given in a claim   under   the   provisions   of   section  twenty-eight  of  the  workers'   compensation law. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other  law,  any   such  claim  need  not be sworn to, verified or acknowledged. No case in   which an advance payment is made to a volunteer ambulance worker  or  to   his  dependents  in  case of death shall be barred by the failure of the   volunteer ambulance worker or his dependents to file a  claim,  and  the   workers'  compensation board may at any time order a hearing on any such   case in the same manner as though a claim for benefits had been filed.The date of injury caused by disease shall be the date of  contracture   of  such disease as determined by the workers' compensation board on the   hearing of the claim and the responsibility of the political subdivision   liable for the payment of benefits and its insurance  carrier  shall  be   fixed by the date of injury as so determined.
NY Vol Amb Work Ben L § 42 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Article 4 - Procedure 42 - Reports of Injuries, Claims and Proceedings.

§ 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 the claim in relation to such injury is required to   be filed under the provisions of this chapter shall send a copy of  such   notice and claim and a copy of any notice of a proceeding relating to an   injury   or   claim   to  such  insurance  carrier  or  county  plan  of   self-insurance, as the case may be, promptly after receiving  the  same.   The  political subdivision or volunteer ambulance company liable for the   payment of benefits under this chapter shall keep such records and  make   such  reports  to  the  chairman  of  the workers' compensation board as   required by section one hundred ten of the  workers'  compensation  law,   which  by section fifty-seven of this article is made applicable to this   chapter. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall not   relieve such an insurance carrier of  liability  or  a  county  plan  of   self-insurance from its obligation to pay.