Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part V - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY › Chapter 115 - COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR ACCIDENTAL INJURIES › Section 115.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
Authorized
-Specifically ordered, called or
				  approved by the State Council of Civil Defense.
Benefits relating to injuries
				  sustained
-Those specific benefits prescribed by law, namely the
				  following:
(i) $1500 for accidental
				injury directly causing or leading to death.
(ii) Not more than $750 for reimbursement for
				medical and hospital expenses associated with accidental injury.
(iii) Weekly payments of $25, beginning on
				the eighth day of disability and continuing for not more than 26 weeks, for
				disability directly arising from accidental injury rendering the individual
				totally incapable of following his normal gainful pursuits.
Duly enrolled civil defense volunteer
-Any
				  person who, prior to the time of injury, shall have:
(i) Taken a loyalty oath of the type
				prescribed by section 12 of the State Council of Civil Defense Act of 1951
				(71
				P. S. §
										1689.12), and by section 403(b)
				of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, 64 Stat. 1245,
				50 U.S.C.A. §
										2251, which oath shall have been filed in
				accordance with instructions prescribed by the State Director of Civil
				Defense.
(ii) Been issued an
				official civil defense personal identification card furnished by the State
				Council of Civil Defense in accordance with instructions prescribed by the
				State Director of Civil Defense.
(iii) Had his name entered on an official
				list of duly enrolled civil defense volunteers (Form SCCD-OEL-1), which list
				shall have been prepared and filed in accordance with instructions prescribed
				by the State Director of Civil Defense.
Not eligible to receive benefits under the Workmen's
				  Compensation Law
-Any duly enrolled civil defense volunteer who is for
				  any reason ineligible to receive benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Law
				  for accidental injuries sustained while engaged in civil defense or disaster
				  training, test or operational activities.
Operations
-Emergency action aimed at the
				  protection of life and property.
Period of armed conflict
-Any period during
				  which the military forces or the people of the United States are engaged in
				  armed conflict with, or subjected to actual attack by, representatives of any
				  other nation.
State of war
-Any period during which a
				  formal declaration of war is in effect between the United States and any other
				  nation.
Tests
-Any drill and exercise designed to
				  test the ability of civil defense volunteers and organizations to carry out
				  their assigned duties and responsibilities.
While actually engaged in civil defense or disaster
				  training activities
-Any period during which duly enrolled civil
				  defense volunteers are actually engaged in authorized classroom, laboratory or
				  field training activities carried out under the immediate supervision of a
				  formally designated instructor. This term shall not include routine "in
				  service" or "on the job" activities, such as school traffic direction or
				  attendance of fires, nor shall it include periods during which volunteers may
				  be preparing to undergo training, are en route to or from training sites or
				  areas, are billeted for training, or are not otherwise actually engaged in
				  classroom, laboratory or field training activities.