New York Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law Article 4 - PROCEDURE

• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 43 - Determination of Claims for Benefits.
  The provisions of section twenty of the workers' compensation law shall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this chapter, except that the...
• 44 - Presumptions.
  If a claim for benefits is filed within two years after the injury, or, if death results therefrom, is filed within two years after such...
• 45 - Modification of Awards, Decisions or Orders.
  The provisions of section twenty-two of the workers' compensation law shall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this chapter.
• 46 - Appeals.
  The provisions of section twenty-three of the workers' compensation law shall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this chapter except that reimbursement...
• 47 - Costs and Fees.
  The provisions of section twenty-four of the workers' compensation law shall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this chapter.
• 48 - Representation Before the Workers' Compensation Board.
  The provisions of section twenty-four-a of the workers' compensation law which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable as fully...
• 49 - Benefits; How Payable.
  Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions one and two of section seven of this chapter, benefits under this chapter shall be paid in the manner...
• 50 - Payments Pending Controversies.
  In order that the benefits to be paid and provided under this chapter shall be paid promptly where such benefits are conceded to be due...
• 51 - Fund for Reopened Cases.
  1. The provisions of section twenty-five-a of the workers' compensation law shall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this chapter, except that,...
• 52 - Awards to Nonresidents; Nonresident Compensation Fund.
  The provisions of section twenty-five-b of the workers' compensation law shall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this chapter.
• 53 - Enforcement of Payment.
  1. The provisions of section twenty-six of the workers' compensation law, other than the portions relating to section fourteen-a, subdivision eight of section fifteen and...
• 54 - Aggregate Trust Fund.
  The provisions of section twenty-seven of the workers' compensation law which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, shall be applicable as fully...
• 55 - Penalty for False Representation.
  If, for the purpose of obtaining any benefit or payment under the provisions of this chapter, or for the purpose of influencing any determination regarding...
• 56 - Non-Duplication of Benefits.
  If benefits are required to be paid under this chapter in the event of injury to or death of a volunteer ambulance worker, the volunteer...
• 57 - Miscellaneous Provisions.
  The provisions of article seven of the workers' compensation law which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable as if...
• 58 - Application of Provisions of Workers' Compensation Law.
  All the powers and duties conferred or imposed upon the chairman of the workers' compensation board and the workers' compensation board by the workers' compensation...
• 59 - Liberal Construction.
  The provisions of this article relating to giving notice of injury and filing of claim, and to the contents of any such notice or claim,...
• 60 - Assessment for Expenses.
  1. The estimated annual expenses necessary for the workers' compensation board to administer the provisions of the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law shall be borne...
• 61 - Death or Disability Due to Disease or Malfunction of Heart or Coronary Arteries; Claims and Procedures.
  1. A claim for benefits for the death or disability of a volunteer ambulance worker due to disease or malfunction of the heart or of...

Last modified: February 3, 2019