N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers Benefit § 11-A Repair Or Replacement of Prosthetic Devices

• Library: New York Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 2023 NY Law Chapter 679

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...