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Ch. 553 2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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suffer from heart disease or hypertension resulting in partial or total disability
or death under certain circumstances; requiring Montgomery County
correctional officers to submit to a certain medical examination to be eligible for
the presumption under this Act; providing that Montgomery County correctional
officers who are eligible for benefits under this Act shall receive the benefits in
addition to certain retirement benefits, subject to a certain adjustment;
requiring a Montgomery County correctional officer who is employed on or
before a certain date to submit a copy of a medical report disclosing and
describing any existing heart disease or hypertension from which the
correctional officer may be suffering; providing that a Montgomery County
correctional officer employed on or before a certain date is entitled to a certain
presumption under this Act, subject to a certain adjustment; and generally
relating to the occupational disease presumption for heart disease and
hypertension under the workers' compensation law.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-503
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2004 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Labor and Employment
9-503.
(a) A paid firefighter, paid fire fighting instructor, or sworn member of the
Office of the State Fire Marshal employed by an airport authority, a county, a fire
control district, a municipality, or the State or a volunteer firefighter, volunteer fire
fighting instructor, volunteer rescue squad member, or volunteer advanced life
support unit member who is a covered employee under § 9-234 of this title is
presumed to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is
compensable under this title if:
(1) the individual has heart disease, hypertension, or lung disease;
(2) the heart disease, hypertension, or lung disease results in partial or
total disability or death; and
(3) in the case of a volunteer firefighter, volunteer fire fighting
instructor, volunteer rescue squad member, or volunteer advanced life support unit
member, the individual has met a suitable standard of physical examination before
becoming a firefighter, fire fighting instructor, rescue squad member, or advanced life
support unit member.
(b) (1) A paid police officer employed by an airport authority, a county, the
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, a municipality, or the
State, a deputy sheriff of Montgomery County, or, subject to paragraph (2) of this
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