3584                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 760

(a)  (1) Any condition or impairment of health of any paid
municipal, county, State, airport authority or fire control
district, fire fighter or fire fighting instructor caused by lung
diseases, heart diseases, [or] hypertension, OR CANCER THAT
IS CAUSED BY CONTACT WITH TOXIC SUBSTANCES THAT THE FIRE FIGHTER
IS LIKELY TO ENCOUNTER IN THE LINE OF DUTY and any condition or
impairment of health of any paid State, municipal,
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, county or
airport authority police officer caused by heart diseases or
hypertension resulting in total or partial disability or death
shall be presumed to be compensable under this article and to
have been suffered in the line of duty and as a result of his
employment.

(2) ANY CONDITION OR IMPAIRMENT OF HEALTH OF ANY PAID
MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, STATE, AIRPORT AUTHORITY, OR FIRE CONTROL
DISTRICT, FIRE FIGHTER OR FIRE FIGHTING INSTRUCTOR THAT IS A
RESULT OF THROAT, PROSTATE, RECTAL, OR PANCREATIC CANCER, OR
LEUKEMIA, THAT IS CAUSED BY CONTACT WITH TOXIC SUBSTANCES THAT
THE FIRE FIGHTER OR FIRE FIGHTING INSTRUCTOR HAS ENCOUNTERED IN
THE LINE OF DUTY, IS PRESUMED TO BE COMPENSABLE UNDER THIS
ARTICLE AND TO HAVE BEEN SUFFERED IN THE LINE OF DUTY AS A RESULT
OF EMPLOYMENT AS A FIRE FIGHTER OR FIRE FIGHTING INSTRUCTOR, IF
THE FIRE FIGHTER OR FIRE FIGHTING INSTRUCTOR:

(I) HAS COMPLETED 5 OR MORE YEARS OF SERVICE AS
A FIRE FIGHTER OR FIRE FIGHTING INSTRUCTOR OR A COMBINATION OF
THESE DUTIES IN THE DEPARTMENT WHERE THAT PERSON IS CURRENTLY
EMPLOYED; AND

(II) IS UNABLE TO PERFORM THE NORMAL DUTIES OF
A FIRE FIGHTER OR FIRE FIGHTING INSTRUCTOR IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
BECAUSE OF THE CANCER DISABILITY.

(b)  Any paid fire fighter or fire fighting instructor whose
compensable claim results from a condition or impairment of
health caused by lung diseases, heart diseases, [or]
hypertension, OR CANCER, AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (A)(2) OF THIS
SECTION, THROAT, PROSTATE, RECTAL, OR PANCREATIC CANCER OR
LEUKEMIA CAUSED BY CONTACT WITH TOXIC SUBSTANCES, and any paid
police officer whose compensable claim results from a condition
or impairment of health caused by heart diseases or hypertension
and has been suffered in the line of duty shall receive such
benefits as are provided for in this article in addition to such
benefits as he may be entitled to under the retirement system in
which said fire fighter or police officer was a participant at
the time of his claim. The benefits received under this article
however, shall be adjusted so that the total of all weekly
benefits shall not exceed one hundred percent of the weekly
salary which was paid to said fire fighter or police officer.

(c)  (1) Any volunteer fireman or fire fighting instructor
or rescue squad member referred to in § 21(b)(4) of this article
whose compensable claim results from a condition or impairment of
health caused by lung diseases, heart diseases, [or]