PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 118

2.       performing a duty of a member of an advanced life support
unit or an ambulance, first aid, or rescue squad in a volunteer company;

3.       except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph,
performing a duty that the volunteer company assigns to the member;

4.       performing a duty that a written bylaw or rule of government
adopted for the volunteer company assigns to the member;

5.       going to or from performing a duty included under item 1, 2,
3, or 4 of this subparagraph;

6.       accompanying an accident or fire victim while being
transported to a hospital in a helicopter; or

7.       returning to the home station of the individual after
accompanying a victim under item (6) of this subparagraph.

(ii) "On duty" does not include attendance of a member of a volunteer
company at a social function unless a written bylaw or rule of government adopted for the
volunteer company requires the attendance or participation of the member.

(3) "Volunteer company" means:

(i) a volunteer advanced life support unit;

(ii) a volunteer ambulance company or squad;

(iii) a volunteer fire company or department; and

(iv) a volunteer rescue company, department, or squad.

9-503.

(a) (1) A paid fire fighter or paid fire fighting instructor employed by an airport
authority, a county, a fire control district, a municipality, or the State or a volunteer fire
fighter, volunteer fire fighting instructor, [or] 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)](I) the individual has heart disease, hypertension, or lung disease;

[(2)] (II) the heart disease, hypertension, or lung disease results in partial or
total disability or death; and

[(3)] (III) in the case of a volunteer fire fighter, volunteer fire fighting
instructor, [or] volunteer rescue squad member, OR VOLUNTEER ADVANCED LIFE
SUPPORT UNIT MEMBER, the individual has met a suitable standard of physical
examination before becoming a fire fighter, fire fighting instructor, [or] rescue squad
member, OR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT UNIT MEMBER.

(2) THE GOOD-FAITII MEDICAL TREATMENT OF HEART DISEASE,
HYPERTENSION, OR LUNG DISEASE IS COMPENSABLE IF THE INDIVIDUAL:

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