Ch. 118

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(I) IS 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, VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD MEMBER, OR VOLUNTEER
ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT UNIT MEMBER WHO IS A COVERED EMPLOYEE UNDER §
9-234 OF TIBS TITLE; AND

(II) WAS DIAGNOSED WHILE ON DUTY, AS DEFINED UNDER §
9-234(A) OF THIS TITLE, WITH HEART DISEASE, HYPERTENSION, OR LUNG DISEASE.

(c) 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 a] 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 be suffering from an occupational disease that
was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under this title if the individual:

(1)     has leukemia or pancreatic, prostate, rectal, or throat cancer that is
caused by contact with a toxic substance that the individual has encountered in the line of
duty;

(2)     has completed at least 5 years of service as a fire fighter, fire fighting
instructor, [ or] rescue squad member, OR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT UNIT MEMBER or
in a combination of those jobs in the department where the individual currently is
employed or serves;

(3)     is unable to perform the normal duties of a fire fighter, fire fighting
instructor, [ or] rescue squad member, OR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT UNIT MEMBER in
the department where the individual currently is employed or serves because of the
cancer or leukemia disability; and

(4)     in the case of a volunteer fire fighter, volunteer fire fighting instructor,
[or] volunteer rescue squad member, OR VOLUNTEER ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT
UNIT MEMBER, 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.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved April 30, 1996.

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