§ 20-37-2-8 — Student employees; worker's compensation

Indiana § 20-37-2-8

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 37: CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
• Ch. 2: Career and Technical Education Centers, Schools, or

Text

(a) A student in career and technical education
and employed under section 7 of this chapter:
(1) is entitled to the rights of recovery of a worker of at least
seventeen (17) years of age under the worker's compensation and
occupational diseases laws (IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-7); and
(2) may not recover any additional benefit otherwise payable as
a result of being less than seventeen (17) years of age under the
definition of a minor in IC 22-3-6-1.
The student is considered the employee of the employer while
performing services for the employer under section 7 of this chapter.
(b) A student performing services for an employer under section 7
of this chapter is considered a full-time employee in computing
compensation for permanent impairment under the worker's
compensation law (IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6).
(c) Employers and students under section 7 of this chapter are
exempt from IC 22-2-18-40 (before its expiration on June 30, 2021)
and IC 22-2-18.1-23.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-6-8.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.129; P.L.147-2020, SEC.10.