§ 36-8-10.5-11 — Establishment of best practices to improve safety and health outcomes; review of programs

Indiana § 36-8-10.5-11

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 8: PUBLIC SAFETY
• Ch. 10.5: Minimum Training Requirements for Firefighters

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(a) The education board must establish
best practices to improve safety and health outcomes for full-time
firefighters and volunteer firefighters not later than July 1, 2021.
(b) The best practices must include:
(1) a proactive health and safety risk management system
consisting of a joint employer and employee governance structure
to oversee a continuous process of identification, evaluation,
monitoring and controlling, and reporting of safety and health
hazards in the workplace;
(2) ways to reduce firefighter risk of exposure to carcinogens; and
(3) ways to prevent or reduce the risk of injuries and illness with
particular focus on causes of compensable worker's compensation
or disability claims.
(c) The education board shall:
(1) review programs established by political subdivisions and
volunteer fire departments implementing best practices under this
section; and
(2) provide a political subdivision or volunteer fire department
with a letter for submission to an insurance company for
consideration in a premium or rate discount toward the purchase
or procurement of worker's compensation insurance under IC 22-3-2-2 or IC 36-8-12-10 that states that the political subdivision
or volunteer fire department has implemented best practices under
this section.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.72-2020, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.32-2021, SEC.102.