Maine Statutes
§ 39-A §609 — Compensation limits
Maine § 39-A §609
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Bluebook
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 39-A, § 39-A §609 (2026).
Text
Compensation for partial or total incapacity or death from occupational disease is payable as provided in sections 212, 213 and 215. Compensation is not payable for incapacity by reason of occupational diseases unless the incapacity results within 3 years after the last injurious exposure to the occupational disease in the employment.
The 3-year limitation under this section does not apply to a full-time firefighter who files a claim for an occupationally related cancer under this chapter and whose last injurious exposure to a carcinogen in the employer's employment occurred after January 1, 1985. For the purposes of this section, "full-time firefighter" means a regular full-time member, active or retired, of a municipal fire department if that person has aided in the extinguishment of fir
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Legislative History
PL 1991, c. 885, §A8 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 885, §§A9-11 (AFF). RR 1993, c. 1, §142 (COR).
Nearby Sections
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Short title§ 39 §100-A
Orders or agreements for trial work periods§ 39 §100-B
Trial work periods§ 39 §102-A
Incarceration of employee§ 39 §103
Appeal§ 39 §103-A
Appellate Division created§ 39 §103-B
Appeal from commission decision§ 39 §103-C
Appeal from a decision of the division§ 39 §103-D
Report to the Law Court§ 39 §103-E
Enforcement of division§ 39 §104-A
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Bluebook (online)
Maine § 39-A §609, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/me/39-A%20%C2%A7609.