§ 157 — Application of article to volunteer firefighters' benefit law or the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law

§ 157. Application of article to volunteer firefighters' benefit law\nor the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law. The following terms\nused in this article, unless inconsistent with the volunteer\nfirefighters' benefit law or the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit\nlaw, are hereby enlarged as follows:\n 1. "Employer" includes any political subdivision liable for benefits\npursuant to the volunteer firefighters' benefit law or the volunteer\nambulance workers' benefit law.\n 2. "Employee" includes a volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance\nworker who has been or might be injured in line of duty or who dies or\nmight die from such an injury. When a political subdivision or a\ndistrict or area thereof is responsible for the payment of benefits\npursuant to the volunteer firefighters' benefit law or the volunteer\nambulance workers' benefit law, it shall be deemed the "employer" of\nsuch "employee."\n 3. "Workers' compensation" and "compensation" include the benefits in\nrelation to volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance workers\npursuant to the volunteer firefighters' benefit law or the volunteer\nambulance workers' benefit law.\n 4. "This chapter" includes the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and\nthe volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law, except when such a meaning\nis inconsistent with this article.\n 5. "Subdivisions one and two of section fifty", as used in section one\nhundred fifty-one of this chapter, includes subdivision nine of section\nthirty of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and subdivision nine\nof section thirty of the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law.\n