§ 27-14-902 — Cancer screenings for firefighters; requirements

(a) As used in this section, "firefighter" means a person
who has been employed or has volunteered as a firefighter for
not less than ten (10) years and is classified as a firefighter
member as defined by W.S. 9-3-402(a)(xxv), a paid fireman as
defined by W.S. 15-5-201(a)(xi), an employee under W.S. 15-5-
402(a)(viii), the state fire marshal and their employees, a
volunteer fireman as defined by W.S. 15-5-201(a)(xiv), a
volunteer firefighter as defined by W.S. 35-9-616(a)(x) and any
person employed by a municipal corporation or private
organization who devotes the person's entire time of employment
to the provision of fire protection service for a city, town,
county or fire protection district.
(b) Firefighters shall be presumed to have been exposed to
cancer causing agents during the course and scope of their
employment. These exposures shall be considered work related
injuries for which cancer screenings shall be provided as a
workers' compensation award under the provisions of this act. No
other injury or award shall be presumed or required to be
provided pursuant to this subsection but this section shall not
prohibit the application of any other presumption or prohibit
qualification for any other award under the other provisions of
this act.
(c) Firefighters who are currently employed in that
profession shall be provided cancer screenings which shall
consist of:
(i) Breast cancer screenings for firefighters, to
include mammograms at medically indicated intervals;
(ii) Colon cancer screenings, to include stool based
testing or colonoscopies at medically indicated intervals;
(iii) Prostate cancer screenings for male
firefighters, to include prostate specific antigen tests at
medically indicated intervals;
(iv) Routine screenings for any other cancers the
risk or occurrence of which the director of the national
institute for occupational safety and health has identified as
higher among firefighters than among the general public.
(d) The compensable workplace injury and cancer screenings
award provided by subsection (b) and (c) of this section shall
continue for not more than ten (10) years after the cessation of
employment of a firefighter.
(e) No workplace award of cancer screening benefits under
this section shall be included in the calculation of any
employer's experience rating but may be included in any base
rate setting procedures conducted by the division.