New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle F - Local Government
Chapter III - Fire Safety
Part 210 - Volunteer Firefighter Enhanced Cancer Disability Benefits Program
Section 210.3 - Eligibility
Universal Citation: 9 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 210.3
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) A volunteer firefighter must meet the following criteria to be eligible for enhanced cancer disability benefits:
(1) Five or more years
of faithful and actual firefighting service as an interior
firefighter;
(2) Has submitted
proof of five years of interior structural firefighting service by providing
verification that he or she has passed at least five annual fit
tests;
(3) Successful completion of
a physical examination prior to the commencement of duties as an interior
firefighter, which failed to reveal evidence of cancer; and
(4) Diagnosis of cancer.
(b) A volunteer firefighter shall remain eligible for enhanced cancer disability benefits specified in General Municipal Law section 205-c c(2)(a), (b), and (d) for 60 months after the formal cessation of the volunteer firefighter's status as an active volunteer firefighter.
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