2016 Indiana Code TITLE 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARTICLE 8. PUBLIC SAFETY CHAPTER 4.3. POLICE AND FIRE EMPLOYMENT POLICIES IN SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICTS
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IC 36-8-4.3
Chapter 4.3. Police and Fire Employment Policies in Special
Service Districts
IC 36-8-4.3-1
Application of chapter
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a police or fire special service
district created by IC 36-3-1-6.
As added by P.L.150-2002, SEC.1.
IC 36-8-4.3-2
Payment of line of duty health care expenses of police and
firefighters
Sec. 2. (a) A special service district shall pay for the care of:
(1) a full-time, paid police officer who:
(A) suffers an injury; or
(B) contracts an illness;
during the performance of the officer's duty; or
(2) a full-time, paid firefighter who:
(A) suffers an injury; or
(B) contracts an illness;
during the performance of the firefighter's duty.
(b) The special service district shall pay for the following
expenses incurred by a police officer or firefighter described in
subsection (a):
(1) Medical and surgical care.
(2) Medicines and laboratory, curative, and palliative agents
and means.
(3) X-ray, diagnostic, and therapeutic service, including during
the recovery period.
(4) Hospital and special nursing care if the physician or surgeon
in charge considers it necessary for proper recovery.
(c) Expenditures required by subsection (a) shall be paid from the
general fund of the special service district.
(d) A special service district that has paid for the care of a police
officer or firefighter under subsection (a) has a cause of action for
reimbursement of the amount paid under subsection (a) against any
third party against whom the police officer or firefighter has a cause
of action for an injury sustained because of, or an illness caused by,
the third party. The special service district's cause of action under
this subsection is in addition to, and not in lieu of, the cause of action
of the police officer or firefighter against the third party.
As added by P.L.150-2002, SEC.1.
Indiana Code 2016
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