2006 New York Code - Disabilities Of Policemen And Firemen In Certain Cities.
* § 207-k. Disabilities of policemen and firemen in certain cities. a.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law or
administrative code to the contrary, but except for the purposes of
sections two hundred seven-a and two hundred seven-c of this chapter,
the workmen's compensation law and the labor law, any condition of
impairment of health caused by diseases of the heart, resulting in total
or partial disability or death to a paid member of the uniformed force
of a paid police department or fire department, where such paid
policemen or firemen are drawn from competitive civil service lists, who
successfully passed a physical examination on entry into the service of
such respective department, which examination failed to reveal any
evidence of such condition, shall be presumptive evidence that it was
incurred in the performance and discharge of duty, unless the contrary
be proved by competent evidence.
b. The provisions of this section shall remain in full force and
effect to and including the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred
seventy-four.
* NB Expired July 1, 1995 per subdivision 2; see retirement and social
security law § 480 for expiration
* NB There are 2 § 207-k's
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