2005 Idaho Code - 72-205 — PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT GENERALLY -- COVERAGE

                                  TITLE  72
                      WORKER'S COMPENSATION AND RELATED
                        LAWS -- INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
                                  CHAPTER 2
                        SCOPE -- COVERAGE -- LIABILITY
    72-205.  PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT GENERALLY -- COVERAGE. The following shall
constitute employees in public employment and their employers subject to the
provisions of this law:
    (1)  Every person in the service of the state or of any political
subdivision thereof, under any contract of hire, express or implied, and every
official or officer thereof, whether elected or appointed, while performing
his official duties, except officials of athletic contests involving secondary
schools, as defined by section 33-119, Idaho Code.
    (2)  Every person in the service of a county, city, or any political
subdivision thereof, or of any municipal corporation.
    (3)  Participants in the Idaho youth conservation project under the
supervision of the Idaho state forester.
    (4)  Every person who is a member of a volunteer fire or police department
shall be deemed, for the purposes of this law, to be in the employment of the
political subdivision or municipality where the department is organized.
    (5)  Every person who is a regularly enrolled volunteer member or trainee
of the department of disaster and civil defense, or of a civil defense corps,
shall be deemed, for the purposes of this law, to be in the employment of the
state.
    (6)  Members of the Idaho national guard while on duty and employees of or
persons providing voluntary service to an approved Idaho national guard
morale, welfare, and recreational activity. No Idaho compensation benefits
shall inure to any such member, employee or volunteer or their beneficiaries
for any injury or death compensable under federal law.
    (7)  A community service worker, as that term is defined in section
72-102, Idaho Code, is considered to be an employee in public employment for
purposes of receiving workmen's compensation benefits, which shall be the
community service worker's exclusive remedy for all injuries and occupational
diseases as provided under chapters 1 through 8, title 72, Idaho Code.
    (8)  Every person who participates in a youth employment program funded in
whole or in part by state or federal money and administered by a state or
federal agency or a nonprofit corporation or entity.
    [(9)](8)  A work experience student, as that term is defined in section
72-102, Idaho Code, who does not receive wages while participating in the
school's work experience program shall be covered by the school district's
policy with the state insurance fund.