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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