2016 New York Laws
VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit
Article 5 - (Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit) SAVING CLAUSES
90 - References to workers' compensation law.

 90. References to workers' compensation law. Where the provisions of
  any  section or part of any section of the workers' compensation law are
  made  applicable  to  this  chapter  and  are  incorporated  herein   by
  reference,  the  following terms used in such provisions of the workers'
  compensation  law  shall  have  the  following  meanings  when  read  in
  connection with this chapter:
1. "Accident" means "injury" as defined in this chapter.
2.  "Dependent  husband"  means  the  "surviving  spouse"  of a female
  volunteer ambulance worker, as defined in this chapter.
3. "Employee" means a volunteer ambulance worker who has been or might
  be injured in line of duty or who dies or might die from the effects  of
  such an injury.
4.  "Employment" means service of a volunteer ambulance worker in line
  of duty.
5. "Employer" means the political subdivision or  volunteer  ambulance
  company  liable  for  payment  of  financial  benefits  pursuant to this
  chapter.
6. "Injury" means "injury" as defined in this chapter.
7. "Injured worker" means injured volunteer ambulance worker.
8. "Insurance carrier" means "insurance carrier" as  defined  in  this
  chapter.
9.  "Same  employ"  means  the  same ambulance department or ambulance
  company, or in the same service for a political subdivision, or district
  or area thereof, pursuant to a call for assistance.
10. "Workers' compensation" means the benefits payable to a  volunteer
  ambulance  worker  or his dependents pursuant to this chapter, including
  medical treatment and care, except when a different meaning obviously is
  intended.
Where any such section is so made applicable and is  so  incorporated,
  and  there is a reference therein to another section or provision of the
  workers' compensation law which also has been made  applicable  to  this
  chapter,  such  reference  shall  be  deemed  to  include the applicable
  section or provision of this chapter if  such  inclusion  is  consistent
  with the provisions of this chapter.