§ 176.876 — Officers Admitted to Hospital; Payments
Plain-Language Summary
This section covers payment for hospital and medical care for a police officer who contracts tuberculosis from contact with infected persons while working within the scope of employment. If the Workers' Compensation Division finds this is the case, it requires the officer to seek a physician or medical facility, and the state, county, or city that employed the officer pays the facility the same fee it receives for a nonresident patient. The officer receives full hospital and medical care at no cost for the duration of the infection, any recurrence, or any resulting disability. If the officer dies and the tuberculosis was the primary infection and authentic cause of death, the Division orders payment of workers' compensation benefits, including benefits to dependents.
176.876 OFFICERS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL; PAYMENTS.
If upon the evidence mentioned in section 176.875, the Workers’ Compensation Division finds that a police officer is suffering from tuberculosis contracted by contact with persons suffering from tuberculosis while the police officer was working within the scope of the officer’s employment, it shall require the police officer to seek the services of a physician or a medical care facility. There shall be paid to the physician or facility where the employee may be received the same fee for the maintenance and care of the employee as is received by the facility for the maintenance and care of a nonresident patient, and the fees shall be paid by the state, county or city in whose employment the police officer was hired and working at the time the police officer contracted the tuberculosis. The police officer shall receive full hospital care and medical care without cost for the duration of the infection of tuberculosis or any recurrence thereof or any disability resulting therefrom. Further, the Workers’ Compensation Division shall order payment to the police officer by the state, county or city concerned, of the compensation provided for under the general provisions of the workers’ compensation law, including benefits to dependents as defined by the workers’ compensation law, if the police officer dies from the effects of the disease of tuberculosis and if the tuberculosis was the primary infection and the authentic cause of death.
History:
1955 c 340 s 3; 1957 c 287 s 3; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 388 s 169; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1980 c 357 s 19; 2024 c 79 art 10 s 1,2; 2024 c 125 art 5 s 38; 2024 c 127 art 50 s 38
History: History: 1955 c 340 s 3; 1957 c 287 s 3; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 388 s 169; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1980 c 357 s 19; 2024 c 79 art 10 s 1,2; 2024 c 125 art 5 s 38; 2024 c 127 art 50 s 38