N.Y. General Municipal Law § 207-q*2: Disabilities of emergency medical technicians or advanced emergency medical technicians in certain cities

* § 207-q. Disabilities of emergency medical technicians or advanced

emergency medical technicians in certain cities. a. Disabilities of

persons performing emergency medical services in certain cities.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law or

administrative code to the contrary, but except for the purposes of the

workers' 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 employee of a fire department who performs

the functions of an emergency medical technician or advanced emergency

medical technician in a city with a population of one million or more,

where such employee is drawn from competitive civil service lists, who

successfully passed a physical examination on entry into the service of

such department, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such

condition, shall be presumptive evidence that it was incurred in the

performance 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, two thousand three.

* NB Expired July 1, 2003 per subdivision 2; see retirement and social

security law § 480 for expiration

* NB There are 2 § 207-q's