N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law § 11-b: Hazardous exposures

§ 11-b. Hazardous exposures. If, as a result of services performed in

line of duty, a volunteer ambulance worker is exposed to or comes in

contact with any poisons, gases, x-rays, radium, radioactive materials

or other potentially harmful substances or matter, the captain or other

executive officer of the ambulance department, volunteer ambulance

company or ambulance district of which he is a member may authorize the

volunteer ambulance worker to obtain such examinations, tests, treatment

and care as are immediately necessary to determine whether he is

injured. Any such authorization may be granted prior to the giving of a

notice of injury under this chapter. In any such case, the volunteer

ambulance worker shall be deemed to have been injured and shall be

entitled to treatment and care and disability benefits as provided in

this chapter.