N.Y. Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law § 16: Treatment and care

§ 16. Treatment and care. A volunteer firefighter injured in line of

duty shall be entitled to receive medical, surgical, podiatric,

chiropractic, psychological and other attendance and treatment, nurse

and hospital service, medicine, crutches, artificial members, devices,

appliances, and apparatus, including the replacement and repair thereof,

for such period as the nature of the injury or the process of recovery

may require and the political subdivision liable for the payment of

benefits to the volunteer firefighter under this chapter because of such

injury shall be liable therefor and the cost thereof shall be audited,

raised and paid as provided in section thirty of this chapter. The

provisions of sections thirteen to thirteen-m, both inclusive, and

sections nineteen to nineteen-b, both inclusive, of the workers'

compensation law, to the extent that such provisions are not

inconsistent with this chapter, shall be applicable in relation to any

injured volunteer firefighter, political subdivision and third persons

as fully as if set forth in this chapter.