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Utah Code § 34A-3-203: Workers' compensation claims.

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  1. Title 34A Utah Labor Code
  2. Chapter 34A-3 Utah Occupational Disease Act
  3. Part 34A-3-2 Presumptions for First Responders

(1) This part applies to a claim resulting from an exposure arising out of and in the course of a first responder's employment or service on or after March 21, 2020, and before June 1, 2021.

(2) For purposes of establishing a workers' compensation claim under this part, the date of exposure is presumed to be the earlier of the day on which:

(a) the first responder is diagnosed with COVID-19;

(b) the first responder is unable to work because of a symptom of a disease that is later diagnosed as COVID-19; or

(c) the first responder's employment or service as a first responder terminates, if the first responder is diagnosed with COVID-19 within two weeks after the day on which the first responder's employment or service as a first responder terminates.

(3) Death benefits payable under this chapter are payable only if a claimant establishes by competent evidence that death was a consequence of or a result of COVID-19.

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