{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-652","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 5-652","heading":"Presumption as to disability or death from heart disease, hypertension, or respiratory disease.","body":"(a)\nA member shall be presumed to have a performance-of-duty injury or illness that is covered by this subchapter and Chapter 7 of this title, unless such presumption is overcome by a preponderance of evidence to the contrary or the member is disqualified from the presumption pursuant to § 5-655, if:\n(1)\nThe member has been diagnosed with heart disease, hypertension, or respiratory disease;\n(2)\nThe heart disease, hypertension, or respiratory disease results in the member's inability to perform the full range of duties or in death;\n(3)\nThe member has undergone a pre-employment physical examination and the member was found, at the time of the examination, to be free of the performance-of-duty injury or illness underlying the presumption provided for in this subsection; and\n(4)\nThe member, upon request of the Director, submits to a physical examination conducted by physicians selected by the Director.\n\n(b)\nAn EMS employee shall be presumed to have an occupational disease suffered in the line of duty that is covered by Chapter 6 of Title 1, unless such presumption is overcome by a preponderance of evidence to the contrary or the member is disqualified from the presumption pursuant to § 5-655, if:\n(1)\nThe EMS employee has been diagnosed with heart disease, hypertension, or respiratory disease;\n(2)\nThe heart disease, hypertension, or respiratory disease results in the EMS employee's injury, as defined by § 1-623.01(5), or in death;\n(3)\nThe EMS employee has undergone a pre-employment physical examination and the EMS employee was found, at the time of the examination, to be free of the occupational disease underlying the presumption provided for in this subsection; and\n(4)\nThe EMS employee, upon request of the Director, submits to a physical examination conducted by physicians selected by the Director.","path":["Title 5. Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences.","Chapter 6A. Police and Firefighters Limited Duty.","Subchapter II. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Employee Presumptive Disability."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/5-652","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"8ca5bf89bce9aebb45a25a69b618f515d1a294406d61cae3745bdc2cfff8566f","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-651","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-653"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}