{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-22-3-2-2.3","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 22-3-2-2.3","heading":"Volunteer workers; services; medical benefits","body":"Sec. 2.3. (a) As used in this section, \"volunteer worker\" means a person who:\n(1) performs services:\n(A) for a state institution (as defined in IC 12-7-2.1-318); and\n(B) for which the person does not receive compensation of any nature; and\n(2) has been approved and accepted as a volunteer worker by the director of:\n(A) the division of disability, aging, and rehabilitative services; or\n(B) the division of mental health and addiction.\n(b) Services of any nature performed by a volunteer worker for a state institution (as defined in IC 12-7-2.1-318) are governmental services. A volunteer worker is subject to the medical benefits described under this chapter through IC 22-3-6. However, a volunteer worker is not under this chapter through IC 22-3-6.","path":["TITLE 22. LABOR AND SAFETY","ARTICLE 3. WORKER'S COMPENSATION SYSTEM","Chapter 2. Worker's Compensation: Application, Rights, and Remedies"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_22.html#22-3-2-2.3","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-08-18T00:45:42Z","sha256":"6f8d780eebe21d190b1107acfa6e8f9284ab7859cb2a62a77b897811c2ed28b2","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-22-3-2-2.1","next":"us-in/ic-22-3-2-2.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}