N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 210.3

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 25, June 18, 2024

Section 210.3 - Eligibility

(a) A volunteer firefighter must meet the following criteria to be eligible for enhanced cancer disability benefits:

(1) Five or more years of faithful and actual firefighting service as an interior firefighter;

(2) Has submitted proof of five years of interior structural firefighting service by providing verification that he or she has passed at least five annual fit tests;

(3) Successful completion of a physical examination prior to the commencement of duties as an interior firefighter, which failed to reveal evidence of cancer; and

(4) Diagnosis of cancer.

(b) A volunteer firefighter shall remain eligible for enhanced cancer disability benefits specified in General Municipal Law section 205-c c(2)(a), (b), and (d) for 60 months after the formal cessation of the volunteer firefighter's status as an active volunteer firefighter.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 210.3

Adopted New York State Register October 17, 2018/Volume XL, Issue 40, eff. 10/17/2018