R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-6.13-2

Current through 2024 Public Law 457

Section 28-6.13-2 - Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Responding to an emergency" means responding to, working at the scene of, or returning from a fire, rescue, emergency medical service call, hazardous materials incident, or a natural or man-made disaster, where the emergency occurs during a period other than normal working hours of the employee; and

(2) "Volunteer member" means a volunteer, call, reserve, or permanent-intermittent firefighter or emergency medical technician, but shall not include any person who received compensation for over nine hundred seventy-five (975) hours of services rendered in such capacity over the preceding six (6) months.

R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-6.13-2

Added by 2016 Pub. Laws, ch. 119,§ 1, eff. 6/22/2016.

Added by 2016 Pub. Laws, ch. 114,§ 1, eff. 6/22/2016.