Section 143-166.13 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Persons entitled to benefits under Article(a) The following persons who are subject to the Criminal Justice Training and Standards Act are entitled to benefits under this Article: (1) State Government Security Officers, Department of Administration;(2) State Correctional Officers, Division of Prisons of the Department of Adult Correction;(3) State Probation and Parole Officers, Division of Community Supervision and Reentry of the Department of Adult Correction;(4) Sworn State Law-Enforcement Officers with the power of arrest, Department of Adult Correction or Division of Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety;(5) Sworn Law Enforcement Officers in the Medicaid Fraud Unit of the Department of Justice;(6) State Highway Patrol Officers;(7) General Assembly Special Police, General Assembly;(8) Sworn State Law-Enforcement Officers with the power of arrest, Department of Health and Human Services;(9) Juvenile Justice Officers, Division of Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety;(10) Insurance Investigators, Department of Insurance;(11) State Bureau of Investigation Officers and Alcohol Law Enforcement Agents, Department of Public Safety;(12) Director and Assistant Director, License and Theft Enforcement Section, State Highway Patrol;(13) Members of License and Theft Enforcement Section, State Highway Patrol, designated by the Commander of the State Highway Patrol as either "inspectors" or uniformed weigh station personnel;(14) Repealed by Session Laws 2021-23, s. 21, effective May 17, 2021.(15) North Carolina Ports Authority Police, Department of Transportation;(16) Sworn State Law-Enforcement Officers with the power of arrest, Department of Environmental Quality;(17) Sworn State Law-Enforcement Officers with the power of arrest, Department of Public Safety.(18) Sworn State Law-Enforcement Officers with the power of arrest, Department of Revenue.(19) Sworn State Law-Enforcement Officers with the power of arrest, University System.(20) Sworn State Law-Enforcement Officers with the power of arrest, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.(21) Sworn State Law-Enforcement Officers with the power of arrest, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.(22) Sworn State Law-Enforcement Officers of the State Capitol Police in the State Highway Patrol.(b) The following persons are entitled to benefits under this Article regardless of whether they are subject to the Criminal Justice Training and Standards Act: (1) Driver License Examiners injured by accident arising out of and in the course of giving a road test, Division of Motor Vehicles, Department of Transportation;(2) Employees of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety injured by a direct and deliberate act of an offender supervised by the Division or while performing supervisory duties over offenders which place the employees at risk of such injury.(c) As used in this Article, the term "eligible person" or "person" shall mean any individual listed under subsection (a) or (b) of this section.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-166.13
Amended by 2024 N.C. Sess. Laws 57,s. 3E.2-z, eff. 7/1/2025.Amended by 2021 N.C. Sess. Laws 180, s. 19C.9-xxx, eff. 1/1/2023.Amended by 2021 N.C. Sess. Laws 23, s. 21, eff. 5/17/2021.Amended by 2018 N.C. Sess. Laws 5, s. 35.18-a, eff. 6/12/2018.Amended by 2017 N.C. Sess. Laws 186, s. 2-cccccc, eff. 12/1/2017.Amended by 2015 N.C. Sess. Laws 263, s. 36-d, eff. 9/30/2015.Amended by 2015 N.C. Sess. Laws 241, s. 14.30-u, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by 2014 N.C. Sess. Laws 100, s. 35.12-a, eff. 10/1/2014.Amended by 2014 N.C. Sess. Laws 100, s. 17.1-kkk, eff. 7/1/2014.Amended by 2011 N.C. Sess. Laws 145, s. 19.1-g, s. 19.1-h, s. 19.1-l, eff. 1/1/2012.Amended by 2011 N.C. Sess. Laws 145, s. 14.6-d, eff. 7/1/2011.Amended by 2005 N.C. Sess. Laws 359, s. 3, eff. 9/7/2005.Amended by 2001 - 487, s. 89, eff. 12/16/2001.1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1272, s. 1; 1981 , c. 348, s. 1; c. 964, s. 19; 1989 , c. 727, s. 218 99 , c. 751, s. 7 15 ; 1991 Reg. Sess., 1992 , c. 959, s. 34; 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 20.7 a ; 1997-443, ss. 11A.118 a , 11A.119 a ; 1997-503, s. 3; 1998-212, s. 28.25(a).This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.