Section 20-37-2-8 - Student employees; worker's compensation(a) A student in career and technical education and employed under section 7 of this chapter: (1) is entitled to the rights of recovery of a worker of at least seventeen (17) years of age under the worker's compensation and occupational diseases laws (IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-7); and(2) may not recover any additional benefit otherwise payable as a result of being less than seventeen (17) years of age under the definition of a minor in IC 22-3-6-1. The student is considered the employee of the employer while performing services for the employer under section 7 of this chapter.
(b) A student performing services for an employer under section 7 of this chapter is considered a full-time employee in computing compensation for permanent impairment under the worker's compensation law (IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6).(c) Employers and students under section 7 of this chapter are exempt from IC 22-2-18-40 (before its expiration on June 30, 2021) and IC 22-2-18.1-23.Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-6-8.
Amended by P.L. 147-2020,SEC. 10, eff. 4/1/2020.As added by P.L. 1-2005, SEC.21. Amended by P.L. 234-2007, SEC.129.