This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Temporary Disability Benefit Act. This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purpose of paying compensation to workmen for the loss of wages as a result of disability due to illness or accident not connected with employment.
History —June 26, 1968, No. 139, p. 354, § 1; May 30, 1970, No. 83, p. 205, § 1; July 1, 1988, No. 51, p. 237, § 1.