Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 34A-3-202 - Workers' compensation presumption for first responders(1) A first responder who claims to have contracted COVID-19 during the performance of the first responder's duties as a first responder, is presumed to have contracted COVID-19 during the course of performing the first responder's duties as a first responder if the first responder is diagnosed with COVID-19: (a) while employed or serving as a first responder; or(b) if the first responder's employment or service as a first responder terminates, within two weeks after the day on which the first responder's employment or service terminates.(2) A first responder who makes a claim under this part shall provide written documentation of a COVID-19 diagnosis to the first responder's employer or insurer.Renumbered from § 34A-2-1102 and amended by Chapter 5, 2020SP5 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 6/25/2020.Added by Chapter 6, 2020SP3 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 4/22/2020.