Section 27-14-902 - Cancer screenings for firefighters; requirements(a) As used in this section, "firefighter" means a person who has been employed or has volunteered as a firefighter for not less than ten (10) years and is classified as a firefighter member as defined by W.S. 9-3-402(a)(xxv), a paid fireman as defined by W.S. 15-5-201(a)(xi), an employee under W.S. 15-5-402(a)(viii), the state fire marshal and their employees, a volunteer fireman as defined by W.S. 15-5-201(a)(xiv), a volunteer firefighter as defined by W.S. 35-9-616(a)(x) and any person employed by a municipal corporation or private organization who devotes the person's entire time of employment to the provision of fire protection service for a city, town, county or fire protection district.(b) Firefighters shall be presumed to have been exposed to cancer causing agents during the course and scope of their employment. These exposures shall be considered work related injuries for which cancer screenings shall be provided as a workers' compensation award under the provisions of this act. No other injury or award shall be presumed or required to be provided pursuant to this subsection but this section shall not prohibit the application of any other presumption or prohibit qualification for any other award under the other provisions of this act.(c) Firefighters who are currently employed in that profession shall be provided cancer screenings which shall consist of: (i) Breast cancer screenings for firefighters, to include mammograms at medically indicated intervals;(ii) Colon cancer screenings, to include stool based testing or colonoscopies at medically indicated intervals;(iii) Prostate cancer screenings for male firefighters, to include prostate specific antigen tests at medically indicated intervals;(iv) Routine screenings for any other cancers the risk or occurrence of which the director of the national institute for occupational safety and health has identified as higher among firefighters than among the general public.(d) The compensable workplace injury and cancer screenings award provided by subsection (b) and (c) of this section shall continue for not more than ten (10) years after the cessation of employment of a firefighter.(e) No workplace award of cancer screening benefits under this section shall be included in the calculation of any employer's experience rating but may be included in any base rate setting procedures conducted by the division.Added by Laws 2024, ch. 17,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.