{"political subdivision":"a county, city, borough, or municipality","disaster service worker ":"any person registered with an accredited disaster counci or with the California Emergency Management Agency for the purpose of engaging in disaster service without compensation."}
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Law Number

Cal Lab Code 4351

Summary Title

Workers' Compensation: Disaster Service Worker

Summary

Workers' compensation is the only remedy disaster service workers or their dependents will receive against the State, the disaster council, or the political subdivision if they are injured or killed in the course of providing disaster service activities.

Full Title

Exclusivity of remedy

Full Text

Compensation provided by this division is the exclusive remedy of a disaster service worker, or his or her dependents, for injury or death arising out of, and in the course of, his or her activities as a disaster service worker as against the state, the disaster council with which he or she is registered, and the county or city which has empowered the disaster council to register and direct his or her activities. Liability for compensation provided by this division is in lieu of any other liability whatsoever to a disaster service worker or his or her dependents or any other person on his or her behalf against the state, the disaster council with which the disaster service worker is registered, and the county or city which has empowered the disaster council to register and direct his or her activities, for any injury or death arising out of, and in the course of, his or her activities as a disaster service worker.

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