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Law Number

HRS 321-23.3(c)

Summary Title

Workers' Compensation: Volunteer Emergency Medical Disaster Response Personnel

Summary

Volunteer emergency medical disaster response personnel who are injured or killed while providing their professional services are entitled to workers' compensation.

Full Title

Volunteer emergency medical disaster response personnel

Full Text

(c) In the case of injury or death arising out of and in the performance of duty pursuant to this section, including duty performed during periods of training, all volunteer emergency medical disaster response personnel and their dependents shall be entitled to all of the benefits provided in chapter 386, including medical services and supplies. In the case of injury or death, no public official shall be excluded from coverage of chapter 386. Benefits shall be based on average weekly wages set forth in section 386-51, or based on earnings from the usual employment of the person, or based on earnings at the rate of $20 a week, whichever is most favorable to the claimant. Nothing in this section shall adversely affect the right of any person to receive any benefits or compensation under any act of Congress.

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