Legislation
SECTION 163
Notice; participants in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up operations
Workers' Compensation (WKC) CHAPTER 67, ARTICLE 8-A
§ 163. Notice; participants in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery
and clean-up operations. The notice requirements for injury or death
resulting from a qualifying condition for a participant in World Trade
Center rescue, recovery and clean-up operations shall be the same as set
forth in section eighteen of this chapter, except that the notice shall
be given to the employer, or in the case of a volunteer, to the board,
within two years after the disablement of the participant or after the
participant knew or should have known that the qualifying condition was
causally related to his or her participation in World Trade Center
rescue, recovery and clean-up operations, whichever is the later date.
and clean-up operations. The notice requirements for injury or death
resulting from a qualifying condition for a participant in World Trade
Center rescue, recovery and clean-up operations shall be the same as set
forth in section eighteen of this chapter, except that the notice shall
be given to the employer, or in the case of a volunteer, to the board,
within two years after the disablement of the participant or after the
participant knew or should have known that the qualifying condition was
causally related to his or her participation in World Trade Center
rescue, recovery and clean-up operations, whichever is the later date.