§ 18-a. Notice: The New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc.
Wherever in this chapter it shall be required that notice be given to an
employer, except for claims involving section fourteen-a of the workers'
compensation law such notice requirement shall be deemed satisfied by
giving notice to the New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc., in
connection with an injury to a jockey, apprentice jockey or exercise
person licensed under article two or four of the racing, pari-mutuel
wagering and breeding law, and at the election of the New York Jockey
Injury Compensation Fund, Inc., with the approval of the New York state
gaming commission, an employee of a licensed trainer or owner, who,
pursuant to section two of this chapter, is an employee of all owners
and trainers licensed or required to be licensed under article two or
four of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law and of the
fund. In a claim involving section fourteen-a of the workers'
compensation law such required notice shall be given to the employing
owner and/or trainer of the fund.