A. As used in this section, "injury" means a physical or mental injury or disease for which an employee of this state who is injured or contracts the disease in the course of the employee's employment would be entitled to benefits under the workers' compensation law of this state.

B. A volunteer health practitioner who provides health or veterinary services pursuant to the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act and who is not otherwise eligible for benefits for injury or death under the workers' compensation law of this or another state may elect to be deemed an employee of this state for the purpose of receiving such benefits by making a claim in accordance with the workers' compensation law of this state.

C. The department of health shall promulgate and adopt rules, enter into agreements with other states or take other measures to facilitate the receipt of benefits for injury or death under the workers' compensation law of this state by volunteer health practitioners who reside in other states and may waive or modify requirements for filing, processing and paying claims that unreasonably burden the practitioners. To promote uniformity of application of the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act with other states that enact similar legislation, the department of health shall consult with and consider the approaches to filing, processing and paying claims taken by agencies with similar authority in other states.

History: Laws 2008, ch. 47, § 12.

Effective dates. — Laws 2008, ch. 47, § 14 made the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act effective July 1, 2008.