Legislation
SECTION 207-AA
Disabilities of members of the uniformed force of sanitation departments in certain cities
General Municipal (GMU) CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 10
§ 207-aa. Disabilities of members of the uniformed force of sanitation
departments in certain cities. Notwithstanding the provisions of any
general, special or local law or administrative code to the contrary,
but except for the purposes of the workers' compensation law and the
labor law, any condition of impairment of health caused by
leptospirosis, resulting in total or partial disability or death to a
paid member of the uniformed force of a paid sanitation department,
where such paid member is drawn from competitive civil service lists,
who successfully passed a physical examination on entry into the service
of such department, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of
such condition, shall be presumptive evidence that it was incurred in
the performance and discharge of duty, unless the contrary be proved by
competent evidence.
departments in certain cities. Notwithstanding the provisions of any
general, special or local law or administrative code to the contrary,
but except for the purposes of the workers' compensation law and the
labor law, any condition of impairment of health caused by
leptospirosis, resulting in total or partial disability or death to a
paid member of the uniformed force of a paid sanitation department,
where such paid member is drawn from competitive civil service lists,
who successfully passed a physical examination on entry into the service
of such department, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of
such condition, shall be presumptive evidence that it was incurred in
the performance and discharge of duty, unless the contrary be proved by
competent evidence.