§ 16. Treatment and care. A volunteer ambulance worker injured in line
of duty shall be entitled to receive medical, surgical, podiatric,
chiropractic, psychological and other attendance and treatment, nurse
and hospital service, medicine, crutches, artificial members, devices,
appliances, and apparatus, including the replacement and repair thereof,
for such period as the nature of the injury or the process of recovery
may require and the political subdivision or volunteer ambulance company
liable for the payment of benefits to the volunteer ambulance worker
under this chapter because of such injury shall be liable therefor and
the cost thereof shall be audited, raised and paid as provided in
section thirty of this chapter. The provisions of sections thirteen to
thirteen-m, both inclusive, and sections nineteen to nineteen-b, both
inclusive, of the workers' compensation law, to the extent that such
provisions are not inconsistent with this chapter, shall be applicable
in relation to any injured volunteer ambulance worker, political
subdivision and third persons as fully as if set forth in this chapter.