{"":null}
Emergency Law Inventory | Full Law Text

Law Number

Iowa Code 100B.31

Summary Title

Workers' Compensation: Volunteer Firefighter, Emergency Medical Personnel, and Reserve Law Enforcement Officer

Summary

A volunteer firefighter, emergency medical personnel, or a reserve peace officer, who is injured or killed while performing their duties, is entitled to workers' compensation.

Full Title

Volunteer emergency services provider death benefit - eligibility

Full Text

a. If the department of public safety determines, upon the receipt of evidence and proof from the fire chief or supervising officer, that the death of a volunteer emergency services provider was the direct and proximate result of a traumatic personal injury incurred in the line of duty as a volunteer, a line of duty death benefit in an amount of one hundred thousand dollars shall be paid in a lump sum to the volunteer emergency services provider’s beneficiary. A line of duty death benefit payable under this subsection shall be in addition to any other death benefit payable to the volunteer emergency services provider.

Save as PDF Back to Laws