(a) The police chief or the fire chief shall recommend to the mayor that the urban county government pay medical expenses incurred by a member of their respective divisions who is injured in the line of duty.
(b) The mayor shall, with the approval of the council, pay any and all medical expenses incurred by a member of the division of fire and emergency services or division of police injured in the line of duty.
(c) The injured member shall not be obligated to reimburse the urban county government for said medical payments unless the injured member recovers by way of legal action, settlement or contract the value of any or all of his medical expenses. The urban county government shall be subrogated to the rights of the member for any medical payments made by the urban county government. If said member does recover any or all of the value of the medical expenses incurred, he shall reimburse to the urban county government the value of the medical payments paid by the urban county government.
(d) The mayor shall continue, with the approval of the council, to pay medical expenses incurred by a member of the division of fire and emergency services or division of police injured in the line of duty, after said member has left the active service of the urban county government and even if said member is drawing disability or retirement benefits from the police and fire pension fund established at KRS 67A.360 et seq.
(e) An injury incurred in the line of duty is defined in this section as an injury received by a member when he is actively engaged in the duties of a member of the division of fire and emergency services or the police force.
(Ord. No. 135-82, § 1, 7-29-82; Ord. No. 155-87, § 1, 7-9-87)