For the purposes of this section only, each member of the Corps shall be an employee of the City only while serving any assigned shift as a member or while receiving further training as such, and any person shall be an employee of the City only while receiving any required training to become a member of the Corps.
If any such member or any such person were to suffer or sustain any illness or injury proximately caused by, arising out of, and in the course of, his service or training while an employee of the City, as hereinabove limited, he shall be entitled to all of those Worker’s Compensation benefits, no more or no less, to which he, pursuant to the provisions of Division 4 of the Labor Code of the State of California but only upon the conditions therein provided therefor, would be entitled if he were a regular police officer receiving a monthly salary as such, provided, however, where such injury or illness occurs in the course of such member’s activities as a disaster service worker, as provided for in Chapter 10 of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the provisions of that chapter with respect to compensation shall be controlling.
If any such member or any such person were to die as a result of any illness or injury proximately caused by, arising out of, and in the course of, his service or training while an employee of the City, as hereinabove limited, those persons who, if the deceased had been a regular police officer receiving a monthly salary as such, would be entitled to any Worker’s Compensation benefits, pursuant to the provisions of Division 4 of the Labor Code of the State of California, shall be entitled, but only upon the conditions provided therefor in said Division 4, to the same such benefits, no more or no less, provided however, where the illness or injury proximately causing the death of such member occurs in the course of said member’s activities as a disaster service worker, as provided for in Chapter 10 of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the provisions of that chapter with respect to compensation shall be controlling.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on. No. 137,603.
Amended by: Ord. No. 149,321, Eff. 3-1-77.