(a) Injured-on-duty pay is hereby established for the Police Department, Fire Department, Sewage Department, Street Department and Park Department. "Injured on duty" means in case any member of the Police Department, Fire Department, Sewage Department, Street Department or Park Department becomes disabled and unable to perform his or her duties, which disability is incurred in the actual discharge of his or her duties in an emergency situation, peculiar to his or her department's work and where upon examination and recommendation of a physician, designated by the Safety-Service Director and the head of the department, the employee shall receive full pay for the period of disability, up to a maximum of twelve weeks, provided that the employee signs a contract with the employer, which is to be sent to the Board of Workers' Compensation stating that any sums, designated as wage compensation or any sum received for any compensatorial fund to which the State, County or City contributes, or any sum received as temporary disability and/or temporary total disability, shall be reimbursed to the City up to the amount paid in wages by the City during the disability. In no case shall the right to receive the regular pay exceed the period of twelve weeks from the occurrence of such disability. During such twelve-week time period, no sick days are to be deducted from the employee's sick time.
(b) For the purpose of this section "emergency" means any situation or condition that requires immediate action to protect the public health and welfare and places the employee's health and/or safety in jeopardy in the course of discharging his or her duties.
(c) The determination as to whether such occurrence is an emergency situation or not is to be determined by the Safety-Service Director.
(d) This section shall be retroactive to January 1, 1981.
(Ord. 81-7669. Passed 10-21-81.)