Utah Code 34A-3-203. Workers’ compensation claims
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(1) This part applies to a claim resulting from an exposure arising out of and in the course of a first responder‘s employment or service on or after March 21, 2020, and before June 1, 2021.
Terms Used In Utah Code 34A-3-203
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- First responder: means :(1)(b)(i) a first responder as defined in Section 34A-2-102;(1)(b)(ii) an individual employed by:(1)(b)(ii)(A) a health care facility as defined in Section 26B-2-201;(1)(b)(ii)(B) an office of a physician, chiropractor, or dentist;(1)(b)(ii)(C) a nursing home;(1)(b)(ii)(D) a retirement facility;(1)(b)(ii)(E) a home health care provider;(1)(b)(ii)(F) a pharmacy;(1)(b)(ii)(G) a facility that performs laboratory or medical testing on human specimens; or(1)(b)(ii)(H) an entity similar to the entities listed in Subsections (1)(b)(ii)(A) through (G);(1)(b)(iii) an individual employed by, working with, or working at the direction of a local health department; or(1)(b)(iv) a volunteer, as defined in Section 67-20-2, providing services to a local health department in accordance with Title 67, Chapter 20, Volunteer Government Workers Act. See Utah Code 34A-3-201(2) For purposes of establishing a workers’ compensation claim under this part, the date of exposure is presumed to be the earlier of the day on which:(2)(a) the first responder is diagnosed with COVID-19;(2)(b) the first responder is unable to work because of a symptom of a disease that is later diagnosed as COVID-19; or(2)(c) the first responder’s employment or service as a first responder terminates, if the first responder is diagnosed with COVID-19 within two weeks after the day on which the first responder’s employment or service as a first responder terminates.(3) Death benefits payable under this chapter are payable only if a claimant establishes by competent evidence that death was a consequence of or a result of COVID-19.