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Coverage: Lung Disease, Heart Disease, Cancer |
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Code Part: Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE VII - CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87 - Firemen's Retirement and Relief Systems
§87.005 Firemen, certain diseases presumed incurred in line of duty - conditions
§87.006 Firemen, certain diseases presumed incurred in line of duty--persons covered--disability from cancer, presumption suffered in line of duty, when
ALSO APPLICAPLE
§87.045 Eligibility for and payment of a disability pension.
§287.067(5) Occupational disease defined - loss of hearing, radiation injury, communicable disease, others |
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Description:
Firemen, certain diseases presumed incurred in line of duty --conditions.
87.005. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, after five years' service, any condition of impairment of health caused by any disease of the lungs or respiratory tract, hypertension, or disease of the heart resulting in total or partial disability or death to a uniformed member of a paid fire department, who successfully passed a physical examination within five years prior to the time a claim is made for such disability or death, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presumed to have been suffered in line of duty, unless the contrary be shown by competent evidence.
Firemen, certain diseases presumed incurred in line of duty--persons covered--disability from cancer, presumption suffered in line of duty, when.
87.006. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, and only for the purpose of computing retirement benefits provided by an established retirement plan, after five years' service, any condition of impairment of health caused by any disease of the lungs or respiratory tract, hypotension, hypertension, or disease of the heart resulting in total or partial disability or death to a uniformed member of a paid fire department, who successfully passed a physical examination within five years prior to the time a claim is made for such disability or death, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presumed to have been suffered in the line of duty, unless the contrary be shown by competent evidence.
2. Any condition of cancer affecting the skin or the central nervous, lymphatic, digestive, hematological, urinary, skeletal, oral, breast, testicular, genitourinary, liver or prostate systems, as well as any condition of cancer which may result from exposure to heat or radiation or to a known or suspected carcinogen as determined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, which results in the total or partial disability or death to a uniformed member of a paid fire department who successfully passed a physical examination within five years prior to the time a claim is made for disability or death, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presumed to have been suffered in the line of duty unless the contrary be shown by competent evidence and it can be proven to a reasonable degree of medical certainty that the condition did not result nor was contributed to by the voluntary use of tobacco.
3. This section shall apply to paid members of all fire departments of all counties, cities, towns, fire districts, and other governmental units.
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