(1) A volunteer safety officer is considered an employee of an agency that supervises the volunteer safety officer for the purpose of receiving workers' compensation benefits under:
(a) Title 34A, Chapter 2, Workers' Compensation Act; and
(b) Title 34A, Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act.
(2)
(a) In accordance with Section 34A-2-105, the workers' compensation benefits described in Subsection (1) are the exclusive remedy against the supervising agency, or an officer, agent, or employee of the supervising agency, for all injuries and occupational diseases resulting from the volunteer safety officer's services for the supervising agency as a volunteer safety officer.
(b) For purposes of Subsection (2)(a), the supervising agency for whom the volunteer safety officer provides services as a volunteer safety officer is considered an employer of the volunteer safety officer.
(3) To compute the workers' compensation benefits for a volunteer safety officer described in Subsection (1), the average weekly wage of the volunteer safety officer shall be the state's average weekly wage at the time of the industrial accident or occupational disease that is the basis for the volunteer safety officer's worker's compensation claim.