If, in addition to monetary assistance, benefits or other temporary or permanent relief, the United States or any agent thereof furnishes medical, surgical or hospital treatment or any combination thereof to an injured emergency worker, then the emergency worker has no right to receive similar medical, surgical or hospital treatment as provided in this chapter. However, the department may furnish medical, surgical or hospital treatment as part of the compensation provided under the provisions of this chapter.
RCW 38.52.360
Medical, surgical or hospital treatment.
Known as the Washington Emergency Management Act
The act spans §§ 38–38 (77 sections).
1986 c 266 s 40; 1984 c 38 s 37; 1974 ex.s. c 171 s 38; 1953 c 223 s 20.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.