Private Sector EMTs and Paramedics Are Now Covered Under New Legislation Signed by New Jersey Governor Creating a High Rebuttable Presumption in Favor of Compensability of Strokes or Heart Attacks
New Jersey Workers' Comp
JANUARY 26, 2024
The recent passage of A5909 has generated many questions from hospitals and private sector ambulance companies which provide EMT and paramedic services. The questions focus on the recently passed legislative overhaul of N.J.S.A. 34:15.7.3. That original 1988 law is entitled, “Cardiovascular or cerebrovascular injury or death of police, fire or emergency personnel in response to an emergency: presumption of compensability.
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