District of Columbia Code Division I. Government of District. § 5-652. Presumption as to disability or death from heart disease, hypertension, or respiratory disease.

(1) The member has been diagnosed with heart disease, hypertension, or respiratory disease;

(2) The heart disease, hypertension, or respiratory disease results in the member's inability to perform the full range of duties or in death;

(3) The member has undergone a pre-employment physical examination and the member was found, at the time of the examination, to be free of the performance-of-duty injury or illness underlying the presumption provided for in this subsection; and

(4) The member, upon request of the Director, submits to a physical examination conducted by physicians selected by the Director.

(1) The EMS employee has been diagnosed with heart disease, hypertension, or respiratory disease;

(2) The heart disease, hypertension, or respiratory disease results in the EMS employee's injury, as defined by § 1-623.01(5), or in death;

(3) The EMS employee has undergone a pre-employment physical examination and the EMS employee was found, at the time of the examination, to be free of the occupational disease underlying the presumption provided for in this subsection; and

(4) The EMS employee, upon request of the Director, submits to a physical examination conducted by physicians selected by the Director.