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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 11. (a) The education board must establish best practices to improve safety and health outcomes for full-time firefighters and volunteer firefighters not later than July 1, 2021.
(b) The best practices must include:
(1) a proactive health and safety risk management system consisting of a joint employer and employee governance structure to oversee a continuous process of identification, evaluation, monitoring and controlling, and reporting of safety and health hazards in the workplace;
(2) ways to reduce firefighter risk of exposure to carcinogens; and
(3) ways to prevent or reduce the risk of injuries and illness with particular focus on causes of compensable worker's compensation or disability claims.
(c) The education board shall:
(1) review programs established by political subdivisions and volunteer fire departments implementing best practices under this section; and
(2) provide a political subdivision or volunteer fire department with a letter for submission to an insurance company for consideration in a premium or rate discount toward the purchase or procurement of worker's compensation insurance under IC 22-3-2-2 or IC 36-8-12-10 that states that the political subdivision or volunteer fire department has implemented best practices under this section.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Indiana Code Title 36. Local Government § 36-8-10.5-11 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-36-local-government/in-code-sect-36-8-10-5-11/
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