North Dakota Century Code Title 54. State Government § 54-52.1-03.5. Emergency responders who die in the line of duty--Health benefits

a. “Correctional facility staff” has the same meaning as provided under section 12-44.1-01.

b. “Dies in the line of duty” means a death occurring as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained by an emergency responder while engaged in a line of duty activity or which arose out of and as a result of the individual's performance of a line of duty activity.

c. “Emergency responder” means a peace officer, member of a correctional facility staff, emergency medical services personnel, or firefighter, who is employed by the state, a political subdivision of the state, or an institution under the control of the state board of higher education. The term does not include a national guard security officer or national guard firefighter.

d. “Line of duty activity” means an employment-related action taken by an emergency responder which is required or authorized by law, rule, regulation, or condition of employment and for which compensation is provided by the employing entity or would have been eligible to have been provided by the employing entity if the emergency responder had been on duty at the time the action in question was taken.

e. “Peace officer” has the same meaning as provided under section 12-63-01. The term includes a game warden.

a. Surviving spouse until the surviving spouse reaches age sixty-five; and

b. Dependent child until the dependent child reaches age twenty-six.