North Dakota Century Code Title 65. Workforce Safety and Insurance § 65-01-15.2. Presumption of compensability for cardiac events of full-time paid firefighters and law enforcement officers

1. A heart attack, stroke, vascular rupture, or other similar cardiac event, is presumed to be a compensable injury when a full-time paid firefighter or law enforcement officer:

2. The presumption under subsection 1 may be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence the condition or impairment was not work related.

3. This section applies to any full-time paid firefighter or law enforcement officer who has less than five years of continuous service.

4. A full-time paid firefighter or law enforcement officer is not eligible for the benefit provided under this section unless the full-time paid firefighter or law enforcement officer has successfully passed a medical examination that failed to reveal any evidence of a cardiovascular condition.

5. For purposes of this section, “law enforcement officer” means an individual who is licensed to perform peace officer law enforcement duties under chapter 12-63 and is employed full time by the bureau of criminal investigation, the game and fish department, the state highway patrol, the parole and probation division, the North Dakota state university police department, the North Dakota state college of science police department, the university of North Dakota police department, the Bismarck state college police department, a county sheriff's department, a city police department, or the parks and recreation department pursuant to section 55-08-04.