(a) A person who is injured during the course and within the scope of providing service as a volunteer emergency medical technician is an employee of the state for purposes of this chapter if the person
(1) is certified by the state under AS 18.08 as an emergency medical technician or is an active roster volunteer member of a state certified emergency medical service and is registered with the Department of Health;
(2) provides emergency medical service outside an incorporated city or borough; and
(3) is not otherwise covered for that injury by an employer's workers' compensation insurance policy or self-insurance certificate.
(b) The gross weekly earnings for a person receiving benefits under this section shall be the minimum gross weekly earnings paid a full-time emergency medical technician employed in the city or borough nearest to the place where the injury occurred, or, if the nearest city or borough has no full-time emergency medical technician, at a reasonable figure previously set by the nearest city or borough to make this determination, but in no case may the gross weekly earnings for calculating compensation be less than the minimum wage computed on the basis of 40 hours of work a week.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation
Chapter 30. Alaska Workers' Compensation Act
Article 6. General Provisions.
Sec. 23.30.230. Persons not covered.
Sec. 23.30.235. Cases in which no compensation is payable.
Sec. 23.30.236. Members of the organized militia as employees.
Sec. 23.30.237. High school students in work-study programs as employees of the state.
Sec. 23.30.238. Volunteer emergency medical technicians as employees.
Sec. 23.30.239. Sole proprietors and partners as employees.
Sec. 23.30.241. Special officers as employees.
Sec. 23.30.242. Members of state boards and commissions as employees.
Sec. 23.30.243. Extending coverage to certain firefighters.
Sec. 23.30.244. Emergency and disaster relief forces as state employees.
Sec. 23.30.245. Invalid agreements.
Sec. 23.30.246. Search and rescue personnel as state employees.
Sec. 23.30.247. Discrimination prohibited.
Sec. 23.30.250. Penalties for fraudulent or misleading acts; damages in civil actions.
Sec. 23.30.255. Penalty for failure to pay compensation.
Sec. 23.30.260. Penalty for receiving unapproved fees and soliciting.
Sec. 23.30.263. Immunity from civil liability for workplace safety inspections.