Section 251.051 Police Officers Contracting Tuberculosis - Minnesota Statutes

251.051 POLICE OFFICERS CONTRACTING TUBERCULOSIS.

Any police officer of the state or of any county or municipal subdivision of the state whose duties within the scope of employment as a police officer bring or did bring the officer in contact with persons afflicted with tuberculosis, which said police officer contracts or becomes ill from tuberculosis, shall be entitled to the medical care and compensation provided for by sections 251.051 to 251.053. "Contracts tuberculosis" shall be construed to mean the development of demonstrable tuberculosis in the police officer.

History:

1955 c 340 s 1; 1986 c 444