§ 45-19-10 - Rate and duration of disability benefits. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 45-19-10

   § 45-19-10  Rate and duration of disabilitybenefits. – (a) All call fire fighters, volunteers, and all others eligible for thebenefits of the fund who are injured in the line of fire duty or who sufferillness directly attributed to fire duty, are entitled to benefits as follows:At the rate of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each day during which he or she isunable to attend to his or her ordinary duties by reason of the injuries orillness; provided, the benefits do not continue for longer than ninety (90)days from the date of the injury or illness; and further provided, that theboard may extend the benefits if it deems it advisable so to do.

   (b) The board shall furnish the forms to be sent in as proofof the disability or illness and shall make rules that are necessary for theproper functioning of the board.