34A-2-904 - Volunteer emergency medical services providers -- Workers' compensation premiums. - Utah Statutes

34A-2-904. Volunteer emergency medical services providers -- Workers'compensation premiums.
(1) For purposes of receiving workers' compensation benefits, any person performing theservices of an emergency medical services provider is considered an employee of the entity forwhom it provides those services.
(2) (a) With regard to emergency medical services providers who perform those servicesfor minimal or no compensation on a volunteer basis, and who are primarily employed other thanas emergency medical services providers, the amount of workers' compensation benefits shall bebased on that primary employment. Any excess premiums necessary for workers' compensationshall be paid by the entity that utilized that individual as an emergency medical services provider.
(b) With regard to emergency medical services providers who perform those services forminimal or no compensation or on a volunteer basis, and who have no other employment, theamount of workers' compensation benefits shall be the minimum benefit. Any premiumnecessary for workers' compensation shall be paid by the entity that utilizes that individual as anemergency medical services provider.
(3) Workers' compensation benefits are the exclusive remedy for all injuries andoccupational diseases, as provided by Title 34A, Chapters 2 and 3. However, emergency medicalservices providers described in Subsection (2) are not precluded from utilizing insurance benefitsprovided by a primary employer, or any other insurance benefits, in addition to workers'compensation benefits.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 243, 2005 General Session