When used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) BENEFIT. Any monetary allowance payable to a law enforcement officer by a city or county or by the state or from a pension system established for the law enforcement officers of a city or county or the state on account of his or her disability or to his or her dependents on account of his or her death, irrespective of whether the same is payable under a pension law of the state or under some other law of the state.
(2) DISABILITY. Disability to perform duties as a law enforcement officer.
(3) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. A full-time law enforcement officer with the power of arrest who is employed with any state agency, department, board, commission, or institution or a full-time law enforcement officer employed by any municipality or county within this state.
(4) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE. Any condition or impairment of health caused by any of the following:
a. Hypertension.
b. Heart disease.
c. Respiratory disease.
d. Cancer which manifests itself in a law enforcement officer during the period in which the law enforcement officer is in the service of the city, county, or state, provided the law enforcement officer demonstrates by sufficient evidence that he or she was exposed, while in the employ of the city, county, or state to a known carcinogen which is reasonably linked to the disabling cancer, unless the employing entity demonstrates by sufficient evidence that the cancer may have been caused by some other means.
e. HIV which manifests itself in a law enforcement officer during the period in which the law enforcement officer is in the service of the city, county, or state, provided the law enforcement officer demonstrates by sufficient evidence that he or she was exposed to HIV while in the line and scope of his or her employment with the employing entity unless the employing entity demonstrates by sufficient evidence that the HIV may have been caused by some other means.
f. Hepatitis which manifests itself in a law enforcement officer during the period in which the law enforcement officer is in the service of the city, county, or state, provided the law enforcement officer demonstrates by sufficient evidence that he or she was exposed to hepatitis while in the line and scope of his or her employment with the employing entity unless the employing entity demonstrates by sufficient evidence that the hepatitis may have been caused by some other means.
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