§ 42-28-25.1. Trainee compensation for death, disability, or injury. (a) All trainees of the state police training academy shall be compensated for death, disability, or injury incurred while in training under the provisions of this chapter as follows:
(1) All medical expenses incurred as a result of such injury shall be paid by the state; and
(2) Death and disability payments shall be paid in accordance with § 42-28-21 and § 45-19-1 relating to compensation for injuries causing disability or causing death to full-time members of the state police in the course of performance of their duties.
(b) In the computation of the benefits set forth in § 42-28-21(b), any member of the state police training academy suffering an injury causing disability or death, shall be construed to have been receiving the amount of salary to the lowest grade of full-time members of the state police at the time of injury or death unless the disability as a result of injury incurred in the state police training academy occurs subsequent to the trainee being sworn in as a member of the state police, in which case the benefits shall be computed based upon the highest rank attained by the individual at the time of disability.
History of Section. (P.L. 2004, ch. 574, § 1.)
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