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Police Officers, Firefighters & Certain Public Safety Officers are entitled to certain Presumptions under LC § 3212 to prove their industrial injuries.

Certain Public Safety Officers, Police Officers & Firefighters are entitled to certain Presumptions of Hernia, Heart and Pneumonia Under California Labor Code § 3212?

Who are the members included under the Presumptions for Hernia, Heart and Pneumonia Under California Labor Code § 3212?

The class of members who are included for Hernia injury Under California Labor Code § 3212 are different from the members who are included for from the Heart and Pneumonia the same presumption: The Presumptions for Hernia Under California Labor Code § 3212 is applicable to following members, whether such member is volunteer partly paid, or fully paid or regular salaried county or city and county peace officers,
The Presumptions for Heart and Pneumonia Under California Labor Code § 3212 is applicable to following:

Who is excluded from the Police officer & firefighter presumptions under Labor Code § 3212?

The presumption excludes members whose principal duties are clerical or otherwise do not clearly fall within the scope of active law enforcement service such as stenographers, telephone operators, and other office workers,

What is California Labor Code § 3212.10 Presumption?

The Presumption under Labor Code § 3212: A qualified member (discussed above) who develops hernia, heart trouble, or pneumonia during the period of the member’s employment is presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment. Although, the presumption is disputable, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it, unless it is controverted by other evidence. Further, the hernia, heart trouble, or pneumonia in those cases shall not be attributed to any disease existing prior to that development or manifestation.

What type of injuries are included under this presumptions?

1) Injury includes hernia when any part of the hernia develops or manifests itself during employment
2) Pneumonia and heart trouble that develops or manifests itself during employment.
If you're a firefighter or peace officer dealing with cancer under Labor Code § 3212.1, take action and get the legal assistance you deserve.

Labor Code § 3212.1, Firefighters & peace Officers Presumption for Cancer Or William Dallas Jones Cancer Presumption Act of 2010:

The presumption under Labor Code § 3212.1: The cancer so developing or manifesting itself in these cases shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by evidence that the primary site of the cancer has been established and that the carcinogen to which the member has demonstrated exposure is not reasonably linked to the disabling cancer. Unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with the presumption.
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The compensation that is awarded for the hernia, heart trouble, or pneumonia under Labor Code § 3212 shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits, as provided by the workers’ compensation laws of this state.
The presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
The injury under the presumption under Labor Code § 3212.1 includes cancer, including leukemia, that develops or manifests itself during a period in which any member is in the service of the department or unit, if the member demonstrates that he or she was exposed, while in the service of the department or unit, to a known carcinogen as defined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, or as defined by the director.
The compensation that is awarded for cancer under the presumption of Labor Code § 3212.1 shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits, as provided by this division.
The presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.

The presumption under Labor Code § 3212.1 is applicable to the following members:

This section applies to all of the following:

  1. Active firefighting members, whether volunteers, partly paid, or fully paid, of all of the following fire departments:
    1. Firefighters of a city, county, city and county, district, or other public or municipal corporation or political subdivision.
    2. Firefighters of the University of California and the California State University.
    3. Firefighters of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
    4. A county forestry or firefighting department or unit.
  2. Active firefighting members of a fire department that serves a United States Department of Defense installation and who are certified by the Department of Defense as meeting its standards for firefighters.
  3. Active firefighting members of a fire department that serves a National Aeronautics and Space Administration installation and who adhere to training standards established in accordance with Article 4 (commencing with Section 13155) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 12 of the Health and Safety Code.
  4. Peace officers, as defined in Section 830.1, subdivision (a) of Section 830.2, and subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 830.37, of the Penal Code, who are primarily engaged in active law enforcement activities.
  5. Fire and rescue services coordinators who work for the Office of Emergency Services.

Labor Code § 3212.2 states that heart trouble so developing or manifesting itself in such cases shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it.

The presumption under § 3212.2 is applicable to following members:

  1. Officers and employees in the Department of Corrections having custodial duties,
  2. Officer and employee in the Department of Youth Authority having group supervisory duties, and
  3. Security officer employed at the Atascadero State Hospital,
The compensation which is awarded for such heart trouble or pneumonia shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits as provided by the provisions of this division.
This presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.

A peace officer of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, as designated under subdivision (a) of Section 2250.1 of the Vehicle Code, shall have served five years or more in that capacity or as a peace officer with the former California State Police Division, or in both capacities, before the presumption shall arise as to the compensability of heart trouble so developing or manifesting itself.

This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it.

The presumption under § 3212.3 is applicable to following members:

Labor Code § 3212.3 is applicable to a certified, full time salaried, California Highway Patrol peace officer under subdivision (a) of Section 2250.1 of the Vehicle Code who developed heart trouble or pneumonia during the period of his service with the department. The heart trouble or pneumonia so developing or manifesting itself shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment.

The compensation which is awarded for the heart trouble or pneumonia shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits as provided by this division.
This presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity. The heart trouble or pneumonia so developing or manifesting itself in these cases shall in no case be attributed to any disease existing prior to that development or manifestation.

University of California Fire Department Presumptions for Heart, Hernia and Pneumonia Under California Labor Code § 3212.4:”

A University of California fire department who developed heart trouble, hernia, or pneumonia which develops or manifests itself during a period while such member is in the service of such a University of California fire department. Such heart trouble, hernia, or pneumonia so developing or manifesting itself shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it.
The compensation which is awarded for such heart trouble, hernia, or pneumonia shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits as provided by the provisions of this division.
This presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
The Presumptions Under California Labor Code § 3212.4 is applicable to a non probationary regular, full-time salaried member of a University of California fire department located at a campus or other facility administered by the Regents of University of California.
The term member as used herein shall exclude those employees of a University of California fire department whose principal duties are those of a telephone operator, clerk, stenographer, machinist, mechanic, or otherwise, and whose functions do not clearly fall within the scope of active firefighting and prevention service.

Peace Officer Presumptions for Heart, and Pneumonia Under California Labor Code § 3212.5:

The presumption under Labor Code § 3212.5 is the heart trouble or pneumonia so developing or manifesting itself shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment. Such heart trouble or pneumonia so developing or manifesting itself in such cases shall in no case be attributed to any disease existing prior to such development or manifestation. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it.
The injury under the presumption under Labor Code § 3212.5 includes heart trouble and pneumonia which develops or manifests itself during a period of service.
The compensation which is awarded for such heart trouble or pneumonia shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits as provided by the provisions of this division.
This presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.

The presumption under Labor Code § 3212,5 applicable to following when such member is employed upon a regular, full-time salary:

  • Member of a police department of a city or municipality,
  • Member of the State Highway Patrol,
  • Members of sheriff or deputy sheriff, or an inspector or investigator in a district attorney’s office of any county,.

The presumption is limited to those employees of police departments, the California Highway Patrol and sheriff’s departments and inspectors and investigators of a district attorney’s office who are defined as peace officers in Section 830.1, 830.2, or 830.3 of the Penal Code. Peace Officer, Prison Guards, Correctional Officers, & Firefighters Presumptions for Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis test for firefighter Applicants Under California Labor Code

The tuberculosis so developing or manifesting itself shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it.

The presumption under Labor Code § 3212.6 is applicable to the following:

  1. A police department of a city or county, or
  2. A member of sheriff’s office of a county, or
  3. California Highway Patrol Officer, or
  4. An inspector or investigator in a district attorney’s office of any county whose principal duties consist of active law enforcement service,
  5. A full time prison or jail guard or correctional officer who is employed by a public agency,
  6. A full time firefighter of any city, county, or district, or other public or municipal corporations or political subdivisions Officer,
  7. A full time active firefighting members of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection whose duties require firefighting and first-aid response services, or of any county forestry or firefighting department or unit,
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