NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 1048

HOUSE BILL 330

AN ACT TO INCLUDE VOLUNTARY AMBULANCE PERSONNEL WITHIN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS', FIREMEN'S RESCUE SQUAD WORKERS', AND CIVIL AIR PATROL MEMBERS' DEATH BENEFITS ACT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 143-166.2(d) as the same appears in the 1975 Cumulative Supplement to the General Statutes is hereby amended to read as follows:

"(d)      The term 'law enforcement officer', 'officer', or 'fireman' shall mean all law enforcement officers employed full time by the State of North Carolina or any county or municipality thereof and all full-time custodial employees of the North Carolina Department of Correction. The term 'fireman' shall mean 'eligible fireman' or 'fireman' as defined in G.S. 118‑23. The term 'rescue squad worker' shall mean a person who is dedicated to the purpose of alleviating human suffering and assisting anyone who is in difficulty or who is injured or becomes suddenly ill by providing the proper and efficient care or emergency medical services. In addition, this person must belong to an organized rescue squad which is eligible for membership in the North Carolina Association of Rescue Squads, Inc., and the person must have attended a minimum of 36 hours of training and meetings in the last calendar year. Each rescue squad belonging to the North Carolina Association of Rescue Squads, Inc. must file a roster of those members meeting the above requirements with the State Auditor on or about January 1 of each year, and this roster must be certified to by the secretary of said association. In addition, the term 'rescue squad worker' shall mean a member of an ambulance service certified by the Department of Human Resources pursuant to Article 26 of Chapter 130 of the General Statutes. The Department of Human Resources shall furnish a list of ambulance service members to the State Auditor on or about January 1 of each year. The term 'Civil Air Patrol members' shall mean those senior members, 18 years of age and older, who are in good standing, currently trained and so certified by the Secretary of Crime Control and Public Safety or his delegate."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.