and occupational diseases resulting from the volunteer search and rescue team member's services for the supervising county sheriff as a volunteer search and rescue team member.
For purposes of Subsection (2)(a), the county of the supervising county sheriff for whom the volunteer search and rescue team member provide services as a volunteer search and rescue team member is considered an employer of the volunteer search and rescue team member.
To compute the workers' compensation benefits for a volunteer search and rescue team member described in Subsection (1), the average weekly wage of the volunteer search and rescue team member for purposes of the volunteer search and rescue team member's workers' compensation claim is the average weekly wage of an entry-level deputy sheriff employed by the supervising county sheriff at the time of the industrial accident or occupational disease.
Enacted by Chapter 248, 2011 General Session
67-20-8 Volunteer experience credit.
State agencies shall designate positions for which approved volunteer experience satisfies the job requirements for purposes of employment.
When evaluating applicants for those designated positions, state agencies shall consider documented approved volunteer experience in the same manner as similar paid employment.
The Department of Human Resource Management shall make statewide rules governing the:
designation of volunteer positions; and
a uniform process to document the approval, use, and hours worked by volunteers.
Amended by Chapter 139, 2006 General Session