Sec. 8. (a) A student in career and technical education and employed under section 7 of this chapter: (1) is entitled to the rights of recovery of a worker of at least seventeen (17) years of age under the worker's compensation and occupational diseases laws ( IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-7 ); and (2) may not recover any additional benefit otherwise payable as a result of being less than seventeen (17) years of age under the definition of a minor in IC 22-3-6-1 . The student is considered the employee of the employer while performing services for the employer under section 7 of this chapter. (b) A student performing services for an employer under section 7 of this chapter is considered a full-time employee in computing compensation for permanent impairment under the worker's compensation law ( IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 ). (c) Employers and students under section 7 of this chapter are exempt from IC 22-2-18-40 (before its expiration on June 30, 2021) and IC 22-2-18.1-23 . [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-6-8.]
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