§ 207-a. Payment of salary, medical and hospital expenses of\nfirefighters with injuries or illness incurred in performance of duties.\n1. Any paid firefighter which term as used in this section shall mean\nany paid officer or member of an organized fire company or fire\ndepartment of a city of less than one million population, or town,\nvillage or fire district, or any paid firefighter of a county airport or\ncounty aviation department which performs fire response or fire rescue\nduties, who is injured in the performance of his or her duties or who is\ntaken sick as a result of the performance of his or her duties so as to\nnecessitate medical or other lawful remedial treatment, shall be paid by\nthe municipality or fire district by which he or she is employed the\nfull amount of his or her regular salary or wages until his or her\ndisability arising therefrom has ceased, and, in addition, such\nmunicipality or fire district shall be liable for all medical treatment\nand hospital care furnished during such disability. Provided, however,\nand notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the\nmunicipal health authorities or any physician appointed for the purpose\nby the municipality or fire district, may attend any such injured or\nsick firefighter, from time to time, for the purpose of providing\nmedical, surgical or other treatment, or for making inspections and the\nmunicipality or fire district shall not be liable for salary or wages\npayable to such a firefighter, or for the cost of medical or hospital\ncare or treatment furnished, after such date as the health authorities\nor such physician shall certify that such injured or sick firefighter\nhas recovered and is physically able to perform his or her regular\nduties in the company or department. Any injured or sick firefighter who\nshall refuse to accept such medical treatment or hospital care or shall\nrefuse to permit medical inspections as herein authorized, including\nexaminations resulting from the application of subdivision two hereof,\nshall be deemed to have waived his or her rights under this section in\nrespect to expenses incurred for medical treatment or hospital care or\nsalary or wages payable after such refusal.\n Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a provider of\nmedical treatment or hospital care furnished pursuant to the provisions\nof this section shall not collect or attempt to collect reimbursement\nfor such treatment or care from any such member of the fire department\nof any such city.\n 2. Payment of the full amount of regular salary or wages, as provided\nby subdivision one of this section, shall be discontinued with respect\nto any firefighter who is permanently disabled as a result of an injury\nor sickness incurred or resulting from the performance of his or her\nduties if such firefighter is granted an accidental disability\nretirement allowance pursuant to section three hundred sixty-three of\nthe retirement and social security law, a retirement for disability\nincurred in performance of duty allowance pursuant to section three\nhundred sixty-three-c of the retirement and social security law or\nsimilar accidental disability pension provided by the pension fund of\nwhich he or she is a member; provided, however, that in any such case\nsuch firefighter shall continue to receive from the municipality or fire\ndistrict by which he or she is employed, until such time as he or she\nshall have attained the mandatory service retirement age applicable to\nhim or her or shall have attained the age or performed the period of\nservice specified by applicable law for the termination of his or her\nservice, the difference between the amounts received under such\nallowance or pension and the amount of his or her regular salary or\nwages. Any payment made by a municipal corporation or fire district\npursuant to the provisions of this subdivision shall be deemed to have\nbeen made for a valid and lawful public purpose. If ap
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