§ 207-c. Payment of salary, wages, medical and hospital expenses of\npolice officers with injuries or illness incurred in the performance of\nduties. * 1. Any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or corrections\nofficer of the sheriff's department of any county or any member of a\npolice force of any county, city of less than one million population,\ntown or village, or of any district, agency, board, body or commission\nthereof, or any LIRR police officer as defined in paragraph two of\nsubdivision a of section three hundred eighty-nine of the retirement and\nsocial security law whose benefits are provided in and pursuant to such\nsection three hundred eighty-nine, or a detective-investigator or any\nother investigator who is a police officer pursuant to the provisions of\nthe criminal procedure law employed in the office of a district attorney\nof any county, or any corrections officer of the county of Erie\ndepartment of corrections, or an advanced ambulance medical technician\nemployed by the county of Nassau, or any detention officer employed by\nthe city of Yonkers, or any supervising fire inspector, fire inspector,\nfire marshal, or assistant fire marshal employed full-time in the county\nof Nassau fire marshal's office, or at the option of the county of\nNassau, any probation officer of the county of Nassau who is injured in\nthe performance of his or her duties or who is taken sick as a result of\nthe performance of his or her duties so as to necessitate medical or\nother lawful remedial treatment shall be paid by the municipality or The\nLong Island Rail Road Company by which he or she is employed the full\namount of his or her regular salary or wages from such employer until\nhis or her disability arising therefrom has ceased, and, in addition\nsuch municipality or The Long Island Rail Road Company shall be liable\nfor all medical treatment and hospital care necessitated by reason of\nsuch injury or illness. Provided, however, and notwithstanding the\nforegoing provisions of this section, the municipal or The Long Island\nRail Road Company health authorities or any physician appointed for the\npurpose by the municipality or The Long Island Rail Road Company, as\nrelevant, after a determination has first been made that such injury or\nsickness was incurred during, or resulted from, such performance of\nduty, may attend any such injured or sick police officer, from time to\ntime, for the purpose of providing medical, surgical or other treatment,\nor for making inspections, and the municipality or The Long Island Rail\nRoad Company, as the case may be, shall not be liable for salary or\nwages payable to such police officer, or for the cost of medical\ntreatment or hospital care furnished after such date as such health\nauthorities or physician shall certify that such injured or sick police\nofficer has recovered and is physically able to perform his or her\nregular duties. Any injured or sick police officer who shall refuse to\naccept medical treatment or hospital care or shall refuse to permit\nmedical inspections as herein authorized, including examinations\npursuant to subdivision two of this section, shall be deemed to have\nwaived his or her rights under this section in respect to expenses for\nmedical treatment or hospital care rendered and for salary or wages\npayable 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 police officer, any such\nadvanced ambulance medical technician or any such detention officer.\n * NB Effective until certain provisions provided in chapter 628 of\n1991 § 7 have been met.\n * 1. Any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or corrections officer\nof the sheriff's department of any county (hereinafter referred to as a\n"police officer") or any member of a poli
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