§ 10. Permanent partial disability benefits. 1. In the case of\ndisability partial in character, but permanent in quality, the volunteer\nambulance worker, injured in the line of duty shall be paid one hundred\nfifty dollars for each week for the period specified in this\nsubdivision, provided, however, that when the volunteer ambulance worker\nis injured in the line of duty on or after the effective date of this\nchapter to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety, and\nprovided further that when the volunteer ambulance worker is injured in\nthe line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety to and\nincluding June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-one such payments\nshall be two hundred eighty dollars for each week, and provided further\nthat when the volunteer ambulance worker is injured in the line of duty\non or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-one to and including\nJune thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-two such payments shall be three\nhundred fifty dollars for each week; and provided further that when the\nvolunteer ambulance worker is injured in the line of duty on or after\nJuly first, nineteen hundred ninety-two such payments shall be four\nhundred dollars for each week as follows:\n a. Loss of member.\n Member lost Number of weeks\n Arm .................................................... 312\n Leg .................................................... 288\n Hand ................................................... 244\n Foot ................................................... 205\n Eye .................................................... 160\n Thumb .................................................. 75\n First finger ........................................... 46\n Great toe .............................................. 38\n Second finger .......................................... 30\n Third finger ........................................... 25\n Toe other than great toe ............................... 16\n Fourth finger .......................................... 15\nIf more than one phalange of a digit shall be lost, the period shall be\nthe same as for the loss of the entire digit. If only the first phalange\nshall be lost, the period shall be one-half the period for loss of the\nentire digit. The period for loss or loss of use of two or more digits,\nor one or more phalanges of two or more digits, of a hand or foot, may\nbe proportioned to the period for the loss of use of the hand or foot\noccasioned thereby, but shall not exceed the period for the loss of a\nhand or foot. If an arm or leg shall be amputated at or above the wrist\nor ankle, the period for such loss shall be in proportion to the period\nfor the loss of the arm or leg. In the case of loss of binocular vision\nor of eighty per centum or more of the vision of an eye, the period\nshall be the same as for the loss of the eye.\n b. Loss of hearing. In the case of the complete loss of the hearing of\none ear, sixty weeks; for the loss of hearing of both ears, one hundred\nfifty weeks.\n c. Total loss of use. In the case of permanent total loss of use of a\nmember, the compensation shall be the same as for the loss of the\nmember.\n d. Partial loss or partial loss of use. Except as above provided in\nthis subdivision, in the case of permanent partial loss or loss of use\nof a member, the period shall be for the proportionate loss or loss of\nuse of the member. Compensation for permanent partial loss of use of an\neye shall be awarded on the basis of uncorrected loss of vision or\ncorrected loss of vision resulting from an injury which ever is greater.\n e. Disfigurement. In the case of serious facial or head disfigurement,\nincluding a disfigurement continuous in length which is partly in the\nfacial area and also extends into the neck region as described in this
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