Sec. 210.3. Eligibility

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(a) A volunteer firefighter must meet the following criteria to be eligible for enhanced cancer disability benefits:
(1) five or more years of faithful and actual firefighting service as an interior firefighter;
(2) has submitted proof of five years of interior structural firefighting service by providing verification that he or she has passed at least five annual fit tests;
(3) successful completion of a physical examination prior to the commencement of duties as an interior firefighter, which failed to reveal evidence of cancer; and
(4) diagnosis of cancer.
(b) A volunteer firefighter shall remain eligible for enhanced cancer disability benefits specified in General Municipal Law section 205-cc(2)(a), (b), and (d) for 60 months after the formal cessation of the volunteer firefighter’s status as an active volunteer firefighter.

                    
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