34A-4-101 - Who entitled.
34A-4-101. Who entitled.
(1) Certain disabled miners meeting the requirements of Section 34A-4-102 shall beentitled to, and shall receive, the free hospital and medical service provided for in this chapter.
(2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), in the event occupational diseases are madecompensable under Chapter 2 or 3, no employer or insurance carrier shall be permitted to evadepayment under Chapter 2 or 3 by compelling a disabled miner to avail himself of the benefitsprovided for in this chapter.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 375, 1997 General Session