Colorado § 24-33.5-805 - Compensation for death or injury.
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§ 24-33.5-805. Compensation for death or injury.
(1) Compensation shall be furnished to a civil defense worker either within or without the state for any injury arising out of and occurring in the course of such civil defense worker's activities as a civil defense worker and for the death of any such worker if the injury proximately causes death in those cases where the following conditions occur:
(a) Where, at the time of the injury, the civil defense worker is performing services as a civil defense worker and is acting within the course of such civil defense worker's duties as a civil defense worker;
(b) Where, at the time of the injury, the local organization for civil defense with which the civil defense worker is registered is an accredited local organization for civil defense. If the civil defense worker is registered with the office of emergency management and is at the time of the injury performing services for said office and is acting within the course of such civil defense worker's duties as a civil defense worker for said office, registration with an accredited local organization for civil defense is not required.
(c) Where the injury is proximately caused by such civil defense worker's service as a civil defense worker, either with or without negligence;
(d) Where the injury is not caused by the intoxication of the injured civil defense worker;
(e) Where the injury is not intentionally self-inflicted.
Source: L. 2012: Entire part RC&RE with relocations, (HB 12-1283), ch. 240, p. 1091, § 10, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 24-32-2205 as it existed prior to 2012.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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