176.874 POLICE OFFICERS CONTRACTING TUBERCULOSIS. Any police officer of the state or of any county or municipal subdivision of the state whose duties within the scope of employment as a police officer bring or did bring the officer in contact with persons afflicted with tuberculosis, which said police officer contracts or becomes ill from tuberculosis, shall be entitled to the medical care and compensation provided for by sections 176.874 to 176.876. 'Contracts tuberculosis' shall be construed to mean the development of demonstrable tuberculosis in the police officer. History: 1955 c 340 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2024 c 79 art 10 s 1,2; 2024 c 125 art 5 s 38; 2024 c 127 art 50 s 38
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