35-1003. Terms, defined.

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For purposes of the Firefighter Cancer Benefits Act:

(1)Cancer means:

(a)A disease

(i)caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body or a malignant growth or tumor resulting from the division of abnormal cells and

(ii)affecting the prostate, breast, or lung or the lymphatic, hematological, digestive, urinary, neurological, or reproductive system; or

(b)Melanoma; and

(2)Firefighter means:

(a)A firefighter or firefighter-paramedic who is a member of a paid fire department of a municipality or a rural or suburban fire protection district in this state, including a municipality having a home rule charter or a municipal authority created pursuant to a home rule charter that has its own paid fire department;

(b)A firefighter or firefighter-paramedic who is a member of a paid fire department of an airport authority; or

(c)A volunteer firefighter who has been deemed an employee under subdivision

(3)of section 48-115 .