Section 207-Q*2. Disabilities of emergency medical technicians or advanced emergency medical technicians in certain cities

a.  Disabilities  of  persons   performing  emergency  medical  services  in  certain  cities.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local  law  or
  administrative  code to the contrary, but except for the purposes of the
  workers' compensation law and the labor law, any condition of impairment
  of health caused by diseases of the heart resulting in total or  partial
  disability or death to a paid employee of a fire department who performs
  the  functions  of an emergency medical technician or advanced emergency
  medical technician in a city with a population of one million  or  more,
  where  such  employee is drawn from competitive civil service lists, who
  successfully passed a physical examination on entry into the service  of
  such department, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such
  condition,  shall  be  presumptive  evidence that it was incurred in the
  performance  of  duty,  unless  the  contrary  be  proved  by  competent
  evidence.
    b.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall remain in full force and
  effect to and including the thirtieth day of June, two thousand three.
    * NB Expired July 1, 2003 per subdivision 2; see retirement and social
  security law § 480 for expiration
    * NB There are 2 § 207-q's