Section 15. Expense for rehabilitating injured volunteer ambulance workers

A volunteer ambulance worker, who as a result of injury  is  or  may  be
  expected  to  be  totally  or partially incapacitated for a remunerative
  occupation  and  who,  under  the  direction  of  the  state   education
  department is being rendered fit to engage in a remunerative occupation,
  may   receive  such  additional  financial  benefit  necessary  for  his
  rehabilitation as the workers' compensation board shall determine.   Not
  more  than  thirty  dollars  per week of such additional amount shall be
  expended for maintenance. Such expense and such  of  the  administrative
  expenses of the state education department as are properly assignable to
  the expenses of rehabilitating such volunteer ambulance workers shall be
  paid  out  of  the  vocational  rehabilitation  fund created pursuant to
  subdivision nine of section fifteen of the  workers'  compensation  law.
  Any  such volunteer ambulance worker for the purposes of such fund shall
  be considered an employee of  the  political  subdivision  or  volunteer
  ambulance  company  liable for the payment of benefits to such volunteer
  ambulance worker under this chapter and such "employer" or its insurance
  carrier, as the case may be, shall make the same financial  contribution
  to  such  fund as required by subdivision nine of section fifteen of the
  workers' compensation law in every case of injury  causing  death  of  a
  volunteer  ambulance  worker  in  which there are no persons entitled to
  financial benefits under this chapter other than  (1)  funeral  expenses
  and  (2)  the death benefit provided in subdivision two of section seven
  of this article.