Section 19-C. Actions against health services personnel; defense and indemnification  


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  • The provisions  of  section  seventeen  of  the  public
      officers law shall apply to actions and proceedings, against physicians,
      nurses  and  other  employees  of the board whose duties involve medical
      examinations under this chapter and the volunteer firemen's benefit  law
      or  other  health  services,  arising out of emergency medical treatment
      given to board employees while at work or to claimants, their attorneys,
      licensed representatives, witnesses,  employers,  their  representatives
      and representatives of carriers, while visiting the offices of the board
      or  the  hearing  points at which proceedings are conducted or any other
      person properly on board premises.