251.051 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
251.051 to
251.053. "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