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(a) To be eligible for benefits from the fund, a person must be a fisherman who, at the time an injury is sustained or illness is contracted, is licensed in his own name by the state to engage in commercial fishing under AS 16.05.480 or AS 16.43, and who is actually so engaged in Alaska water or is occupied in the state preparing or dismantling boats or gear used in commercial fishing.
(b) Benefits for respiratory diseases are limited to bronchitis, pleurisy and pneumonia caused by or aggravated by the fishing endeavor.
(c) Unless required as a result of accidental bodily injury caused by the fishing endeavor, benefits may not be awarded for the following items:
(1) the services of a dentist;
(2) dental prosthetic appliances or the fitting of them;
(3) eye refractions and hearing examinations;
(4) eye glasses and hearing aides or the fitting of them.
(d) Transportation to return a fisherman to his home may be allowed to the extent that the costs are in addition to those which the claimant would normally have encountered had he not been injured.
(e) Compensation from the fund is limited to medical expenses that are not otherwise covered by public or private insurance. The fund may require information regarding insurance coverage, including an insurance benefits statement, and may hold a claim in abeyance pending the receipt of required information.
(f) If expenses exceed, or will be expected to exceed, the deductible under the vessel owner's protection and indemnity insurance policy, the applicant must file for benefits with the vessel owner's insurance carrier. The vessel owner's deductible payment to the protection and indemnity insurance company may not be recovered from the fund.
History: Eff. 3/28/74, Register 49; am 4/11/81, Register 78; am 7/28/93, Register 127; am 3/22/2003, Register 165
Authority: AS 23.35.050
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