“Industrial,” with respect to state miscellaneous members, means death or disability on or after January 1, 2002, or the date agreed to in the memorandum of understanding between the state employer and the recognized employee organization, resulting from an injury that is a direct consequence of a violent act perpetrated on his or her person by a patient or client of the State Department of Developmental Services, at Porterville Developmental Center, Canyon Springs Community Facility, or Sierra Vista Community Facility, if both of the following apply:

(a) The member either (1) was performing his or her duties within a treatment ward at the time of the injury, or (2) was not within a treatment ward but was acting within the scope of his or her employment at the hospital and is regularly and substantially as part of his or her duties in contact with the patients or clients.

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Terms Used In California Government Code 20047.5

  • Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18

(b) The member, at the time of injury, was either (1) employed in a state bargaining unit for which a memorandum of understanding has been agreed to by the state employer and the recognized employee organization to become subject to this section, (2) excluded from the definition of “state employee” in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, or (3) a non-elected officer or employee of the executive branch of government who was not a member of the civil service.

(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 238, Sec. 7. Effective September 13, 2006.)