For purposes of the Firefighter Cancer Benefits Act:

1. (1) Cancer means:

   1. (a) A disease (i) caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body or a malignant growth or tumor resulting from the division of abnormal cells and (ii) affecting the prostate, breast, or lung or the lymphatic, hematological, digestive, urinary, neurological, or reproductive system; or
   2. (b) Melanoma; and

2. (2) Firefighter means:

   1. (a) A firefighter or firefighter-paramedic who is a member of a paid fire department of a municipality or a rural or suburban fire protection district in this state, including a municipality having a home rule charter or a municipal authority created pursuant to a home rule charter that has its own paid fire department;
   2. (b) A firefighter or firefighter-paramedic who is a member of a paid fire department of an airport authority; or
   3. (c) A volunteer firefighter who has been deemed an employee under subdivision (3) of section 48-115.

Source: Laws 2021, LB432, § 2.