39-72-704. Medical and hospital expenses. In addition to the compensation provided by this chapter, an employee who becomes either totally or partially disabled from an occupational disease is entitled to receive, for treatment of the occupational disease, payment of medical expenses under Title 39, chapter 71.

     History: En. Sec. 25, Ch. 155, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 208, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 92-1325; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 104, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 243, L. 1995.