(a) In this section, “injury” means a physical or mental injury or disease for which an employee of this Territory who is injured or contracts the disease in the course of the employee's employment would be entitled to benefits under the workers' compensation law of this Territory.
(b) A volunteer health practitioner who dies or is injured as the result of providing health or veterinary services pursuant to this chapter is deemed to be an employee of the Government of the Virgin Islands for the purpose of receiving benefits for the death or injury under the workers' compensation law of the Virgin Islands if:
(1) the practitioner is not otherwise eligible for such benefits for the injury or death under the law of the Virgin Islands or another state; and
(2) the practitioner, or in the case of death, the practitioner's personal representative, elects coverage under the workers' compensation law of the Virgin Islands by making a claim under that law.
(c) The Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Labor shall adopt rules, enter into agreements with other states, or take other measures to facilitate the receipt of benefits for injury or death under the workers' compensation law of the Virgin Islands by volunteer health practitioners who reside in other states, and may waive or modify requirements for filing, processing, and paying claims that unreasonably burden the practitioners. To promote uniformity of application of this chapter with other states that enact similar legislation, the Commissioner of Labor shall consult with and consider the practices for filing, processing, and paying claims by agencies with similar authority in other states.