13-14a09. Permanent disability benefits.
13-14a09
13-14a09. Permanent disability benefits.
Any officer or member of any such police department or fire department
who shall, while a member of such department and while engaged in the
performance of his or her duties as such, be permanently injured or
disabled, and upon an examination by a physician or physicians appointed by
the board of trustees be found to be physically or mentally disabled as a
result of such permanent disability or injury so as to render him or her
unfit for the performance of his or her duties as a policeman or fireman,
shall be entitled to be retired and the board of trustees shall thereupon
order his or her retirement, and upon being retired he or she shall be paid
out of the respective pension funds, monthly, a sum equal to fifty percent
of the amount of monthly compensation allowed such officer or member as a
salary at the time of his or her permanent injury or disability:
Provided, That the board of trustees may, when they deem it advisable,
call back for reexamination by a physician any officer or member retired
by reason of permanent disability under the provisions of this act, and if
said examination discloses that said member is then able to perform his or
her duties in said department, he or she may be returned to service; and if
said member, upon request fails or refuses to return to duty then all
payments from said pension fund shall cease; and in the event such officer
or member returns to duty, the time lost by reason of such injury or
disability shall apply on his or her retirement time.
History: L. 1945, ch. 111, § 9; July 1.