14-10a09. Permanent disability benefits.
14-10a09
14-10a09. 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 the officer
or member 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 his or her being retired
the officer or member 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 re-examination 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,
the member 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. 144, § 9; July 1.