Rhode Island § 16-16-14 § 16-16-14. Retirement for ordinary disability.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 16-16-14 — § 16-16-14. Retirement for ordinary disability.

Rhode Island § 16-16-14

Title 16Education

Ch. 16-16Teachersâ€™ Retirement [See Title 16 Chapter 97 â€” The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-16-14 (2026).

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§ 16-16-14. Retirement for ordinary disability.
(a) Application for ordinary disability may be made by a teacher, his or her department
            head, or a person acting in the teacher's behalf, while in active service or on leave
            of absence for illness, provided that the teacher has had five (5) or more years of
            total service of which at least three (3) consecutive years shall have been as a teacher,
            and the teacher is not entitled to a regular service retirement allowance. A statement
            from a physician shall accompany the application stating that the teacher is physically
            or mentally incapacitated for the performance of duty and that he or she should

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§ 16-16-14. Retirement for ordinary disability.

(a) Application for ordinary disability may be made by a teacher, his or her department head, or a person acting in the teacher's behalf, while in active service or on leave of absence for illness, provided that the teacher has had five (5) or more years of total service of which at least three (3) consecutive years shall have been as a teacher, and the teacher is not entitled to a regular service retirement allowance. A statement from a physician shall accompany the application stating that the teacher is physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of duty and that he or she should be retired.

(b) A medical examination of the teacher shall be made by three (3) physicians engaged by the retirement board for this purpose, and should the medical examination show that the teacher is physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of duty and ought to be retired, the physicians shall so report and certify to the retirement board and the retirement board, may retire the teacher for ordinary disability.

(c) The retirement board shall establish uniform eligibility requirements, standards, and criteria for ordinary disability which shall apply to all members who make application for retirement for ordinary disability.