§ 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.