§ 16-16-6.4 — § 16-16-6.4. Service credit for appropriate work experience — Certified nurse teachers — Contributions.

Rhode Island § 16-16-6.4

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 16: Education
• Ch. 16-16: Teachers’ Retirement [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]

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§ 16-16-6.4. Service credit for appropriate work experience — Certified nurse teachers — Contributions.

(a) In determining the creditable service of any certified nurse teacher employed by the state or by any city or town for the purpose of retirement or a service retirement allowance (not including a deferred retirement allowance), there may be added to, and included in, total service as defined in this chapter not more than four (4) years of "appropriate work experience.� The service shall not be counted as creditable service unless the member shall pay into the retirement system a contribution equal to the full actuarial costs for each year of the service for which the member claims credit.

(b) Credit for "appropriate work experienceâ€� which is purchased under paragraph (a) above may also be used for retirement purposes under the provisions of subsection (a) for certified nurse teachers who retire on ordinary disability under § 36-10-13 or § 16-16-14, provided the certified nurse teachers have at least ten (10) years' creditable service.

(c) The term "appropriate work experience� for the purposes of a certified nurse teacher means service in any industry, business, or other appropriate enterprise where a member has worked as a registered nurse and for which no credit for the purposes of retirement has been granted for either teaching in a school of nursing or for any other appropriate work experience; provided, however, that no member shall be allowed credit for more than a total of four (4) years of service credit.

Legislative History

P.L. 1987, ch. 591, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 538, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 36; P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 10; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 10.