§ 15-5-208 — Pension application; payments thereafter; when benefits suspended

Application for pension may be made prior to actual retirement
upon statement of the intention to retire, but payment shall not
begin until the applicant has actually retired and his name is
stricken from the payroll of the city or town. No fireman or any
of his survivors is entitled to any of the benefits of this
article while the fireman or his survivors are receiving
payments under the Worker's Compensation Act, but when the
payments under the Worker's Compensation Act terminate, his or
their rights to the benefits of this article attach. Any fireman
who is entitled to the benefits of insurance paid for from the
general fund of any city or town is not entitled to any of the
benefits of this article until the insurance payments cease.