§3804. Separation from service; disability; physical examination; leave of absence

A. No member with a disability shall be paid pension benefits hereunder during the period of disability while receiving regular wages or salary from the City of Monroe.

B. A member claiming pension benefits, or a member already receiving such benefits because of such disability as renders him unfit for service in the department shall subject himself to physical examination by a Medical Examiner designated by the Board of Trustees of this organization and if the findings of said Examiner be objectionable to the member, the member may require a further physical examination to be held jointly by the Medical Examiner of the Board, a Medical Examiner to be chosen by the member and a third Medical Examiner to be selected by the Examiner representing the Board and the member and the concurrence of either two of said examiners reduced to writing and signed by them, shall be considered as final by the Board of Trustees and by the member affected. The disability of said member shall not affect his seniority rights.

C. Any member receiving a pension for disability, who refuses to return to duty in the Department upon recovering from said disability, shall forfeit all claims to further benefits hereunder, provided that an opening awaits said member in the department upon such recovery.

D. Any member granted a leave of absence from the departments and not employed during such leave by the City of Monroe, may, in the sound discretion of the Board of Trustees, have both dues and benefits waived and suspended during such period of leave, and any leave of absence so granted by the Board of Trustees, may likewise in the discretion of the Board of Trustees, be recalled, vacated, and cancelled. No credit for service shall be granted for any leave without pay, except as provided in R.S. 11:3805.

Designated from Acts 1956, No. 283, §§14, 15, 16, & 17 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014.

NOTE: Acts 2014, No. 811 changed terminology referring to persons with disabilities throughout the La. Revised Statutes and codes of law, and included a listing of terms that were deleted and their respective successor terms (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §36). The Act provides that it is not the intent of the legislature that changes in terminology effected therein alter or affect in any way the substance, interpretation, or application of any law or administrative rule; further provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to expand or diminish any right of or benefit for any person provided by any law or administrative rule (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §35(C) and (D)).