67A.480 Medical examination to determine disability -- Certification of examining physicians.

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67A.480 Medical examination to determine disability -- Certification of examining physicians. For the purpose of KRS 67A.360 to 67A.690, a member shall be considered totally and <br>permanently disabled after the board has received written certification by at least two (2) <br>licensed and practicing physicians selected by the board that the member is totally and <br>likely to be permanently disabled for the further performance of the duties of any assigned <br>position in the service of the department. If upon consideration of the report of such <br>physicians and such other evidence as shall have been presented to it by the member or <br>others interested therein, the board finds the member to be totally and permanently <br>disabled, it shall grant him a disability retirement annuity upon written certification that <br>the member has been separated from the service of the government because of total <br>disability of such nature as to reasonably prevent further service for the employer, and as <br>a consequence is not entitled to compensation from the government. Effective: July 1, 1974 <br>History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 106, sec. 13, effective July 1, 1974.