§ 45-21-24 - Adjustment of disability allowances on return to work – Discontinuance for refusal to submit to examination. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 45-21-24

   § 45-21-24  Adjustment of disabilityallowances on return to work – Discontinuance for refusal to submit toexamination. – (a) Should the beneficiary be engaged in a gainful occupation or should thebeneficiary be offered service as a result of the placing of his or her name ona list of candidates, the retirement board shall adjust, and from time to timereadjust, the amount of his or her disability allowance to an amount which,when added to the amount of compensation then earnable by the beneficiary,shall not exceed the rate of earnable compensation currently in force for theclassification that the disability annuitant held prior to retirement.

   (b) Should any disability annuitant under the minimum age ofretirement refuse to submit to a medical examination in any year by a physicianor physicians designated by the retirement board, the annuitant's retirementallowance may be discontinued until the annuitant's withdrawal of the refusal,and should the annuitant's refusal continue for one year after a request hasbeen made, all the annuitant's rights in and to the retirement allowance may berevoked by the retirement board. A disability annuitant, reinstated to activeservice, shall be reinstated as a member and participate in the benefits of theretirement system to the same extent as any other member.