Section 35IAC14-9-1. Classroom disability benefits

   (a) A member seeking benefits due to classroom disability may offer medical evaluations and assessments by physicians who have not been approved by the board. This evidence need not be viewed with the same weight as that generated by board selected physicians unless reviewed and affirmed by the same.

  (b) A member may submit the name and credentials of a physician for board approval.

  (c) A member's continuing eligibility for classroom disability benefits shall be reviewed on an annual basis.

  (d) A member who remains disabled until eligible for retirement may retire under the requirements of IC 5-10.2-4-1. The retirement calculation will not include service credit for the years during which classroom disability benefits were received unless the member has at least twenty-seven (27) years of creditable service. (Board of Trustees of the Indiana Public Retirement System; 35 IAC 14-9-1; filed Oct 5, 1992, 5:00 p.m.: 16 IR 712; readopted filed Dec 3, 2001, 11:02 a.m.: 25 IR 1731; adopted Mar 27, 2007: 20070404-IR-550070200ONA) NOTE: Transferred from the Board of Trustees of the Indiana State Teachers' Retirement Fund (550 IAC 2-9-1) to the Board of Trustees of the Indiana Public Retirement System (35 IAC 14-9-1) by P.L.23-2011, SECTION 22, effective July 1, 2011.