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    §  9-117.1 Receipt of line of duty pay. a. A correction officer of the
  department of correction shall be entitled pursuant to this  section  to
  the  full  amount  of  his  or  her regular salary for the period of any
  incapacity due to illness or injury  incurred  in  the  performance  and
  discharge  of  duty  as  a  correction  officer,  as  determined  by the
  department.
    b. Nothing in this section shall be construed to  affect  the  rights,
  powers and duties of the commissioner pursuant to any other provision of
  law, including, but not limited to, the right to discipline a correction
  officer  by  termination,  reduction of salary, or any other appropriate
  measure; the power to terminate an appointee who has not  completed  his
  or  her  probationary  term;  and  the  power  to  apply for ordinary or
  accident disability retirement for a correction officer.
    c. Nothing in this section shall be construed to  require  payment  of
  salary  to  a  correction  officer  who  has  been  terminated, retired,
  suspended or otherwise  separated  from  service  by  reason  of  death,
  retirement or any other cause.
    d.  A decision as to eligibility for benefits pursuant to this section
  shall not be binding on the medical board or the board  of  trustees  of
  any  pension  fund  in  the determination of eligibility for an accident
  disability or accidental death benefit.
    e. As used in this  section  the  term  "incapacity"  shall  mean  the
  inability to perform full, limited, or restricted duty.