2013 Idaho Statutes
Title 72 - WORKER'S COMPENSATION AND RELATED LAWS -- INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Chapter 14 - FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT FUND
Section 72-1446 - PENSION PAYMENT -- RETIREMENT OF INCAPACITATED FIREFIGHTERS FOR NONSERVICE.
(2) In the event said firefighter has twenty-one (21) or more years' service, and has otherwise met the requirements of section 72-1435, Idaho Code, if applicable, the monthly sum shall be the same amount as would be payable in the case of voluntary retirement.
(3) The monthly benefits provided for in this section shall vary annually according to the cost of living adjustment as set forth in section 72-1471, Idaho Code.
(4) Upon application of a firefighter or his or her department head for a nonservice disability retirement, and prior to said retirement, a medical examination of said firefighter shall be given by a medical committee, consisting of a physician named by the public employee retirement system board, a physician named by the firefighter claiming benefits, and a third physician designated by the first two (2) physicians so named. If the medical committee, by a majority opinion certifies in writing, that the firefighter is mentally or physically totally incapacitated the board may approve such application for retirement as provided herein.
(5) All paid firefighters who are receiving nonservice disability benefits shall be subject to the provisions of sections 72-1451 and 72-1452, Idaho Code.
History:
[(72-1446) I.C., sec. 72-1429F, as added by 1963, ch. 125, sec. 9, p. 358; am. 1967, ch. 17, sec. 4, p. 33; am. 1973, ch. 105, sec. 3, p. 179; am. 1976, ch. 273, sec. 7, p. 929; am. 1979, ch. 146, sec. 1, p. 446; am. 1980, ch. 50, sec. 24, p. 90; am. 1990, ch. 211, sec. 1, p. 472; 1990, am. and redesignated, ch. 231, sec. 96, p. 658.]
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