19-3-1005. Application for disability retirement benefit. The board shall grant a disability retirement benefit to any member who has fulfilled the eligibility requirements of 19-3-1002 and filed the appropriate written application with the board. An application may be filed on a member's behalf by the head of the office or department in which the member is or was last employed, by any other person on behalf of the member, or by the board upon its own motion. The application must be filed within 4 months after the member's termination from service unless the member is disabled continuously from the date of termination from service to the date of the application.

     History: En. 68-2102 by Sec. 35, Ch. 323, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 68-2102(part); amd. Sec. 73, Ch. 265, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 562, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 33, Ch. 99, L. 2001.