If you suffer a partial or total disability resulting from an individual and specific act, the type of which would normally occur only while employed as a police officer, you shall be eligible for a duty-connected disability. You are eligible to receive a disability pension beginning with the month following the month in which you became disabled.

If you suffer a partial or total disability and you are not eligible for a duty-connected disability pension, you shall be eligible for an ordinary disability pension if you have five (5) years of credited service.

If you are determined to be totally disabled and recover, yet you are still partially disabled, your total disability pension will be reduced to a partial disability pension.

Your eligibility ceases at the end of the month in which you recover from your disability, unless you have reached normal retirement date or if you were on a duty-connected disability and were not offered employment by the State in a position for which you are suited for by training and experience. Termination of a disability pension does not affect your right to qualify for a regular pension or another disability pension.

You are partially disabled if you have a physical or mental disability which prevents you from performing the duties of a State Police Officer. You are totally disabled if you have a physical or mental disability which prevents you from performing the duties of any occupation for which you are suited for by training or experience. If you apply for a disability pension, your examining physician must submit a report on a form supplied by the Office of Pensions. The Medical Committee of the Board of Pension Trustees then reviews your case and makes a recommendation to the Executive Secretary of the Board of Pension Trustees, who either grants or denies the application.

Your disability pension will be reduced to the extent that earnings from any gainful occupation or business and worker's compensation benefits after you become disabled exceed the current base pay of the rank held at the time of the disability. Until you reach normal retirement age, you must report annually to the Board by April 30th the total of such earnings for the previous calendar year. A form will be supplied for this purpose by the Office of Pensions.