RS 3515 - Examination of member with a disability; resumption of duty
A. A member of the police department retired because of disability received while in the performance of his duty shall submit to examination by the department physician every six months.
B. The department physician shall report his findings to the board, which shall remove the member from the disability list if the report of the physician shows that he no longer has a disability. When the report shows that the member no longer has a disability and can resume his duties as a police officer, the department head shall restore him to employment in the department with the rank and grade enjoyed at the time of his removal from service.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:2235 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2014, No. 811, §4, eff. June 23, 2014.
NOTE: Acts 2014, No. 811 changed terminology referring to persons with disabilities throughout the La. Revised Statutes and codes of law, and included a listing of terms that were deleted and their respective successor terms (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §36). The Act provides that it is not the intent of the legislature that changes in terminology effected therein alter or affect in any way the substance, interpretation, or application of any law or administrative rule; further provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to expand or diminish any right of or benefit for any person provided by any law or administrative rule (See Acts 2014, No. 811, §35(C) and (D)).