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LAWS OF MARYLAND

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(II)  THE INCAPACITY IS LIKELY TO BE
PERMANENT; AND

(III) THE MEMBER SHOULD BE RETIRED.

(B) IN NO EVENT SHALL A MEMBER RECEIVE A
DISABILITY ALLOWANCE FOR A DISABILITY INCURRED PRIOR TO
ENROLLMENT IN THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT
THAT SUCH A DISABILITY WAS AGGRAVATED SUBSEQUENT TO THE
MEMBER'S ENROLLMENT.

(6)   ON RETIREMENT ON ORDINARY DISABILITY, A MEMBER
SHALL RECEIVE A SERVICE RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE, IF HE IS 62
YEARS OLD OR OLDER, OTHERWISE HE SHALL RECEIVE AN ORDINARY
DISABILITY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION
(2) OF THIS SECTION ON THE BASIS OF HIS AVERAGE FINAL
COMPENSATION AND WITH THE CREDITABLE SERVICE THAT HE WOULD
HAVE RECEIVED HAD HE CONTINUED IN SERVICE UNTIL HE WAS 62
YEARS OLD WITHOUT ANY CHANGE IN THE RATE OF HIS EARNABLE
COMPENSATION.

(7)   ON THE APPLICATION OF A MEMBER OR OF THE HEAD OF
HIS DEPARTMENT, ANY MEMBER WHO HAS BEEN TOTALLY AND
PERMANENTLY INCAPACITATED FOR DUTY AS THE NATURAL AND
PROXIMATE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT THAT OCCURS WHILE IN THE
ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF DUTY AT SOME DEFINITE TIME AND PLACE,
WITHOUT WILLFUL NEGLIGENCE ON HIS PART, SHALL BE RETIRED BY
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IF THE MEDICAL BOARD CERTIFIES THAT
THE MEMBER IS MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY INCAPACITATED FOR THE
FURTHER PERFORMANCE OF DUTY, THE INCAPACITY IS LIKELY TO BE
PERMANENT, AND THE MEMBER SHOULD BE RETIRED. A BENEFICIARY
WHO IS ENTITLED TO AN ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT
ALLOWANCE MAY NOT RECEIVE ANY ALLOWANCE ON ACCOUNT OF
ORDINARY DISABILITY.

(8)   ON RETIREMENT FOR ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY, A MEMBER
SHALL RECEIVE A SERVICE RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE IF HE IS 62
YEARS OLD OR OLDER; OTHERWISE HE SHALL RECEIVE AN ACCIDENTAL
DISABILITY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE WHICH SHALL CONSIST OF:

(A)   AN ANNUITY WHICH SHALL BE THE ACTUARIAL
EQUIVALENT OF HIS ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS AT THE TIME OF
HIS RETIREMENT; AND

(B)   A PENSION OF 66 2/3 PERCENT OF HIS AVERAGE
FINAL COMPENSATION, BUT HIS TOTAL ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY
RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE MAY NOT EXCEED HIS AVERAGE FINAL
COMPENSATION.

(9)   (A) ONCE EACH YEAR DURING THE FIRST 5 YEARS
FOLLOWING THE RETIREMENT OF A MEMBER ON A DISABILITY
RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE, AND ONCE IN EVERY 3-YEAR PERIOD
THEREAFTER, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY, AND ON HIS
APPLICATION SHALL, REQUIRE ANY DISABILITY BENEFICIARY WHO IS
UNDER THE AGE OF 62 TO UNDERGO A MEDICAL EXAMINATION. THE
EXAMINATION SHALL BE MADE AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE