Section 24001 Of Chapter 25. Disability Allowance From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 13. >> Chapter 25.
24001
. (a) (1) A member may apply for a disability allowance under
the Defined Benefit Program, upon written application for disability
allowance to the board on a properly executed form provided by the
system, if the member has five or more years of credited service and
if all of the following requirements are met:
(A) At least four years were credited for actual performance of
service subject to coverage under the Defined Benefit Program. Credit
received because of workers' compensation payments shall be counted
toward the four-year requirement in accordance with Section 22710.
(B) The last five years of credited service were performed in this
state.
(C) Except as described in subdivision (d) of Section 24201.5, the
member is not currently receiving a service retirement allowance and
at least one year was credited for service performed subsequent to
the date on which the member terminated a service retirement
allowance under Section 24208.
(D) At least one year was credited for service performed
subsequent to the most recent refund of accumulated retirement
contributions.
(E) The member has neither attained normal retirement age, nor
possesses sufficient unused sick leave days to receive creditable
compensation on account of sick leave to normal retirement age.
(F) The member is not applying for a disability allowance because
of a physical or mental condition known to exist at the time the most
recent membership in the Defined Benefit Program commenced and
remains substantially unchanged at the time of application.
(2) A member who becomes disabled prior to normal retirement age,
who has sick leave which will extend beyond normal retirement age,
and who has a dependent child, may be awarded a disability allowance
with an effective date after normal retirement age if the application
is filed prior to attaining normal retirement age.
(b) Nothing in subdivision (a) shall affect the right of a member
to a disability allowance under this part if the reason that the
member is credited with less than four years of actual service
performed subject to coverage under the Defined Benefit Program is
due to an on-the-job injury or a disease that occurred while the
member was employed and the four-year requirement can be satisfied by
credit obtained under Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 22800) or
Chapter 14.5 (commencing with Section 22850) in addition to any
credit received from workers' compensation payments.
(c) Nothing in subdivision (a) shall affect the right of a member
under this part who has less than five years of credited service to a
disability allowance if the following conditions are met:
(1) The member has at least one year of credited service performed
in this state.
(2) The disability is the direct result of an unlawful act of
bodily injury that was perpetrated on his or her person by another
human being while the member was performing his or her official
duties in a position subject to coverage under the Defined Benefit
Program.
(3) The member provides documentation of the unlawful act in the
form of an official police report or official employer incident
report.
(d) A member who is eligible to apply for a disability allowance
pursuant to this section may also apply for a service retirement
pending a determination of his or her application for disability as
described in Section 24201.5.