Section 24002 Of Chapter 25. Disability Allowance From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 13. >> Chapter 25.
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. (a) The board may authorize payment of a disability
allowance to any member who is qualified upon application under this
part by the member, the member's guardian or conservator, or the
member's employer, if the application is submitted on a properly
executed form prescribed by the system during any one of the
following periods:
(1) While the member is employed and has performed creditable
service within the four months previous to application, or while the
member is on a compensated leave of absence.
(2) While the member is physically or mentally incapacitated for
performance of service and the incapacity has been continuous from
the last day of actual performance of service for which compensation
is payable to the member.
(3) While the member is on a leave of absence without
compensation, granted for reason other than mental or physical
incapacity for performance of service, and within four months after
the last day of actual performance of service for which compensation
is payable to the member, or within 12 months of that date if the
member is on an employer-approved leave to study at an approved
college or university.
(4) Within four months after the termination of the member's
employment subject to coverage under the Defined Benefit Program, if
the application was not made under paragraph (2) and was not made
more than four months after the last day of actual performance of
service for which compensation is payable to the member.
(b) A member is not qualified to receive a disability allowance if
the member is applying because of a physical or mental condition
that existed at the time the most recent membership in the Defined
Benefit Program commenced and which remains substantially unchanged
at the time of application.