Section 75564 Of Article 4. Disability Retirement From California Government Code >> Title 8. >> Chapter 11.5. >> Article 4.
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. A member who is defeated at an election and who either had
submitted, prior to the date of the election, an application for
disability retirement or submits, on or after the date of the
election, an application for disability retirement:
(a) Shall be presumed not to be disabled and this presumption is a
presumption affecting the burden of proof.
(b) Shall, in a disability retirement proceeding before the
commission, be subject to the standard of proof of clear and
convincing evidence sufficient to sustain a claim to a reasonable
certainty.
(c) Shall support the application with written statements
described in subdivision (c) of Section 75560.1 from each of at least
two physicians or two psychiatrists.