City of Pawtucket, RI Article III Retirement of Incapacitated Police Officers and Firefighters

[Approved 3-6-1973 by Ch. No. 1383]

§ 63-7 Time limit for return to active duty after passage of article.

Any personnel of the Police and/or Fire Division who have been away from the job due to sickness or injuries sustained or contracted in the performance of their duties continuously for a period of at least 24 months prior to the effective date of this article, then such personnel shall report to active duty within a period of 60 days from the passage of this article and failure to so report shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the fact that they are physically unfit for duty and, therefore, unable to return to their regular duties as a police officer and/or as a firefighter. Such persons who shall not return within the 60 days as aforesaid shall be immediately placed on a retirement list and shall receive the regular retirement benefits based upon their wages and other factors, just as if said person had completed all the requirements set forth in the ordinances governing retirement of personnel of the Police and/or Fire Divisions of the City of Pawtucket.

§ 63-8 Future time limit for return to active duty.

Any of the personnel of the Police or Fire Divisions who shall in the future remain away from their regular employment as a firefighter or police officer for a period of 18 months due to becoming wholly or partially incapacitated by reason of injuries incurred or sickness contracted during the performance of their duties shall, at the expiration of the 18 months, return to duty within 60 days thereafter or shall be deemed physically unfit for duty and therefore unable to return to his or her respective regular duties as a police officer or firefighter. Such person or persons who shall not return within the 60 days of the aforesaid shall immediately be placed upon a retirement list and shall receive the regular retirement pay based upon his or her wages and other factors, just as if said person had completed all of the other requirements set forth in the ordinances governing retirement of personnel of the Police and Fire Divisions of the City of Pawtucket.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: See Ch. 59, Pensions, Art. II, Firefighters' and Police Pension Fund.

§ 63-9 Time limit of twenty-four months.

Any personnel of the Police or Fire Divisions who shall have remained away from their regular employment as a firefighter or police office for a period of less than 24 months prior to the date of the passage of this article, then such persons or persons shall not remain away from their regular employment for the reasons aforesaid for more than 24 months from the date of the contraction of the initial illness or injury which caused the incapacity.