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.
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.
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.