(40 ILCS 5/17-118) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-118)
Sec. 17-118.
Disability pension administration.
A disability
pensioner may be required to submit to an examination periodically by a
physician or physicians appointed by the Board. The purpose of
the
examination is to establish whether the disability still exists and to
determine whether the person is still incapacitated for teaching service
or service as an employee of the Board. The Board
may require disability
pensioners to submit evidence of the continued existence of the
disability. The Board may also employ investigative services to
determine whether such pensioners are employed elsewhere as teachers or
to establish whether they are still disabled.
The Board shall cancel a disability pension upon evidence that
a
pensioner is no longer incapacitated for teaching or service as an
employee of the Board. However, if a pensioner has attained age
55 and
has 20 or more years of service, the pension shall not be cancelled
unless he is re-employed as a teacher or as a pensioner-substitute. If a
disability pensioner is re-employed as a teacher or
pensioner-substitute, the pension shall be cancelled on the first day of
re-employment. The pensioner shall reimburse the Fund for pension
payments received after the date of re-employment (if any), plus 5%
interest compounded annually beginning one year after the Fund's
notification of the cancellation and indebtedness. Upon cancellation of
a disability pension, unless such person re-enters service and becomes a
contributor, a refund shall be payable of the excess, if any, of the
refundable contributions paid by him over the amount
paid in disability
pension.
(Source: P.A. 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
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