“Disability” and “incapacity for performance of duty” as a basis of retirement, mean disability of permanent or extended duration, which is expected to last at least 12 consecutive months or will result in death, as determined by the board, or in the case of a local safety member by the governing body of the contracting agency employing the member, on the basis of competent medical opinion.
Cal. Gov. Code § 20026
Definitions
Known as the Public Employees’ Retirement Law
The act spans §§ 20000–21716 (1,037 sections).
Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 241, Sec. 1
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