(1) The chief, taking into consideration the medical opinions that the chief has received, may determine at any time that an injured officer is able to perform light duty consistent with the officer's status as a law enforcement officer and may order that the officer be assigned to the light duty. If the officer refuses to perform the light duty, payment of the salary benefit under 44-1-511 must be discontinued.
(2) The chief may order that the injured officer be transferred from the position covered under the highway patrol officers' retirement system to another position within the department of justice that is not covered under the highway patrol officers' retirement system. An officer may decline to accept a transfer under this subsection with no loss of salary benefit.