Colorado Code
Part 7 - Short-Term Disability and Disability Retirement
§ 24-51-703. Disability Program Design and Administration

The association shall contract with a disability program administrator to determine disability, to provide short-term disability insurance coverage, and to administer the short-term disability program. A contract shall conform to rules adopted by the board, which rules shall include but not be limited to standards relating to the determination of disability; the independent review, by a qualified panel, of determinations made by the disability program administrator and challenged by the applicant; requirements for medical or psychological examinations; the adjustment or termination of payments based on the mental or physical condition of the program participant; the change of status of a program participant from short-term disability to disability retirement or from disability retirement to short-term disability based on the mental or physical condition, education, training, and experience of the program participant; and the monitoring of the disability program administrator's performance by the association.
Source: L. 97: Entire part R&RE, p. 776, § 12, effective January 1, 1999.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former §§ 24-51-702 and 24-51-703 as they existed prior to 1997.

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