Sec. 824.303. CERTIFICATION OF DISABILITY. (a) After a member applies for disability retirement, the medical board may require the member to submit additional information about the disability.
(b) If the medical board finds that the member is mentally or physically disabled from the further performance of duty and that the disability is probably permanent, the medical board shall certify disability, and the member shall be retired.
(c) The medical board may rule on an application for disability retirement at a regular or special meeting or by mail, telephone, telegraph, or other suitable means of communication.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 34.303 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems
Subtitle C - Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Subchapter D. Disability Retirement Benefits
Section 824.301. Application for Disability Retirement Benefits
Section 824.302. Eligibility for Disability Retirement
Section 824.303. Certification of Disability
Section 824.304. Disability Retirement Benefits
Section 824.305. Medical Examination of Disability Retiree
Section 824.307. Restoration of Disability Retiree to Membership
Section 824.308. Optional Disability Retirement Benefits
Section 824.309. Change of Disability Retirement Payment Plan
Section 824.310. Purpose of Disability Benefit; Limit on Supplemental Income