N.J. Admin. Code § 17:1-7.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 17:1-7.5 - Disability applications; priorities

(a) When the Medical Review Board has made a specific recommendation that can be acted upon by the Board or Commission, the Disability Review Section will prepare sufficient copies and forward to the Secretaries of the respective retirement systems those cases that are ready for presentation to the Board or Commission.

(b) The priority in forwarding the cases to the Secretaries of the respective retirement systems shall be in the order of the Boards' or Commission's regular meeting schedule.

(c) If the Medical Review Board has not given a specific medical recommendation upon which the Board or Commission may act, the case will not be forwarded to the Secretary of the retirement system, but the Disability Review Section will proceed in accordance with the advice of the Medical Review Board to obtain additional information needed by the Board or Commission to render a medical recommendation.

1. The Disability Review Section will schedule a medical examination for the purpose of providing additional information to the Medical Review Board to make a determination about a disability retirement application. The initial independent medical examination (IME) scheduled by the Disability Review Section will be provided at no cost to the applicant.

2. If the applicant fails to attend and fails to cancel the initial IME scheduled by the Disability Review Section, the applicant will be required to pay for any subsequent medical examinations arranged by the Disability Review Section. This payment is required before the Division will reschedule the IME.

3. Failure to provide payment for the rescheduled IME within 90 days of the missed appointment date will result in the dismissal of the disability retirement case.

4. The member will be responsible to pay the IME's contractual rate for any subsequent IME required when additional medical documentation is submitted after the initial medical examination. The cost for the review of subsequent medical reports must be paid by the member in accordance with (c)3 above.

N.J. Admin. Code § 17:1-7.5

Amended by 48 N.J.R. 1306(a), effective 6/20/2016