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enoh examinationA. 

### If th0 d6~EtAWlt **iA** lW&rAd t0dArrAY th6 AXpAMA iOr 8U6h 6XIIIIIIPPtlOLI8 there i8 A0 BOW60 irO& Uhi6h the IAOASYIAAJb6 derived 6xOSpt fzoplthe itLO0 m6mberahip fAe paid by thsm6mbiw.

"Ii **A WIAbU**  COUId ApplY rOX A di6AbilitY exwlnation at no 

### owt to tbm mAmbAr, It ir 

### posSib16 that AUSO~OU8 FAqU68tS iOrrAXU&BAtiOA8 might be roaeivoU rherm therm is lltth probebillty that the y#0rs@ni8 ~ayl*IXtly disabl.6 aab *h&r0 swh an InUivldual wuld probably not 

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aa. uwiaation is 

### t&m uamU.aatioo 

### is to b A$ hi8 l XpWO.

"In view Of the abevo fA8tA, it l.ApoSA%- bls that tha epuAtion 0rthA Bystea 00uld **be** rath8r **88r1OWfj,** iopaiM& **ir the**  **%APd Of**  **m to68**  **id8 =quhtd**  **to 0~**  **PAPUA 8~**  0r **mr** AanUAllJ onm6eIloAl 

### exad.n8ti0n8. It Is bAOAPBA or this problem W&at our dqmrtmat is rAqu68ting this optpion."

Sootion $3,tib8AtitioAS of haate Bill Ho. 47, &ts at the Ifit&Legislatun, J&+lar SAssitaa,a~ umnde& by &at&Xl t,,~UbbsAiltiOll 3 Of kUSA Bi1.la. loI& A&S Oi the 

### Portpsevsnth LsgislAtiwA, RA&U 

### Sassion, reads as fQpA#S: “wpQn tha ~pfi%OAtiQlior 8 meaboc et 

### 0r his wp%op3P 

### or hi8 lO@. 

### IlrrpmBMtA~iVa AOtbg in hi6 b&Al*, any m6BbAr dk0 ha6 kAd tU6Aty (SO) or mn6 y6ar6 of sr6ditAbl8 66nioA leay **be** rAtircM by #AA Btatr %Ard 0r TrUlltAAs,QQt 168~ than thirty (80) and not mor6 ~&AA 

### niaet8 (PO) days next 

### ZOllOwigsthe **date** Or firi= SWh AppliOAtiOA, OI1A &isabillty PStimMt AllOWanos, provide4 that ths Pe6isal BoarU, after a rnAU$OAl0xAIEIaAtlanof 8Uohi AMMlber?,

8bAl.loartify that **AUAh** mabAr i8mAAt&lf OF phtS%Odl~.@OApAclitAtAd for the fUrthAr p6r%%a~AU09 ai **duty,** that 6u6h iAOApAAitf i8 likely t0 **be** paraanent, And that AU& member Ahould b6 X6tislsd.R
siwt1an **5, SubsAoticm**  **5** or tinal; m.ll )Lo*+'I, SAPgLel*

aAaaund6d by aottdn E;,kbsiwattoa 8 Ar Hawe Bill

## 2x2

Huaomble Kortia~r &Own, PagA 8

**NO. 1016,**  **EUPFA,** I'AAdS,iA PAZ%, AA fOliOWIt

"q~noe eaoh ysar du~iag the first Sive (6) yawa followiag retirement et A mea~!;or oa A 

### tllaabllity

mtimaeat ~Uow8no0, pnd oaoe in Avsry three-ywc period themAfter, the State Borrd 0r &wtees may, **and** open hia Ap- $ft;;tiOn shall, tiqtirA any 4iSAbility ~AAAsixty"v rho hAs not yet attafnd the age of

60) years to uadergo 

### aaediealAzuaieation, Auoh sxarabation Ii0b6 aAd at the plats 0r resldenoe 0r said benf4fiAiaryor Any other plaaA AiuttilJ A&l'AAdUpOS, by **A** phySiAirn Or phyAioiAM dAAi.gMtAd **by** the **&Ate** Baird of :'rwteeA. &hould any dieability bemiloilrJ who has not yet attained tb -6 of 8ltif (60) years 

### rarwe to vubait to at lemt oae r*4lcril eianilnatloain any swh puiods by A physioian
or ~hysloS.um **dOSi@&At88** by the 8tate Bard
or austaos, Us ~llwuro* oh&U be dimontimed Wtir hf8 Witkh'aWd Or BUOh **MfW(L1,** and should his retusd 0ontLoru ror oat3

### year, at1 his 

### rights In aad to his ~llOw~aoa shill be revoke8 by t&o 8ktA Baud Oz TrAste8s."

Seotlon 6, Subaootioa 18 or senate Bill xo. supm, AA ~aAnded by Sootion 3, subsection 12 of %uso 49,

Bill Xo. 1016, Aupte, rMd8 AS folloust

"'(18) 'Ihs8tAtO %Ati Of 'flll8tOW*ball dASi@lAtA o MAdiOdl &Ard to be ~OmpOW& of three (3)physiAlans aot eligible top~rtlaipats in ths Ratlreaant Bystcm. The phy~slei~as 60 appointed by the Stats Board or TmatAes **Shdi ba**  **18gAny qUAiifiO&**  **t0 prAOti~A0**  **Adi** oine in TOXAS and 8hall **be** phJ8iolsmI;fr~od 8tanaind ti themdiall **pmr98sm.** quired, other physloiaaa may be employed to mport On SpOeid **OAS118.** Thehdiml Board shall pa88 upon All mAdioA1 wm&&at5.ona mquimd 

### underthe ~ltOVi81AAllOr this iLet, and shall invA8tigatA all sA8entiAl StAt8IWatS dad oertifloat88 by 08 ea b6hAlr of A aua&r Of AOIUWAtiQn With Aa AppZiOAtiAn rOr diSAt&&ity mtimeat, aatishall mport inwritiag to th* Stat8 fj@,rdO? %uSt@‘,8 it8 AAatiwfAn rtndrs0mndation upon all th8 mot&em miarmd ts It.*

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nmorable I;;ortl.mar Brown, Paga 4

,

Saation 6, SPbaaatiOll 9 of samto Bill No, 49, aupra, as amended by Seotion 9, **hbsootioa** 9 Of &ma8 Bfll No. 1016, supra, reads 

### as follows:

“‘(9) %bbjsot to the llmltationa Q tai8 hot, tha 

### St&, Boar0oiTmatoea shall,frpm 

### time to the,: aatabllah ~&WI 

### and ragulatMn8 for eligibility of~romberrhlp and im **tha** adlninlatratianof tha funQ8 oav8tad bJ this &et and for the 

### tran0aatlon et 108 

### buaineaa.w

AIIaamination 02 Section 5,~**Gubrre~atlon** 5 ef Seaata Bill 

### No. 49, as mumbd, 

### SANTA,revaala that mS4 sootion is silent as to t&a dat8Qa oonaar~&ngtha rdiaal rroainrtion of ammbar who iire his applioatien ibr 8 diubflity ratlxwuen6 allwama. &aid 8oation #&$ PxwSd88 *that 

### theEmIloal**Board,** 

### mr amodioalmAr4lmtlen of woh mbex, shilloortitythat l 

### uobaoaberismtollr 0~ phjsioally inoapaoitated.
. . rad 

### thatauah ma~b8~'8hould ba retiredrm %bere appwrr te be nothing in the Tuohar Ra

### tlrewnt Aot rhioh requixwa the @adtodL BoarCato aotrully rake these maai6& axaainatian8. ?t&aAat 8aama to nq&ra only that *lbe XeBioal Board shall uj?onau sodiml exa8i5$aptlona

maqulmd under the pr 8Of tihhi8 kOt.* (Underiw3ring .oura)

It la our oplniom, ba8aU upon tho akrra pwka 

### wctlcna & the Aat, that the Board af %uatao8 01 t& Z'kaeherRqtirmeat Spatam ma$ ptaatigata nilas ~~oq~i~i.ag l aamber, &kkflli~@ an applioatian ior Bia d.isclhil.ity ratlrement allowame, to aoeaapany with his 

## l pg&lortlo~ 

### a phy6ialan~a aartiriaate or oertiflo*taa eo~taiming 8uah InrorAatlon 

### as the Board 0r Tru8teaa say 

### TaquireOOAMTlling auoh mamber*a mental or phy8ioal aoaditlon.

V!e wish to point orttthat as to ahf8 

### parti08lar **stedicdl** eramlnatlon tha A& la allant as to tba authority of the hard of 

### Trusteestodeoignatetho

## l roe!in%ng

PBfSioian. %a note that Submotion 5, Section 8 of S+aatttFit11 No. 43, aacraendad,mpra, 8peeliioally protide that, a8 to subsequent wdioal axaminatIo111,thS Beard of %aStaW ahall designate the examinbg phfaioiaM. lQ#Jrn~~, 6iAOO the ht expressly provided that the Rmrd of Tmateaa should daaignate the axacniningphfaioiror,in OM inatawa but i8 silent on this netter as to the eramination rrquind b S\rbtjeetion 5, tiO%viOn3 Of %SltAtOBill EBO-. 491,a* AW

ML, l mra, wo aonolu& that tha Board of %W8taaa haa 010aimor- &ty to deadwet% the ~,X~ni~ phpiOi8.A tS3h&m 8&6h mOdha

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Honorable Xortimer Brown, Page 5

exaAlJJation88 la required in 3ubsect1on 5, %otion 3 of senate Bill No. 47 airamendod, supm. Gvter*r ,should tha Board of Trustees be d1ssatiail~d with the medioal report of the camber's phyeioian, under Seotion 6, the board has the authority kbseotion 12 of Senate Bill MO. 49 aa amundad, supra, to employ its own physician to make another med~loalexamination of t&amember.

ii;* rind no 

### provisioninthe Act whlah oodld ba eonstrued as giving the Board of Qustees the authority to da$~rmlne the maximum amount that a physioian shall ohargaca member for a Aedioal ercrainatlon. **iOA,** tharefora, It Is our opinthet the Board 0r Tmateea 15 pot empowered to determine tha aiaxinuuamount 

### thata

### phyaioi0a may 4harm a narber ior theaedioal cxamlaation as reqtired in 3a&ion Sr &baeetion 3 of Senate Bill 190.49,~ amendad, aupra. It Is alear, hawvar, that the Board oi Trustees baa 

### thapowar to deterniinetha oompeneation of a phyaloien when suoh 

### phyaiaian is aaploysd by 

### OhsBoard or Tramtees.

Wa trust that na have aatiafaatorily answerad your qu*atioa,

Yours very trulf