New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 17 - TREASURY - GENERAL › Chapter 3 - TEACHERS' PENSION AND ANNUITY FUND › Subchapter 1A - DEFINITIONS › Section 17:3-1A.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Base salary" means the annual compensation of a member, in
				  accordance with contracts, ordinances, resolutions, or other established salary
				  policies of the member's employer for all employees in the same position, or
				  all employees covered by the same collective bargaining agreement, which is
				  reported in regular, periodic installments in accordance with the payroll cycle
				  of the employer.
"Bona fide severance from employment" means a complete
				  termination of the employee's employment relationship with the employer for a
				  period of at least 180 days. The 180-day count begins September 1 for July 1
				  retirees who were 10-month employees. The following does not constitute a
				  complete termination of the employee's relationship with the employer:
				  employment or reemployment in a part-time or volunteer position; employment or
				  reemployment in a position that is not covered by the Defined Benefit Plan; a
				  change in title; employment or reemployment as a contract or subcontract
				  employee, a leased employee, or an independent contractor; or termination of
				  employment with a pre-arranged agreement for reemployment.
"DCRP" means the Defined Contribution Retirement
				  Program.
"Division" means the Division of Pensions and Benefits,
				  Department of Treasury, in the State of New Jersey.
"Employers Pensions and Benefits Information Connection" or
				  "EPIC" is a set of internet-based applications that allow registered employers
				  who have obtained authorization by the certifying officer of the location,
				  access to manage their employees' pensions and, if applicable, health benefits
				  account information. The specific group of application buttons that are visible
				  will depend on the type of employer and the level of access authorized by the
				  certifying officer of the location.
"Extra compensation" means individual salary adjustments,
				  which are granted primarily in anticipation of a member's retirement;
				  additional remuneration for performing temporary duties beyond the regular work
				  day or work year or additional remuneration for performing duties that are not
				  integral to the effective functioning of the regular school curriculum.
"Fund" or "TPAF" means the Teachers' Pension and Annuity
				  Fund, created pursuant to 18A:66-56.
"Independent medical examiner" or "IME" means the physician
				  or group of physicians contracted by the Division to perform an independent
				  medical evaluation on disability retirement applicants.
"Medical Review Board" consists of three physicians, each
				  responsible for reviewing all medical documentation submitted in relation to
				  any applications submitted for ordinary or accidental disability
				  retirement.
"Member Benefits Online System" or "MBOS" is a set of
				  internet-based applications that allow registered members access to manage
				  their pension and, if applicable, health benefits account information.
"PERS" means the Public Employees' Retirement System, created
				  pursuant to 43:15A-17.
"Treating physician" is defined as someone who provides the
				  member, or has provided the member, with medical treatment on an ongoing
				  basis.
"Work year" means either a 10-month contracted employee who
				  works from September through June of each year and is compensated for each
				  month or a 12-month contracted employee who works from July through June and is
				  compensated for each month or any other approved 10- or 12-month approved
				  contract period.