Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3307:1 - Defined Benefit › Chapter 3307:1-7 - Disability Benefits › Section 3307:1-7-02 - Disability - medical review board

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The retirement board shall appoint an
			 independent physician to serve as chair of the medical review board and as
			 medical advisor to the retirement board. The chair so appointed shall:
(1) Request and review medical evidence from
			 the applicant or applicant's attending physicians and other relevant sources
			 regarding the nature, findings, extent, treatment, duration and functional
			 limitations imposed by the conditions the applicant's
			 attending physician claims as disabling.
Any medical evidence or other information submitted by or on
				behalf of an applicant or recipient that is determined by the chair of the
				medical review board to not be objective or pertinent to the applicant's or
				recipient's claimed medical condition will not be considered, including
				duplicate records, internet articles or medical records not related to the
				current application or reexamination.
(2) Assign and oversee competent and
			 impartial independent medical examiners to conduct the medical examinations and
			 tests the chair deems necessary and appropriate to the evaluation of an
			 application. Examinations will be assigned only for conditions listed as
			 disabling by the attending physician and supported by
			 objective medical evidence. The independent medical examiners shall
			 provide written reports of their findings and conclusions as to whether
			 applicants are mentally or physically incapacitated from the performance of
			 regular duties for a period of at least twelve months from the date the
			 completed application was received.
(3) Review the reports of the independent
			 medical examiners. Once the chair is satisfied that no further examinations or
			 tests are needed, a recommendation shall be submitted to the retirement board
			 if the chair concurs with the conclusions of the independent medical examiner
			 or examiners that an applicant is or will be mentally or physically
			 incapacitated from regular duties for a period of at least twelve
			 months.
(4) If the chair reviews
			 the conclusions of the independent medical examiners and concludes that an
			 applicant or recipient is not incapacitated from the performance of regular
			 duties or will not remain incapacitated for at least twelve months, the chair
			 shall convene a panel of three or more members of the medical review board who
			 shall review the application, medical evidence, and reports of the independent
			 medical examiners. The panel may request medical evidence or obtain such
			 further examinations and tests as it may deem necessary and appropriate and may
			 direct delay of consideration of an application for treatment.
(5) Submit to the retirement board a report
			 summarizing the conclusions and recommendations of the panels of the medical
			 review board members.
(6) Attend
			 and participate in hearings pursuant to rule
			 3307:1-7-05
			 of the Administrative Code as the medical advisor to the retirement
			 board.
(7) Recommend to the
			 retirement board independent physicians from a wide range of medical expertise
			 and specialties to serve as members of the medical review board.