N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law Section 605-E
Accidental disability retirement for ambulance medical technician supervisors, ambulance medical technician coordinators, ambulance medic...


§ 605-e. Accidental disability retirement for ambulance medical technician supervisors, ambulance medical technician coordinators, ambulance medical technicians, police medic supervisors, police medic coordinators, and police medics in Nassau county.

a.

A member employed as an ambulance medical technician supervisor, ambulance medical technician coordinator, ambulance medical technician, police medic supervisor, police medic coordinator, or police medic in Nassau county shall be entitled to an accidental disability retirement allowance if, at the time application therefor is filed, such member is:

1.

Physically or mentally incapacitated for performance of duty as the natural and proximate result of an accident, unless the contrary be proved by competent evidence, not caused by his or her own willful negligence, sustained in such service and while actually a member of the retirement system; and

2.

Actually in service upon which his or her membership is based. However, in a case where a member is discontinued from service subsequent to the accident, either voluntarily or involuntarily, and provided that the member meets the requirements of paragraph one of this subdivision, application may be made not later than two years after the member is first discontinued from service.

b.

Application for an accidental disability retirement allowance for such a member may be made by:

1.

Such member; or

2.

The head of the department in which such member is employed; or

3.

Any person acting on behalf of and authorized by such member.

c.

1. After the filing of such an application, such member shall be given one or more medical examinations. No such application shall be approved, however, unless the member or some other person on his or her behalf shall have filed written notice in the office of the comptroller within ninety days after the accident, setting forth:

(a)

The time when and the place where such accident occurred; and

(b)

The particulars thereof; and

(c)

The nature and extent of the member’s injuries; and

(d)

His or her alleged incapacity.

2.

The notice herein required need not be given:

(a)

If the notice of such accident shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of the workers’ compensation law of any state within which a participating employer in Nassau county shall have its employees located or performing functions and duties within the normal scope of their employment; or

(b)

If the application for accidental disability retirement is filed within one year after the date of such accident; or

(c)

If a failure to file notice has been excused for good cause shown as provided by rules and regulations promulgated by the comptroller.

d.

If the comptroller determines that the member is physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of duty and ought to be retired for accidental disability, such member shall be so retired. Such retirement shall be effective as of a date approved by the comptroller.

e.

The annual retirement allowance payable upon accidental disability retirement shall be a pension of three-quarters of his or her final average salary. The payment of such pension shall be subject to the provisions of § 64 (Payment of both pensions for accident and other benefits prohibited)section sixty-four of this chapter.

f.

If the member, at the time of the filing of an application under the provisions of subdivision b of this section, is eligible for a service retirement benefit, then and in that event, he or she may simultaneously file an application for service retirement in accordance with the provisions of § 70 (Superannuation retirement)section seventy of this chapter, provided that the member indicates on the application for service retirement that such application is filed without prejudice to the application for accidental disability retirement.

g.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this section shall apply to ambulance medical technician supervisors, ambulance medical technician coordinators, ambulance medical technicians, police medic supervisors, police medic coordinators, and police medics in Nassau county who were hired on or after July twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred seventy-six.

Source: Section 605-E — Accidental disability retirement for ambulance medical technician supervisors, ambulance medical technician coordinators, ambulance medic..., https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/RSS/605-E (updated Aug. 6, 2021; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

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Application
601
Definitions
602
Eligibility for service retirement benefits
603
Eligibility for service retirement benefits
604
Service retirement benefits
604‑A
Twenty-year retirement program for New York city sanitation members
604‑B
Twenty-five-year and age fifty-five retirement program for New York city transit authority members
604‑C
Supplemental retirement allowance
604‑C*2
Optional twenty-five-year early retirement program for certain New York city members
604‑C*3
Twenty-year retirement program for Triborough bridge and tunnel members
604‑D
Age fifty-seven retirement program for certain New York city members
604‑E
Twenty-five year retirement program for dispatcher members
604‑E*2
Twenty-five year retirement program for EMT members
604‑F
Twenty-five year retirement program for deputy sheriff members
604‑F*2
Twenty-five year retirement program for special officer, parking control specialist, school safety agent, campus peace officer or New Yor...
604‑G
Twenty-five year/age fifty retirement program for automotive members
604‑H
Twenty-five year retirement program for police communications members
604‑I
Age fifty-five retirement program for New York city teachers and certain other members
604‑J
Twenty-five year retirement program for fire protection inspector members
605
Disability retirement
605‑A
Accidental disability retirement for uniformed court officers and peace officers employed in the unified court system
605‑B
Accidental disability retirement for New York city uniformed sanitation members
605‑B*2
Uniformed court officers and peace officers
605‑C
Accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs employed by the city of New York
605‑D
Accidental disability retirement for chief fire marshals, assistant fire marshals, division supervising fire marshals, supervising fire m...
605‑E
Accidental disability retirement for ambulance medical technician supervisors, ambulance medical technician coordinators, ambulance medic...
605‑F
Disability benefits
605‑G
Accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs in Nassau county
605‑G*2
Accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs in Suffolk county
606
Death benefits
606‑A
Death benefit for vested members who die prior to retirement
606‑B
Death benefit for deputy sheriffs employed by Nassau county
606‑B*2
Death benefits for correction officers employed by Nassau county
606‑B*3
Death benefits for correction officers employed by Suffolk county
606‑B*4
Death benefits for deputy sheriffs employed by Suffolk county
606‑C
Death benefits for correction officers employed by Westchester county
606‑C*2
Death benefits for fire marshals employed by Nassau county
607
Accidental death benefits
607‑A
Performance of duty disability retirement
607‑B
Performance of duty disability retirement
607‑C
Performance of duty disability benefit
607‑D
Disability benefits
607‑E
Accidental disability retirement
607‑F
Payment of both pensions for accident and other benefits prohibited
607‑G
Retirement for disability benefits incurred in the performance of duty
607‑H
Disability benefits
607‑I
COVID-19 benefit
607‑J
Performance of duty, disability retirement for chief fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals, division supervising fire marshals, su...
607‑J*2
Performance of duty disability retirement benefits for certain first responders in Nassau county
607‑J*3
Performance of duty disability retirement
607‑K
Certain impairments of health
607‑L
Performance of duty disability retirement
608
Final average salary
609
Credit for service
610
Options
611
Optional retirement program
612
Vesting
613
Member contributions
613‑A
Loans to members of a teachers’ retirement system
613‑B
Loans to members of certain retirement systems
614
Effect of other laws
615
Duration
616
Transfer of membership
617
Recalculation of benefits

Accessed:
Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Aug. 6, 2021

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