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(40 ILCS 5/17-117.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-117.1)
Sec. 17-117.1. Duty disability. A teacher who becomes wholly and
presumably permanently incapacitated for duty while under age
65 as the proximate result of injuries sustained or a hazardous
condition encountered in the performance and within the scope of his
duties, if such injury or hazard was not the result of his own
negligence, shall be entitled to a duty disability benefit, provided:
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(2) certification is received from 2 or more
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| physicians designated by the Board that the teacher is physically incapacitated for teaching service; and
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(3) the teacher provides the Board with a copy of the
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| notice of the occurrence that was filed with the Employer within the time provided by law.
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The benefit shall be payable during disability and shall be 75% of
the salary in effect at date of disability, payable until the teacher's
attainment of age 65. At such time if disability still exists, the
teacher shall become entitled to a service retirement pension.
Creditable service shall accrue during the period the disability benefit
is payable.
Before any action is taken by the Board on an application for a
duty
disability benefit, the teacher shall file a claim with the Illinois Workers' Compensation
Commission to establish that the disability was incurred while the
teacher was acting within the scope of and in the course of his duties
under the terms of the Workers' Compensation or Occupational Diseases
Acts, whichever may be applicable. The benefit shall be payable after a
finding by the Commission that the claim was compensable under either of
the aforesaid Acts; but if such finding is appealed the benefit shall be
payable only upon affirmance of the Commission's finding. After the
teacher has made timely application for a duty disability benefit
supported by the certificate of two or more physicians, he shall be
entitled to a disability retirement pension provided in Section 17-117
of this Act until such time as the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission award finding
that his disability is duty-connected as provided in this Section
becomes final.
Any amounts provided for the teacher under such Acts shall be applied
as an offset to the duty disability benefit payable hereunder in such
manner as may be prescribed by the rules of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 93-721, eff. 1-1-05.)
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