New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Ret - Board of Trustees of the N.H. Retirement System
Chapter Ret 300 - PARTICIPATION IN THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Part Ret 301 - PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS
Section Ret 301.02 - Definitions

(a) "Accidental disability retirement" means the retirement of a member pursuant to RSA 100-A:6, I(c) and (d) and (b) and RSA 100-A:6, II(c) and (d);

(b) "Deferred vested retirement" means the retirement of a member pursuant to RSA 100-A:10;

(c) "Earnable compensation" means "earnable compensation as defined in RSA 100-A:1, XVII;

(d) "Group I members" means "Group I members" as defined in RSA 100-A:1, X(a);

(e) "Group II members" means "Group II members" as defined in RSA 100-A:1, X(b);

(f) "IME" shall an independent medical examiner chosen by the board of trustees to review disability retirement applications;

(g) "IRS" means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States government;

(h) "Normal retirement age" means the age at which a member is eligible to receive a service retirement benefit pursuant to RSA 100-A:5 unreduced for early retirement as provided in RSA 100-A:5,I(c) and RSA 100-A:5, II(a);

(i) "Ordinary disability retirement" means the retirement of a member pursuant to RSA 100-A:6, I(a) and (b) and RSA 100-A:6, II(a) and (b);

(j) "Restoration to service" means the commencement of employment by a retiree, in either:

(k) "Service retirement" means the retirement of a member pursuant to RSA 100-A:5; and

(l) "Termination from service" means a formal termination from a position of employment for which the member was then eligible to participate in the NHRS and does not include any type of leave of absence, with or without pay, or other such temporary revocable separation from or cessation of service.