New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 17 - TREASURY - GENERAL
Chapter 3 - TEACHERS' PENSION AND ANNUITY FUND
Subchapter 6 - RETIREMENT
Section 17:3-6.10 - Involuntary disability application

1. The member's employer has properly initiated a disability retirement application online through the Employer Pensions and Benefits Information Connection (EPIC) authorized by the certifying officer or other designated officer, on the member's behalf;

2. The member's employer has submitted an electronic statement as to the grounds for the employer's request for the member's involuntary disability retirement and all pertinent medical documentation;

3. The member has a period of 30 days to contest the involuntary disability retirement by submitting a written statement before the Board acts on the employer's application;

4. The member will be required to appear for an examination before a physician designated to conduct such an examination for the Fund;

5. In the event the Board finds that the member is totally and permanently incapacitated for the performance of duty, the member shall be granted the maximum retirement option, if the member does not file a completed "Application for Disability Retirement" setting forth the retirement option the member desires, before the retirement goes into effect; and

6. In the event the Board finds that the member is not totally and permanently incapacitated for the performance of duty, the employer's application shall be disallowed and the employer shall be informed that the member should be returned to duty.