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...Service credit for periods of absence due to pregnancy leave or pregnancy resignation or adoption of a child may be purchased, subject to sections 3307.70 and 3307.771 of the Revised Code and the following requirements and procedures: (A) Eligibility requirements: (1) A member must have resigned from a teaching position covered under Chapter 3307. of the Revised Code before July 1, 1982 due to p...

...(A) Application for the purchase of service credit pursuant to section 3307.78 of the Revised Code shall be made on a form approved by the retirement system and shall include certification of the service. (B) A member may purchase credit for service as a school board or governing board member prior to July 1, 1991 if the member meets the requirements set forth in section 3307.78 of the Revised ...

...(A) A member may make application for the purchase of service credit under section 3307.73 of the Revised Code if a total of at least one and one-half years of contributing service under this system or eighteen months of contributing service credit under the public employees retirement system or the school employees retirement system has been established. A member who is also a member of the public employees retirem...

...The following plan for restoration or purchase of service credit by payroll deduction is hereby established pursuant to section 3307.701 of the Revised Code: (A) Service credit eligible for payment by payroll deduction shall be determined as follows: (1) Effective January 1, 2014, a member who has applied for restoration of service credit pursuant to section 3307.71 or division (C) of section 3307....

...(A) As provided in section 3307.73, 3307.74, 3307.751, 3307.76, 3307.771, or 3307.78 of the Revised Code, a member may purchase service credit at a cost that is equal to one hundred percent of the actuarial liability resulting from the purchase. The cost for each year shall be calculated separately and sequentially and shall be based on the factors outlined in paragraph (B) of this rule. (B) Th...

...The following criteria and procedures are established by the retirement board pursuant to section 3307.501 of the Revised Code. (A) As used in section 3307.501 of the Revised Code and this rule, a percentage increase shall be considered to be generally applicable if: (1) It is paid by a school board or governing board, school district, or governing authority of a community school or a science, t...

...The following criteria and procedures are established by the retirement board pursuant to section 3307.501 of the Revised Code. (A) As used in section 3307.501 of the Revised Code and this rule, a percentage increase shall be considered to be generally applicable if: (1) It is paid by a school board or governing board, school district, or governing authority of a community school or a science, t...

...The following criteria and procedures are established by the retirement board pursuant to section 3307.501 of the Revised Code. (A) As used in section 3307.501 of the Revised Code and this rule, a percentage increase shall be considered to be generally applicable if: (1) It is paid by a school board or governing board, school district, or governing authority of a community school or a science, t...

...By authority of section 3307.04 and section 3307.60 of the Revised Code, the following rule shall apply to the plans of payment provided in section 3307.58 and 3307.60 of the Revised Code: (A) The provisions for reselection of a plan of payment set forth in this paragraph shall be applicable to all service retirants granted retirement effective on or before September 1, 1989, except a retirant who el...

...By authority of section 3307.04 and section 3307.60 of the Revised Code, the following rule shall apply to the plans of payment provided in section 3307.58 and 3307.60 of the Revised Code: (A) The provisions for reselection of a plan of payment set forth in this paragraph shall be applicable to all service retirants granted retirement effective on or before September 1, 1989, except a retirant who el...

...By authority of sections 3307.04 and 3307.60 of the Revised Code, the following rule shall apply to the plans of payment provided in sections 3307.58, 3307.59 and 3307.60 of the Revised Code: (A) The provisions for reselection of a plan of payment set forth in this paragraph shall be applicable to all service retirants granted retirement effective on or after October 1, 1989, or a retirant who elects...

...By authority of sections 3307.04 and 3307.60 of the Revised Code, the following rule shall apply to the plans of payment provided in sections 3307.58, 3307.59 and 3307.60 of the Revised Code: (A) The provisions for reselection of a plan of payment set forth in this paragraph shall be applicable to all service retirants granted retirement effective on or after October 1, 1989, or a retirant who elects...

...(A) Amounts due to a retirant receiving retirement benefits under a plan described in division (A) of section 3307.60 of the Revised Code and unpaid at death shall be paid to the retirant's surviving beneficiary or beneficiaries under the plan on a prorated basis. The amount payable to each surviving beneficiary shall be determined by multiplying the amount due the retirant by a fraction whose nu...

...Chapter 3307:1-7 of the Administrative Code is adopted to establish the definitions, procedures and guidelines needed to fulfill the requirements of sections 3307.48, 3307.62, 3307.63, and 3307.631 of the Revised Code and to assure fair and impartial evaluation of all applications for disability benefits. As used in Chapter 3307:1-7 of the Administrative Code: (A) "Applicant" means the member for who...

...(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 limitatio...

...(A) If the medical review board or its chair determines that through medical treatment or mechanical devices an applicant's condition might be improved, within the twelve month period following the filing of an application, consideration of the application may be delayed while the applicant obtains the treatment or mechanical devices specified by the medical review board or its chair provided that...

...The following procedures are hereby established for the appeal of any denial or termination of disability benefits by the retirement board following an independent medical examination by the state teachers retirement system. (A) At least seven days before a recommendation is presented to the retirement board, written notification shall be issued to the applicant or recipient. This notice shall include ...

...The following rule is established pursuant to section 3307.48 of the Revised Code, which specifies that each disability benefit recipient shall submit to an annual independent medical examination. The retirement board may require additional examinations if the chair of the medical review board determines that additional information should be obtained. The retirement board may forego an annual medical exa...

...The following procedures are hereby established pursuant to section 3307.48 of the Revised Code for the appeal of termination of disability benefits by the retirement board when a recipient performed teaching services as defined by rule 3307:1-7-01 of the Administrative Code. Recipients who return to contributing service with the retirement system shall not have the right to appeal the termination of disabi...

...(A) As used in section 3307.66 of the Revised Code and this rule: (1) "Continuously incompetent" means a person was determined to be physically or mentally incompetent and has remained physically or mentally incompetent without any break since the determination was made. (2) "Physical or mental incompetency" shall be determined in accordance with division (A) of section 3307.66 of the Revise...

...In determining benefit increases as authorized in section 3307.67 of the Revised Code, the following shall apply: (A) For the purpose of that section and this rule: (1) "Base benefit" shall mean the amount payable on the effective date of a benefit or the effective date of any subsequent reselection of plan of payment and does not include any benefit adjustments granted by statute after retire...

...(A) Establishment of health care program (1) Pursuant to section 3307.39 of the Revised Code, a health care program is hereby established for certain benefit recipients and their dependents who meet eligibility requirements specified in this chapter and in any medical or ancillary plan offered. (2) The health care program shall consist of such medical plans and ancillary plans as the retirem...

...(A) Eligibility The following individuals shall be eligible to participate in a medical plan offered by the retirement system: (1) A service retiree with an effective benefit date: (a) Before January 1, 2004; or (b) Between January 1, 2004 and July 1, 2023 and the benefit is based on fifteen or more years of total service credit; or (c) After July 1, 2023 and the benefit is based on twenty or more ...

...(A) Eligibility The following individuals shall be eligible to participate in a medical plan offered by the retirement system: (1) A service retiree with an effective benefit date: (a) Before January 1, 2004; or (b) Between January 1, 2004 and July 1, 2023 and the benefit is based on fifteen or more years of total service credit; or (c) After July 1, 2023 and the benefit is based on twenty or...

...(A) Notwithstanding any provision in Chapter 3307. of the Revised Code or in the rules governing the state teachers retirement system to the contrary, distributions to members and beneficiaries shall be made in accordance with section 401(a)(9) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 401, as amended, and applicable regulations thereunder and with the following rules. (1)...