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...Except as provided in section 742.37 or division (D) of section 742.38 of the Revised Code and rule 742-3-05 of the Administrative Code, the effective date of any monthly pension or benefit payable under division (C) of section 742.37 or division (D) of section 742.38 of the Revised Code shall be the day following the final day for which compensation was last earned by virtue of working or using accrued lea...

...(A) For benefit calculation purposes, all payments made by an employer to an employee shall be reported to and considered by the Ohio police and fire pension fund ("OP&F") according to the definitions contained in section 742.01 of the Revised Code and this rule. (B) "Terminal pay" includes, but is not limited to, the specific payments defined in this rule, subject to the other provisions of ...

...(A) A disability benefit recipient shall file an annual statement of earnings by September first of each year with the Ohio police and fire pension fund ("OP&F"), unless the disability committee medical advisor has certified that the disability benefit recipient's disability is ongoing and the board waives the reqirement that a recipient file an annul earnings statement. The statement must be on t...

...(A) Unless the board's physician certifies that a disability benefit recipient's disability is ongoing according to the terms of the governing board policy and the board waives the requirement that a recipient file an annual statement of earnings, a disability benefit recipient shall file an annual statement of earnings by September first of each year with the Ohio police and fire pension fund ("O...

...(A) For purposes of divisions (C)(2), (C)(3), (C)(4), and (C)(5) of former section 742.37 of the Revised Code and section 742.38 of the Revised Code and this rule, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth herein: (1) "Board," shall mean the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund ("OP&F"). (2) "Applicant" shall mean a member of OP&F who has filed any type of a...

...(A) For purposes of divisions (C)(2), (C)(3), (C)(4), and (C)(5) of former section 742.37 of the Revised Code and section 742.38 of the Revised Code and this rule, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth herein: (1) "Board," shall mean the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund ("OP&F"). (2) "Applicant" shall mean a member of OP&F who has filed any type of a...

...(A) For purposes of divisions (C)(2), (C)(3), (C)(4), and (C)(5) of former section 742.37 of the Revised Code and section 742.38 of the Revised Code and this rule, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth herein: (1) "Board," shall mean the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund ("OP&F"). (2) "Applicant" shall mean a member of OP&F who has filed any type of a...

...(A) For purposes of divisions (C)(2), (C)(3), (C)(4), and (C)(5) of former section 742.37 of the Revised Code and section 742.38 of the Revised Code and this rule, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth herein: (1) "Board," shall mean the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund ("OP&F"). (2) "Applicant" shall mean a member of OP&F who has filed any type of a...

...(A) This rule shall only apply to a member who has been granted an on-duty disability and who has less than the requisite years of "salary," as set forth in divisions (G) and (L) of section 742.01 of the Revised Code and rule 742-3-02 of the Administrative Code, as of the effective date of retirement. (B) For purposes of calculating the on-duty disability benefit pursuant to section 742.39 of the Revised Code, the m...

...(A) The selection of an optional plan of payment and nomination of a beneficiary must be on a form approved by the board of trustees of OP&F. Prior to the "Effective Date" (as defined in paragraph (J) of this rule), the selection of an optional plan of payment and nomination of beneficiary may be revoked or changed. A member's selection of an optional plan of payment and nomination of a beneficiary will be processed ...

...(A) "Interim payment" is defined as the stream of monthly cash partial payments made to a member of Ohio police & fire pension fund (OP&F) in order to expedite the initiation of a pension or benefit to which the member is entitled while OP&F determines the final pension or benefit amount to be paid the member. (B) Any OP&F member who has met all the qualifications for service or disability retirement under section 7...

...(A) "Interim payment" is defined as the stream of monthly cash partial payments made to a member of Ohio police & fire pension fund (OP&F) in order to expedite the initiation of a pension or benefit to which the member is entitled while OP&F determines the final pension or benefit amount to be paid the member. (B) Any OP&F member who has met all the qualifications for service or disability retirement under section 7...

...(A) Waiver of annual medical examination requirement (1) For those members who are subject to the terms of division (C)(2)(a) of section 742.40 of the Revised Code (i.e., a disability benefit recipient who has been a member of Ohio police and fire pension fund ("OP&F") for less than twenty-five years and has not attained age forty-eight, such disability benefit recipient shall submit to an an...

...(A) Waiver of annual medical examination requirement (1) For those members who are subject to the terms of division (C)(2)(a) of section 742.40 of the Revised Code (i.e., a disability benefit recipient who has been a member of Ohio police and fire pension fund ("OP&F") for less than twenty-five years and has not attained age forty-eight, such disability benefit recipient shall submit to an an...

...(A) A member of the fund who is eligible to make the election under division (D) of section 742.3716 of the Revised Code shall be given notice of such choice. If a member of the fund who is eligible to make such election fails to make a decision within sixty days of being notified of the exact pension or benefit amount payable, then such member shall be deemed conclusively not to have exercised the election under div...

...(A) For a member of Ohio police and fire pension fund ("OP&F") who wishes to withdraw an application for service retirement or disability benefits, the provisions of paragraph (B) or (C) of this rule shall govern, depending on which paragraph applies to the particular situation. For pending disability benefit applications, the withdrawal of the application is also governed by paragraph (C)(6) of r...

...For purposes of division (C)(3) of section 742.40 of the Revised Code, Ohio police and fire pension fund ("OP&F") shall consider an OP&F member to be "employed as a police officer or firefighter" if one of the following applies: (A) The person is appointed, commissioned, compensated, designated, employed, engaged, volunteering, or otherwise serving as one of the following: (1) A sheriff, marshal, ...

...For purposes of division (C)(3) of section 742.40 of the Revised Code, Ohio police and fire pension fund ("OP&F") shall consider an OP&F member to be "employed as a police officer or firefighter" if one of the following applies: (A) The person is appointed, commissioned, compensated, designated, employed, engaged, volunteering, or otherwise serving as one of the following: (1) A sheriff, marshal, ...

...For purposes of division (C)(3) of section 742.40 of the Revised Code, Ohio police and fire pension fund ("OP&F") shall consider an OP&F member to be "employed as a police officer or firefighter" if one of the following applies: (A) The person is appointed, commissioned, compensated, designated, employed, engaged, volunteering, or otherwise serving as one of the following: (1) A sheriff, marshal, ...

...In the event of any forfeiture and termination of disability benefits in accordance with division (C) or (D) of section 742.40 of the Revised Code, Ohio police and fire pension fund (OP&F) shall convert the person's disability benefits to a service retirement pension if the person meets the age and service eligibility requirements under division (C)(1), (C)(2), (C)(3), or (C)(4) of section 742.37 of the Rev...

...(A) For purposes of calculating the DROP benefit, OP&F shall determine the monthly pension amount that would have been payable to the DROP participant had the member elected to receive normal service retirement benefits under division (C)(1) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code, according to the requirements set forth in divisions (G), (K) and (L) of section 742.01 of the Revised Code, rule 742-...

...(A) For purposes of accruing a DROP participant's contributions in accordance with the provisions of division (B)(1)(a), (B)(1)(b), (B)(2)(a), or (B)(2)(b) of section 742.443 of the Revised Code, the term "thereafter" shall mean the end of the payroll reporting period reported to OP&F in accordance with applicable statutory provisions prior to the anniversary date referenced in each subsection, as...

...(A) This rule shall apply to a member who is a DROP participant, called into active military service, and who is granted service credit for the time period during which the member was called into active military service while a DROP participant, pursuant to section 742.521 of the Revised Code. (B) In the event the member is on active military service at the time of the member's effective date i...

...(A) If, as part of the DROP election, a DROP participant elected an optional plan of payment under section 742.3711 of the Revised Code to have the member's monthly pension calculated as a retirement allowance that continues or is paid to a surviving beneficiary, the DROP participant shall be eligible to cancel such optional plan or continuation of all or part of the allowance in accordance with the provisions of di...

...(A) A DROP participant who is eligible for distributions under division (B)(3) of section 742.444 of the Revised Code may select periodic payments under division (B)(3)(b) of section 742.444 of the Revised Code according to the following methods: (1) Partial distributions, which are one-time payments and not recurring, in a gross amount equal to or greater than one thousand dollars per request, with a maximum of fo...