Sec. 862.003. CERTIFICATION OF PHYSICAL FITNESS. (a) A prospective member shall present to the local head of the department, for delivery to the local board, a certification of physical fitness by a qualified physician. The person becomes a member of the pension system if the local board accepts the certification or if the local board assigns the person to perform support services and enrolls its support staff as members of the system.
(b) A local board shall assign a person to perform support services if the person does not present an acceptable certification and the person is at least 18 years of age, is not retired from the pension system, and is not serving a probationary period before becoming a regular member of a participating department.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 803 (S.B. 522), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 697 (H.B. 2751), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2009.
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