§ 511. Disability retirement. 1. Retirement on account of disability\nshall be made under the following conditions: A member who has completed\nat least fifteen years of total state service or a member who is a\npresent teacher and who has completed twenty years of service, the last\nten of which were state service, may be retired on account of disability\neither upon the application of his employer or upon his own application\nor that of a person acting in his behalf, if the retirement board, after\na medical examination of said member by a physician or physicians\ndesignated by said board shall determine upon the basis of a report\nsubmitted by said physician or physicians that the said member is\nphysically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of duty, that\nhe was incapacitated at the time he ceased teaching and that said member\nought to be retired.\n 2. On retirement for disability, a member shall receive a\nsuperannuation retirement allowance if his state service is twenty-five\nor more years and he has attained age sixty or if his total service is\nthirty-five or more years; otherwise, he shall receive a disability\nretirement allowance which shall consist of:\n a. An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his\naccumulated contributions at the time of his retirement; and\n b. A pension of one-fifth (1/5) of his final average salary, with the\nexception that in no case shall the rate of such pension exceed\nfour-fifths (4/5) of the rate of pension to which he might have been\nentitled had retirement been deferred until the age of seventy as\nprovided under paragraph b of subdivision one of section five hundred\nten; and\n c. If he be a present teacher, a further pension of one one-hundred\nfortieth (1/140) of his final average salary multiplied by the number of\nyears of total service certified on his prior service certificate, and\n d. If the member has contributed pursuant to paragraph c of\nsubdivision three of section five hundred sixteen, a pension, in lieu of\nthe pension provided under paragraph b of subdivision two of this\nsection, of nine-tenths (9/10) of one one-hundredth (1/100) of his final\naverage salary multiplied by the number of years of total service not in\nexcess of twenty-five years, but not less than twenty (20) per centum of\nhis final average salary, plus nine-tenths (9/10) of one one-hundred\ntwentieth (1/120) of his final average salary multiplied by the number\nof years of total service in excess of twenty-five years but not in\nexcess of thirty-five years, nor in excess of the number of years for\nwhich credit is allowed under paragraph d of subdivision three of\nsection five hundred sixteen.\n 3. On and after July first, nineteen hundred seventy, a member who has\ncredit for ten years of full time state service, including at least two\nyears of such service rendered subsequent to June thirtieth, nineteen\nhundred sixty-seven and subsequent to the date upon which he last joined\nthe retirement system and who is under age fifty-five, and otherwise\nmeets the requirements of subdivision one of this section, may be\nretired on account of disability by the filing of an application with\nthe retirement board as required by subdivision one of this section.\nUpon such retirement, he shall receive, in lieu of the retirement\nallowance specified in subdivision two of this section and the pension\nfor increased-take-home-pay otherwise authorized in this article, a\ndisability retirement pension consisting of:\n a. a pension of one-sixtieth of his final average salary multiplied by\nthe number of his years of credited state service rendered after June\nthirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-nine and\n b. a pension of one-seventieth of his final average salary multiplied\nby the number of his years of credited state service rendered before\nJuly first, nineteen hundred fifty-nine and\n c. a pension of one one-hundred twentieth of his final average salary\nmultiplied by the numbe
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