In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 38-641

  • Board: means the board of trustees of the public safety personnel retirement system established by section 38-848, including its authorized employees, administrators, attorneys and agents. See Arizona Laws 38-641
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Peace officer: means a certified peace officer as defined in section 38-842. See Arizona Laws 38-641
  • Peace officers: means sheriffs of counties, constables, marshals, policemen of cities and towns, commissioned personnel of the department of public safety, personnel who are employed by the state department of corrections and the department of juvenile corrections and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, peace officers who are appointed by a multicounty water conservation district and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, police officers who are appointed by community college district governing boards and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, police officers who are appointed by the Arizona board of regents and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, police officers who are appointed by the governing body of a public airport pursuant to section 28-8426 and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, peace officers who are appointed by a private postsecondary institution pursuant to section 15-1897 and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board and special agents from the office of the attorney general, or of a county attorney, and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Program: means the public safety cancer insurance policy program established by this article. See Arizona Laws 38-641

1. "Board" means the board of trustees of the public safety personnel retirement system established by section 38-848, including its authorized employees, administrators, attorneys and agents.

2. "Employer" means this state or any political subdivision of this state, including cities, towns, fire districts and Indian tribes, that employs firefighters, peace officers, corrections officers, detention officers or other members as defined in section 38-881 and that participates in the public safety personnel retirement system established by chapter 5, article 4 of this title or the corrections officer retirement plan established by chapter 5, article 6 of this title.

3. "Peace officer" means a certified peace officer as defined in section 38-842.

4. "Program" means the public safety cancer insurance policy program established by this article.