Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5574 – Eligibility for disability pension
(a) A member who has 5 years of credited service, develops a disability and is no longer employed shall become eligible to receive a disability pension beginning with the month following the inception of his or her disability. Such member shall cease to be eligible at the end of the month in which he or she recovers from disability, if such recovery occurs before his or her attainment of age 60.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5574
- Credited service: shall mean , for any individual:
- Employee: shall mean :
- Member: shall mean a person who is an employee on or after the date the employer affiliates with the Fund. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5551
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) A member shall be deemed to have a disability who is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity for which the employee is reasonably suited by training or experience by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental disability which can be expected to result in death or to last for a period of not less than 12 months.
62 Del. Laws, c. 398, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §§ ?289-291;