“state service” includes service to the state for which the member, pursuant to Section 20281.5, did not receive credit.

California Highway Patrol (Class Code 1662), or Communications Supervisor II, California Highway Patrol (Class Code 1665).

described in Section 20401.5.

Application to the board for retirement of a member for disability may be made by:

the contracting agency, if the member is an employee of a contracting agency.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an employer may not separate because of disability a member otherwise eligible to retire for disability but shall apply for disability retirement of any member believed to be disabled, unless the member waives the right to retire for disability and elects to withdraw contributions or to permit contributions to remain in the fund with rights to service retirement as provided in Section 20731.

The application shall be made only (a) while the member is in state service, or (b) while the member for whom contributions will be made under Section 20997, is absent on military service, or (c) within four months after the discontinuance of the state service of the member, or while on an approved leave of absence, or (d) while the member is physically or mentally incapacitated to perform duties from the date of discontinuance of state service to the time of application or motion. On receipt of an application for disability retirement of a member, other than a

local safety member with the exception of a school safety member, the board shall, or of its own motion it may, order a medical examination of a member who is otherwise eligible to retire for disability to determine whether the member is incapacitated for the performance of duty. On receipt of the application with respect to a local safety member other than a school safety member, the board shall request the governing body of the contracting agency employing the member to make the determination.

If the board requests a person to submit to a medical examination, he or she shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses of transportation, and meals and lodging incident to the examination if he or she is required to travel more than 50 miles one way. Standard per diem rates in effect for state employees as authorized by current law shall be used for the reimbursement; provided, that higher costs of lodging may be paid if supported by receipt and determined necessary by the board. “Expenses of transportation” with respect to the use of private transportation

includes mileage fees from the person’s home to the place of examination and back to a maximum of 300 miles round trip or within the state at the appropriate current rate per mile authorized to state employees for use of private vehicles in accordance with current law plus bridge tolls. The per diem and mileage may be paid to the person by this system at the time he or she is given notification of the time and place of examination.

and applies therefor prior to the effective date of his or her retirement for disability or within 30 days after the member is notified of his or her eligibility for retirement on account of disability, in which event the board shall retire the member for service.

appeal the determination of the governing body. Appeal hearings shall be conducted by an administrative law judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of this title.

The governing body of a contracting agency shall make its determination within six months of the date of the receipt by the contracting agency of the request by the board pursuant to Section 21154 for a determination with respect to a local safety member.

A local safety member may waive the requirements of this section.

Upon the receipt by the board of an application for disability retirement with respect to a state peace officer/firefighter member, state patrol member, or a state safety member, the board shall inform both the employer and the member of all information required for the board to make its determination. The board shall make its determination within three months of the receipt by the board of all information required to make a determination for disability retirement on an application submitted by a state peace officer/firefighter member, state patrol member, or a

state safety member for disability retirement pursuant to this article.

necessary for the administration of this section and Section 21195.

21160, the employee shall seek administrative remedy from his or her appointing power through the departmental complaint process.

A member whose membership continues under Section 20731 shall be retired for disability and receive a retirement allowance based on the service credited to him or her at the time of retirement during any period in which he or she receives a disability retirement allowance under a county retirement system , subject to the following conditions:

more than 90 days of discontinuance of state service.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the retirement of a member who has been granted or is entitled to sick leave or who is entitled to compensating time off for overtime, shall not become effective until the expiration of the sick leave with compensation and the expiration of the compensating time off with compensation, unless the member applies for or consents to his or her retirement as of an earlier date, or unless, with respect to sick leave, the provisions of a local ordinance or resolution or the rules or regulations of the employer provide

to the contrary. This section shall also be applicable to a state member who participates in the annual leave program and who has been granted annual leave for the reasons applicable to sick leave.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the retirement for disability of a local safety member, other than a school safety member, shall not be effective without the member’s consent earlier than the date upon which leave of absence without loss of salary under Section 4850 of the Labor Code because of the disability terminates, or the earlier date during the leave as of which the disability is permanent and stationary as found by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the retirement for disability of a member, other than a local safety member, with the exception of a school safety member, who has been granted or is entitled to a leave of absence with compensation, which shall include nonindustrial disability insurance benefits payable pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 19878) of Chapter 2.5 of Part 2.6, shall not become effective prior to the expiration of the leave of absence with compensation, unless the member applies for or consents to his or her retirement as

of an earlier date.

If a member is entitled to a different disability retirement allowance according to whether the disability is industrial or nonindustrial and the member claims that the disability as found by the board, or in the case of a local safety member by the governing body of his or her employer, is industrial and the claim is disputed by the board, or in case of a local safety member by the governing body, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, using the same procedure as in workers’ compensation hearings, shall determine whether the disability is industrial.

The jurisdiction of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board shall be limited solely to the issue of industrial causation, and this section shall not be construed to authorize the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board to award costs against this system pursuant to Section 4600, 5811, or any other provision of the Labor Code.

At any time within 20 days after the service of any findings of fact by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board under this part, any party aggrieved thereby, or the board, may petition for a rehearing upon one or more of the following grounds, and no other:

Within 30 days after the petition for rehearing is denied, or, if the petition is granted, within 30 days after the rendition of amended findings of fact on rehearing, any person affected thereby, including this system, may apply to the Supreme Court or to the court of appeal of the appellate district in which he or she resides, for a writ of review, for the purpose of inquiring into and determining the lawfulness of the findings of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board.

The writ of review shall be made returnable not later than 30 days after the date of issuance thereof, and shall direct the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board to certify its record in the case to the court. On the return day the cause shall be heard in the court unless continued for good cause. No new or additional evidence shall be introduced in the court, but the cause shall be heard on the record of the appeals board, as certified to by it.