Chapter 4501:2-7 | Retirement System

Rule 4501:2-7-01 | Definitions.

• Effective: April 20, 1985
• Promulgated Under: 111.15 - IM

(A) "State highway patrol officer" means an officer of the uniformed division of the Ohio state highway patrol who has completed all entry level and training requirements and has been appointed as a trooper under the provisions of section 5503.03 of the Revised Code.

(B) "Line of duty" means:

(1) When acting pursuant to the duties and powers invested by Chapter 5503. of the Revised Code.

(2) While off duty and in or out of uniform and after identifying self as a state highway patrol trooper, and responding to a situation within the powers and duties of Chapter 5503. of the Revised Code or a felony section of the "Ohio Criminal Code."

(C) "Administrative or clerical duties" means general office duties to include but not exclusive of:

(1) Writing reports;

(2) Typing reports;

(3) Filing;

(4) Recording data.

(D) "Meal or rest period" means while the Ohio state highway patrol officer is engaged in eating a meal or resting in an off-duty status. Meal periods or rest periods taken during emergency or riot conditions will not be considered as meal or rest periods for granting occupational injury leave.

(E) "Personal business" means:

(1) The completion of any activity not required of the officer by Chapter 5503. of the Revised Code.

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Rule 4501:2-7-02 | Application process.

• Effective: April 20, 1985
• Promulgated Under: 111.15 - IM

(A) All requests for injury leave must be filed within forty-five days of the original injury or last day worked for subsequent absences.

(B) In the event the officer is unable to make application for occupational injury leave due to the officer's health and medical condition, a member of the employee's family or representative of the employee may file and sign the occupational injury leave request.

(C) Certification of the occupational injury leave request will not be final until it has been approved by the Superintendent of the Ohio state highway patrol.

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Rule 4501:2-7-03 | Prescribed forms.

• Effective: April 20, 1985
• Promulgated Under: 111.15 - IM

(A) Application for occupational injury leave will be made upon the prescribed form.

(B) Physician's reports to the superintendent will be made upon the prescribed forms.

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Rule 4501:2-7-04 | Periodic medical examinations.

• Effective: April 20, 1985
• Promulgated Under: 111.15 - IM

(A) When occupational injury leave is granted, periodic medical examinations will be conducted by a physician selected by the superintendent.

(B) The frequency of these examinations will be determined by the superintendent based upon the severity of the injury and condition of the highway patrol officer.

(C) Results of these periodic examinations will be reported to the superintendent in a timely manner and in compliance with the promulgated rules.

(D) These medical reports will include:

(1) The results of the examination.

(2) A description of the progress made by the patrol officer in recovering from the independent injury.

(3) Whether or not the independent injury continues to prevent the patrol officer from attending work.

(E) Physicians reporting to the superintendent will use the forms prescribed by the superintendent which will be supplied to the physician by the officer involved or the officer's supervisor if the officer is unable.

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Rule 4501:2-7-05 | Benefits.

• Effective: April 20, 1985
• Promulgated Under: 111.15 - IM

(A) Each state highway patrol officer shall be entitled up to one thousand (1,000) hours of occupational injury leave with full pay for each injury incurred in the line of duty.

(B) Occupational injury leave shall not be used for absence occurring within seven calendar days of the injury. During that seven-calendar-day period, unused sick leave may be used for such absence.

(C) Each injury incurred in the line of duty which aggravates a previous existing injury, whether the previously existing injury was so incurred or not, shall be considered an independent injury.

(D) Each officer granted occupational injury leave by the superintendent shall not lose vacation, sick leave, personal leave, and service credit while receiving occupational injury leave benefits.

(E) A subsequent related absence that occurs after a return to work following a prior approved occupational injury leave will be considered as the same occupational injury claim.

(F) All occupational injury leave benefits must be approved by the superintendent of the Ohio state highway patrol pursuant to the provisions of section 5503.08 of the Revised Code and the rules promulgated in Chapter 5503. of the Revised Code. Decisions of the superintendent shall be final.

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