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Section 31-276. ~edic~l examinations of beneficiary of <br /> disability retirement ~liowance. <br /> <br /> Once each year during the first five (~) years following <br />the retirement of a member on a disability retirement allowance <br />and at least once in every three (3) year period thereafter, <br />~he board may require any such member prior to his normal <br />retirement date to undergo a medical examination by the <br />examiner. Should such a member refuse to submit to undergo <br />a ~edical sxamination by the examiner, his retirement allowance <br />shall.be discontinued until his withdrawal of such refusal, <br />and should such refusal continue for one year, all his <br />rights to any further disability allowance shall cease. <br /> <br />Section 31-277t Reduction of disability retirement allowance. <br /> <br /> (a) Whenever a member receiving a disability retirement <br />allowance subsequently becomes engaged in ~ainful occupation, <br />.he d!sablllty allowance shall be reduced by the amount of <br />income received which e~ceeds the difference between the <br />disability retirement allowance and the amount of wages <br />or salary the member would have been entitled to had his <br />employment progressed in the same rank and grade with credit <br />for the tev~l of seniori~ty he would have attained had he not <br />been disabled. Such r~duction ~n disability retirement <br />allowance shall continU.e until his nozumal retirement date. <br /> <br /> ~b) Should the examiner report and certify to the board <br />at any time that any member receiving a disability retire- <br />.ment allowancs is able to engage in qainfut occupation <br />paying an amount equal to or more th~n his average final <br />compensation ~as~desc.ribed .in pa~ragraph (a) and should the board <br />find that such member shall have ~efused any employment con- <br />sidered by the board suitable to his capacity, he shall not be <br />entitled to any such allowance during the continuance of such <br />refusal, unless in the opinion of the board, such refusal was <br />justified. <br /> <br /> (c) At least once each year during the first five (5) <br />years following retirement of a~member on~a d~sability retire- <br />ment allowance, and at least once in every two-year period <br />thereafter, the board shall require any such member, prior <br />to his n~rmal retirement date, to submit to the secretary of <br />the board such information as the board may deem appropriate <br />concerning any gainful employment, and the compensation therefor, <br />in which the member may be participating or in which the member <br />may have participated sufosequent to his retirement from service. <br /> <br />3¸0 <br /> <br /> <br />