The following definitions apply to 661-Chapters 400 through
403.
"Active member," "actively engaged member"
or"member in service" means a currently employed peace officer
of the Iowa department of public safety who is not reemployed pursuant to Iowa
Code section 97A.3, subsection 3.
"Board" means the board of trustees of the
system.
"Commissioner " means the commissioner of the
Iowa department of public safety who also serves as the chairperson of the
board of trustees.
"Department" means the Iowa department of
public safety.
"Line-of-duty death " means the death of a
member in service which was the direct and proximate result of a traumatic
personal injury incurred in the line of duty. Line-of-duty death does not
include the death of a member which resulted from stress, strain, occupational
illness, or a chronic, progressive, or congenital illness, including, but not
limited to, a disease of the heart, lungs, or respiratory system, unless a
traumatic personal injury was a substantial contributing factor to the member's
death. Line-of-duty death does not include the death of a member if the death
results in eligibility for payment of a line-of-duty death benefit pursuant to
Iowa Code section 100B.11 and 661-Chapter
291.
"Medical attention " means services provided
by licensed medical personnel including, but not limited to, office, hospital,
in-home nursing care, nursing home care, long-term care and prescriptions for
medicine or equipment.
"Medical board" means a board of three
physicians appointed by the board of trustees pursuant to Iowa Code section
97A.5, subsection 8.
"Peace officers' retirement system, " also
referred to as"the system, " means the Iowa department of
public safety peace officers' retirement, accident, and disability
system.
"Retired member" means a person formerly
employed as a peace officer of the Iowa department of public safety who is
currently receiving or has received pension benefits from the system.
"Secretary " means an employee of the
administrative services division of the Iowa department of public safety
designated by the division director to provide staff support to the
board.
"System" means the Iowa department of public
safety peace officers' retirement, accident, and disability
system.
