Ohio Admin. Code 5505-5-03 - Purchase of military service credit

(A) If a member elects not to purchase interrupted military service in accordance with division (D) of section 5505.16 of the Revised Code, the member may purchase military service credit in accordance with section 5505.25 of the Revised Code.

(B) The member may only purchase up to the period of time from the entry date to the date of discharge as designated by the member's DD- 214 or comparable document, or the period beginning with the date the member's leave of absence began and ending with the date the member returned to active service with the state highway patrol, whichever is less.

(C) A member may purchase military service credit under section 5505.25 and division (D) of section 5505.16 of the Revised Code in increments. The cost for purchasing a portion of military service credit shall be calculated as a proportionate part of the total cost.

(D) In no case shall a member receive more than three hundred sixty-five days of service credit for any one year.

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Ohio Admin. Code 5505-5-03

Effective: 8/8/2022
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 5/4/2022 and 08/08/2027
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 5505.07
Rule Amplifies: 5505.16, 5505.25
Prior Effective Dates: 02/15/1981, 01/01/1986, 11/01/1990, 10/21/2005, 02/01/2013, 05/18/2017