Section 86.237

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES

Chapter 86

Effective - 28 Aug 2001, 4 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  86.237.  Legal adviser — medical board — appointment of administrator. — 1. The board of trustees is authorized to use the city counselor of the specified cities as a legal advisor to the board of trustees and may also appoint an attorney-at-law or firm of attorneys-at-law to serve as the legal advisor and consultant to the board of trustees and to represent the system and the board of trustees in all legal proceedings.

  2. The board of trustees shall designate a medical board to be composed of three physicians who shall arrange for and pass upon all medical examinations required under the provisions of sections 86.200 to 86.366, shall investigate all essential statements and certificates made by or on behalf of a member in connection with an application for disability retirement and shall report in writing to the board of trustees its conclusions and recommendations upon all the matters referred to it. In addition, the board of trustees may appoint a fourth physician to act as an administrator of the medical board who may, with the consent of the board of trustees, select the members of the medical board and coordinate any reports to the board of trustees.

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(L. 1957 p. 256 § 12, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1808, A.L. 2001 S.B. 290)