(a) The following procedure shall be used to evaluate the status of each recipient of disability retirement benefits from the System and to establish whether further action is required: - (i) The System or its designee shall keep on file a record of each disability recipient's date of birth, date of disability, address, age, medical background and type and amount of benefit;
- (ii) Unless otherwise noted in the disability award letter, the System shall require, at a minimum, disability award recipients to provide annual updates of their medical records to the System or its designee from the recipient's primary physician. The System or its designee shall conduct annual reviews of each disability benefit recipient's file to establish whether or not the recipient has the potential for recovery, what type of physical review is necessary and what process is needed for that review;
- (iii) The System may require the recipient to submit to a functional capacity evaluation, physical examination, or other examination performed by a qualified evaluator as selected by the System at the System's expense;
- (iv) If the result of any procedure specified in this section indicates that the recipient is no longer disabled, all records of the evaluation and those of the original disability discovery shall be sent to the Disability Administrator for review and advisement;
- (v) Not less than quarterly, the System shall notify the Board of all reviews commenced and completed during the immediately preceding quarter and the outcome of each such review.
(b) In addition to the disability reviews specified in subsection (a) of this section, any disability benefit recipient who has been granted a disability conditioned upon further review at a future date shall be scheduled for review by the System or its designee in accordance with the condition specified in the disability award.
(c) No review shall be conducted of any disability recipient who has attained age sixty (60) years old (or normal retirement age, whichever is later), or who, by virtue of the medical record, is deemed by the Disability Administrator to have a terminal condition.
072-15 Wyo. Code R. § 15-4