§45-28A-42.69. Qualifications for participation.

No member of the police department or fire department, who is not now contributing to the retirement fund, shall be entitled to participate in the retirement fund, or required to make contributions thereto, unless at the time he or she qualifies therefor he or she may be not less than 18 years of age and not more than 35 years of age, establish by an examination of him or her by a duly licensed and practicing physician that he or she is physically and mentally sound, and establish by examination of duly licensed and qualified specialists that his or her vision, hearing, and heart are in good physical condition.

(Act 80-442, p. 674, §21.)