PURPOSE: This rule establishes a procedure for establishing service credit during and after a leave for special conditions.

A member leaving the service of the department with the consent of his/her employer for special conditions such as personal hardship, disciplinary suspension or other extraordinary reasons for periods of ten (10) working days or less will receive creditable service for the time away from employment. If the duration of the leave is for eleven (11) or more working days, the member shall retain all prior creditable service upon his/her return to regular employment, but shall not be credited with such time as s/he shall have been absent from his/her employment.

AUTHORITY: sections 104.210.2, RSMo Supp. 1988, 536.023.3, RSMo 1986 and 104.040.1, RSMo Supp. 1987.* Original rule filed Feb. 16, 1988, effective May 12, 1988.

*Original authority: 104.210.2, RSMo 1955, amended 1983, 1988; 536.023.3, RSMo 1975, amended 1976; and 104.040.1, RSMo 1955, amended 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992. and Highway Patrol Retirement System