A8.524 RETIREMENT SYSTEM CREDIT FOR PER DIEM

NURSE SERVICE (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter, any member of the Retirement System under Sections A8.509, A8.587,

A8.600, A8.603, or any subsequently approved miscellaneous plan, who is employed in a registered nurse classification that qualifies them for membership in the Retirement System may purchase up to three years aggregated retirement service credit for time worked in a P103 per diem appointment prior to becoming a member of the Retirement System, subject to the terms of this Section A8.524. (b) A member shall be eligible to purchase retirement service credit as set forth in subsection (a), only if: (1) the member is a registered nurse; (2) the member has worked an average of not less than 32 regularly-scheduled hours per week for at least one calendar year in a registered nurse classification that qualifies them for membership in the Retirement System prior to electing to purchase service credit; and (3) during the time in which the member worked in a P103 per diem appointment for which they seek to purchase credit, the member did not concurrently work in a nurse job classification that is within the Retirement System. (c) Nothing in this Section A8.524 shall permit any time worked as a P103 per diem nurse to be used to establish membership in the Retirement System. (d) The employing department shall certify to the Retirement System that a member is eligible to purchase retirement service credit pursuant to eligibility criteria set forth in this Charter Section A8.524. A member electing to purchase service credit with the Retirement System for a period of qualifying per diem appointment must so elect in writing on a form provided by the Retirement System. This election must be made and payment received before the effective date of retirement. (e) The cost to purchase this prior service credit shall be based on the contribution rate percentage in effect at the time the service was rendered. Service credit will be allowed only for such contributions plus interest received by the Retirement System from the member prior to the effective date of retirement. A member cannot receive more than 80 hours of service credit in a pay period and cannot receive more than one year of service credit in a fiscal year, as a result of such prior service credit purchase. (f) This Section A8.524 creates no vested right to the benefits received pursuant to this Section. The voters expressly reserve the right to alter, reduce, or repeal such benefits for any or no reason. (g) This Section A8.524 shall not apply to Retirement System members who retired, died, or separated prior to the effective date of this Section, or to their successors in interest. (Added by Proposition I, Approved 11/5/2024)