Sec. 855.203.  MEDICAL BOARD.  (a)  The board of trustees shall designate a medical board composed of three physicians.
(b)  To be eligible to serve as a member of the medical board, a physician must be licensed to practice medicine in the state and be of good standing in the medical profession.  A physician who is eligible to participate in the retirement system may not be a member of the medical board.
(c)  The medical board shall:
(1)  review all medical examinations required by this subtitle;
(2)  investigate essential statements and certificates made by or on behalf of a member of the retirement system in connection with an application for disability retirement;  and
(3)  report in writing to the board of trustees its conclusions and recommendations on all matters referred to it.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 65.203 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.