Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-49-116

Retired disabled persons.

A. All candidates being considered for a position of a paid

firefighter shall pass the required pre-employment offer physical

performance/agility test based on standards established by the State

Board; provided that the time between the administration of the

physical performance/agility test approval for membership in the

System by the Executive Director and the candidate’s actual hire

date by the participating municipality is less than twelve (12)

months, provided further that a volunteer firefighter who passes an

agility test at the time he or she is enrolled as a firefighter in a

combination paid and volunteer fire department shall not be required

to take a second agility test at the time of appointment as a paid

firefighter in the same fire department. After review of a

candidate’s physical performance/agility test presented to the

System by a participating municipality or its fire department, the

Executive Director may require that a second physical

performance/agility test be administered to said candidate by and

under the supervision of the Executive Director. Successful

completion of the second physical performance/agility test shall be

required before said candidate’s application for membership in the

System can be approved.

B. The State Board shall require that any candidate applying

for entrance as a member of the System, who has been offered a

position of a paid firefighter and before entering the employment of

a participating municipality as a paid firefighter, must

successfully complete a physical examination, as promulgated by the

administrative rules established by the State Board, in order to

participate and qualify to receive any benefits from the System;

provided that when the System receives all the information necessary

for entrance into the System, including written notice from the

System’s physician that the candidate has met the minimum medical

requirements for entrance, the Executive Director shall have the

authority to approve an entrance date for the candidate no earlier

than the date all the necessary information for entrance is received

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or the actual hire date whichever is later; provided that the time

between the administration of the physical examination approval for

membership in the System by the Executive Director and the

candidate’s actual hire date by the participating municipality is

less than six (6) months. All candidates shall be of good moral

character, free from deformities, mental or physical conditions,

disease and alcohol or drug addiction, which would prohibit a

candidate from performing duties as a firefighter. The State Board

shall have the authority to deny or revoke the membership of a

candidate submitting false information in such candidate’s

membership application and shall have final authority in determining

eligibility for membership pursuant to the provisions of this

article. This subsection shall not apply to any person who

terminates employment with a participating municipality as a paid

firefighter and is reemployed by the participating municipality or

employed by another participating municipality within six (6) months

of such termination, unless such person was terminated for medical

reasons.

C. Any person retired for disability under this article may be

summoned before the State Board herein provided for, any time

hereafter, and shall submit himself thereto for examination as to

his fitness for duty, and shall abide the decision and order of the

State Board with reference thereto; and all members of the fire

department, who may be retired under the provisions of this article,

shall report to some physician designated by the State Board when so

retired, as required by the State Board.