Montana Code Annotated 2001

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     19-17-410. Determination of disability. (1) The board shall determine whether a member has become disabled. In the discharge of its duty regarding determinations, the board, any member of the board, or any authorized representative of the board may order medical examinations, conduct contested case hearings, administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, certify to official acts and records, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records considered necessary as evidence in connection with a claim for disability benefits.
     (2) The board shall retain medical personnel to advise it in initially determining the nature and extent of disabling conditions.

     History: En. Sec. 127, Ch. 99, L. 2001.

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