Continuation on Active Service Act

“3330f. Law enforcement officers; continued service after injury

“(a) An agency may waive any medical standards or physical requirements applicable to a position occupied by a law enforcement officer if the officer suffers a qualifying injury.

“(b) In carrying out subsection (a), the employing agency—

“(1) may utilize a medical review board as established under the authority granted by this title;

“(2) may assign the officer duties that take the qualifying injury into account;

“(3) may not reduce the general schedule pay scale of the injured law enforcement officer who returns to work full-time after the incidence of injury even if the duties are adjusted; and

“(4) shall take into account the health and safety of the officer and others.

“(c) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Office of Personnel Management shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section. Such regulations shall provide consistent application of this section, to the greatest extent practicable, in each employing agency.

“(d) A law enforcement officer who receives a waiver under this section shall be subject to the retirement benefits provisions under chapter 83 or 84 that would otherwise apply to the officer had the officer not suffered a qualifying injury.

“(e) In this section—

“(1) the term “law enforcement officer” has the meaning given such term in sections 8331(20) and 8401(17), and includes any member of the Capitol Police, the Supreme Court Police, or the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division; and

“(2) the term “qualifying injury” means an injury—

“(A) that results in the officer being unable to meet the medical standards or physical requirements otherwise required to occupy the applicable law enforcement position; and

“(B) is not due to misconduct, willful negligence, or incurred during an unauthorized absence.”