The application or request for disability retirement for members of the system under the provisions of Articles V or VI of this chapter shall be made (a) while the member is an employee of the city, or (b) within one hundred twenty (120) calendar days from the date upon which the member ceases to be an employee of the city, or (c) while the member is incapacitated for performance of his or her duties from the last day he or she is an employee of the city to the time of such application or request and the member is not receiving any retirement allowance under this system. No application or request for disability retirement as the result of an injury received in or illness caused by the performance of duty shall be received or considered by the retirement system manager, where the alleged injury or illness occurred more than four years prior to the filing of the application or request, and the member after the injury or his or her first illness resulting therefrom has rendered continuous service in his or her regular employment to the city during the intervening period.
For purposes of this section, the date of occurrence of injury or illness is the date upon which the member first suffered disability therefrom and either knew, or in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have known, that such disability was caused by the performance of his or her duties and is of an extended and uncertain duration. (Prior code § 34.13.1304)