Section 16-25A-1

Definitions.

When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) EMPLOYEE. Any person who is employed full-time in any public institution of education within the State of Alabama which provides instruction at any combination of grades K through 14 exclusively, under the auspices of the State Board of Education or the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; provided, any person employed part-time by any public institution of education within the State of Alabama which provides instruction at any combination of grades K through 14, exclusively, under the auspices of the State Board of Education or the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind, shall be included in the definition of employee if such person shall agree to have deducted from his compensation a pro rata portion of the premium cost of a full-time employee, based on the percentage of time such person is employed, in accordance with such rules and regulations as shall be adopted by the board.

(2) RETIRED EMPLOYEE. Any person receiving a monthly benefit from the Teachers' Retirement System, who at the time of his retirement was employed by a public institution of education within the State of Alabama which provided instruction at any combination of grades K through 14, exclusively, under the auspices of the State Board of Education. Any person receiving a monthly benefit from the Teachers' Retirement System who at the time of his retirement was employed by a state-supported postsecondary institution and any person receiving a monthly benefit from the Employees' Retirement System whose retirement under the Employees' Retirement System was from a local board of education or a state-supported postsecondary institution who participated pursuant to Section 36-27-6.

(3) BOARD. The Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board.

(Acts 1983, No. 83-455, p. 640, §1; Acts 1985, No. 85-649, p. 1008, §3; Acts 1986, Ex. Sess., No. 86-697, §1.)