Fla. Stat. 185.34
Disability in line of duty

For any municipality, chapter plan, local law municipality, or local law plan under this chapter, any condition or impairment of health of any and all police officers employed in the state caused by tuberculosis, hypertension, heart disease, or hardening of the arteries, resulting in total or partial disability or death, shall be presumed to be accidental and suffered in line of duty unless the contrary be shown by competent evidence. Any condition or impairment of health caused directly or proximately by exposure, which exposure occurred in the active performance of duty at some definite time or place without willful negligence on the part of the police officer, resulting in total or partial disability, shall be presumed to be accidental and suffered in the line of duty, provided that such police officer shall have successfully passed a physical examination upon entering such service, which physical examination including electrocardiogram failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, and, further, that such presumption shall not apply to benefits payable under or granted in a policy of life insurance or disability insurance. This section shall be applicable to all police officers only with reference to pension and retirement benefits under this chapter.

Source: Section 185.34 — Disability in line of duty, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0185.­34 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

185.01
Legislative declaration 185.02
Definitions 185.03
Municipal police officers’ retirement trust funds 185.04
Actuarial deficits not state obligations 185.05
Board of trustees 185.06
General powers and duties of board of trustees 185.07
Creation and maintenance of fund 185.08
State excise tax on casualty insurance premiums authorized 185.09
Report of premiums paid 185.10
Department of Revenue and Division of Retirement to keep accounts of deposits 185.11
Funds received by municipalities, deposit in retirement trust fund 185.12
Payment of excise tax credit on similar state excise or license tax 185.13
Failure of insurer to comply with chapter 185.015
Short title 185.16
Requirements for retirement 185.18
Disability retirement 185.19
Separation from municipal service 185.21
Death prior to retirement 185.23
Duties of Division of Retirement 185.25
Exemption from tax and execution 185.30
Depository for retirement fund 185.31
Municipalities and boards independent of other municipalities and boards and of each other 185.34
Disability in line of duty 185.35
Municipalities that have their own retirement plans for police officers 185.37
Termination of plan and distribution of fund 185.38
Transfer to another state retirement system 185.39
Applicability 185.50
Retiree health insurance subsidy 185.60
Optional participation 185.061
Use of annuity or insurance policies 185.085
Determination of local premium tax situs 185.105
Police and Firefighters’ Premium Tax Trust Fund 185.161
Optional forms of retirement income 185.162
Beneficiaries 185.185
False, misleading, or fraudulent statements made to obtain public retirement benefits prohibited 185.191
Lump-sum payment of small retirement income 185.221
Annual report to Division of Retirement 185.341
Discrimination in benefit formula prohibited

Current through Fall 2025

§ 185.34. Disability in line of duty's source at flsenate​.gov