87.82. For the purposes of the short-term salary insurance plan, the following provisions apply:(1) where the senior administrator becomes disabled during the period of leave, the period of leave shall continue in accordance with section 87.65 and the senior administrator may not benefit from the provisions of the short-term salary insurance plan determined in Division 5 of Chapter 4.On the scheduled date of return to work, if the senior administrator is still disabled, the disability is then presumed to begin on that date and the senior administrator shall benefit from the short-term salary insurance plan based on the percentage of salary determined in section 87.71 for the remainder of his participation in the plan;
(2) where the senior administrator becomes disabled during the duration of his participation in the plan but before having used his period of leave and the disability persists until the date on which the period of leave was scheduled, he may elect to:(a) maintain his participation in the plan and defer the period of leave to a time when he is not disabled. During that time, the officer shall benefit from the short-term salary insurance plan based on the percentage of salary determined in section 87.71 for the remainder of his participation in the plan.If the disability persists during the last year of the senior administrator’s participation in the plan, the plan may then be suspended from the scheduled beginning of the period of leave until the end of the disability. During that time, the senior administrator shall benefit from the short-term salary insurance plan and the period of leave leave begin on the day on which the disability ceases; or
(b) cancel his participation in the plan and the employer shall reimburse him the part of the salary he did not receive for the period of work elapsed, but without interest. The provisions of paragraph 4 of section 87.88 shall apply;
(3) where the senior administrator becomes disabled during his participation in the plan but after having used his period of leave, he shall benefit from the short-term salary insurance plan based on the percentage of salary determined in section 87.71. Upon the expiry of his participation in the plan, the senior administrator shall receive salary insurance based on the salary determined in accordance with the provisions of Division 5 of Chapter 4.