Limited membership benefits

If you do not complete a CMAPS form or your CMAPS discloses conditions that you may take excessive sick leave during the first three years of membership, you may be classified as a Limited Benefits Member (LBM).

Being classified as a LBM means that, in the event of invalidity or death, your benefit will be payable as a lump sum and calculated only up to the date of exit, that is, no future service is taken into account.

 After three years of membership, you are entitled to full benefits membership, regardless of your medical situation.

Medical Assessment (CMAPS)

We need to know your health history and whether there is a possibility of medical problems that may affect your employment or claims on the PSS within the first three years of membership.

New members must complete a questionnaire, called the CONFIDENTIAL MEDICAL AND PERSONAL STATEMENT (CMAPS), and lodge it with their personnel section within 14 days of starting membership. A medical assessment must be made for all members entering the PSS, regardless of prior membership. If, after examining your CMAPS you are assessed, in terms of the PSS Rules, to be sufficiently healthy to carry out your duties without taking excessive sick leave within three years of joining the PSS, you will be classified a full benefits member.