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• (b) The disability retirement allowance provided pursuant to this Article shall end at such time as the employee reaches his normal retirement date as defined in section 19-91, or, at the option of the employee, at such time as the employee has completed five (5) or more years of creditable service and is at least fifty-five (55) years of age, or has completed twenty-five (25) years of creditable service and is at least fifty (50) years of age. (c) At such time as the disability retirement allowance ends pursuant to subsection (b), the employee shall be entitled to receive the same pension and benefits to which he would have been entitled had he not been injured, and remained a regular full time employee of the City; provided, however, that the employee will be entitled to the additional annual allowance under section 19-96 (c) only if he has completed twenty (20) years or more of creditable service, including creditable service accruing pursuant to subsection (a) for time not actually worked for the City. [Explanation: Pursuant to paragraph (a), an employee receiving a disability retirement allowance will continue to accrue creditable years of service even if he or she is no longer working for the City. The employee's options for age and service retirement are preserved in paragraph (b). Paragraph (c) • preserves the rule that a public safety employee must have 20 years of creditable service to qualify for the public safety supplement. An employee that is unable to work continues to accrue creditable service that counts toward the 20 year requirement.] • Sec. 19-157. Selection of benefits. (a) Any public safety employee eligible to receive benefits under this Article shall be ineligible to receive long term disability benefits pursuant to section 19-102.1. (b) Any public safety employee who incurs a work related disability may elect to apply for total and permanent disability retirement pursuant to section 19- 100 or partial disability benefits pursuant to section 19-102, in lieu of the allowance provided by this Article. The receipt of benefits under 19-100 or 19- 102 shall permanently disqualify the employee from receiving a disability retirement allowance under this Article for the same injury or illness. Sec. 19-158. Alteration, amendment or repeal; effective date. 10