(a) The membership of the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System shall include the following persons:

(1) If his or her employer had its firefighters covered by a relief fund on the operative date, each person first employed as a firefighter on or after the operative date shall become a member of this system and not be a member of the relief fund;

(2) If his or her employer had its police officers covered by a relief fund on the operative date, each person first employed as a police officer on or after the operative date shall become a member of this system and not be a member of the relief fund;

(3) If his or her employer did not have its firefighters covered by a relief fund on the operative date, all persons employed as firefighters on the date the employer covers firefighters under this subchapter shall become members of the system as of that date, and each person first employed as a firefighter thereafter shall become a member upon employment;

(4) If his or her employer did not have its police officers covered by a relief fund on the operative date, all persons employed as police officers on the date the employer covers police officers under this subchapter shall become members of the system as of that date, and each person first employed as a police officer thereafter shall become a member upon employment;

(5) The administrative staff of the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System; and

(6) A current active firefighter or police officer member of the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System employed as an instructor at the Arkansas Fire Training Academy or the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy on or after July 1, 2013.

(b) In any case of question as to the system membership status of any person, the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System shall decide the question.

(c) When covering a person first employed in paid service as a firefighter or police officer on or after July 1, 1985, the employer shall require an employment physical examination of the employee, under criteria established by the board.