Common use of Documentation Requirement Clause in Contracts

Documentation Requirement. An employee on sick leave for more than three (3) consecutive days may be required to furnish a doctor’s certificate prior to returning to work. In any case if the Sheriff has reasonable grounds to believe sick leave is being abused, the employee may be required to furnish a doctor’s verification of illness. Any employee out ill for thirty (30) consecutive calendar days shall provide the Sheriff with a doctor’s verification of illness. Such verification shall be submitted every thirty (30) consecutive days thereafter. If the employee fails to submit sufficient proof of illness when required to do so, such absence shall be considered as time off without pay. Upon return from sick leave of twenty (20) calendar days or more, the employee shall submit to the Sheriff a physician’s statement attesting to the employee’s recovery and physical fitness to perform the duties of his/her assignment. No employee will be allowed to return to work who has failed to present such physician’s statement. The County shall have the right at its discretion to verify the report of the attending physician concerning the illness or disability of an employee, and to require the employee to be examined, at the County’s expense, by a physician selected by the County to determine the nature and extent of the illness or disability.