Common use of Health Care Provider Certificate Clause in Contracts

Health Care Provider Certificate. The department director or the Director of Human Resources may require that sick leave be granted only by a certificate evidencing the sickness, signed by the employee’s attending medical doctor, or the authority may require the employee to report to the City-designated medical doctor for a physical examination. In any event, no sick leave with pay, for personal illness, or for attendance upon a member of the immediate family requiring the employee’s care or attendance shall be granted for a period longer than three consecutive workdays unless a certificate from a duly licensed health care provider is presented to the department director or Director of Human Resources. This certificate must be from the attending health care provider and must include a written statement indicating medical necessity for the employee’s absence on the specific date(s) due to personal illness or attendance upon a member of his immediate family. If the employee is absent due to an FMLA-qualified circumstance, the paid or unpaid sick leave absence will be designated as FMLA leave and treated in accordance with Article 19, Section 4, of this Contract. At the discretion of the department director or his designee, absence from work because of illness of a person other than those listed in Section 2 of this Article will have to be taken as vacation, personal leave, compensatory leave, and any other paid leave that may be available, or leave without pay as provided for in the Leaves of Absence Article, or as may be otherwise provided in this Contract.