Common use of Sick Leave Status Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave Status. Members who are absent from work due to non-job related injuries or illnesses (i.e. “Sick Leave”) shall not be required to submit a doctor's certificate (i.e. a Doctor’s Note or Report) to his/her superiors unless he/she is absent from work for more than two (2) consecutive days (i.e. a doctor’s certificate is required for three (3) or more consecutive days); provided that any Member who has incurred eight (8) incidences of unexcused Sick Leave absences in any calendar year shall be required to submit a doctor’s certificate for any additional Sick Leave absences of any duration for the remainder of that calendar year (for purposes of the preceding provision, an “incidence” of unexcused Sick Leave shall mean a 1-day or 2-consecutive day period of Sick Leave for which a certificate was not required). Each such certificate must state whether or not the individual is totally or partially disabled from performing his/her normal police duties and whether or not the member is disabled from performing light duty; a general description of the nature of the injury or illness; the date(s) the physician expects the member to be out of work (if known), and the date the physician expects the member to be back to work (if known). The Department and its members and representatives shall comply in all respects with applicable state and federal laws regarding the use of and disclosure of any confidential healthcare information in the implementation of these Sick Leave provisions, and shall in all respects guard the privacy of the Members’ confidential healthcare information.

Sick Leave Status. Members who are absent from work due to non-job related injuries or illnesses (i.e. “Sick Leave”) shall not be required to submit a doctor's certificate (i.e. a DoctorDoc- tor’s Note or Report) to his/her superiors unless he/she is absent from work for more than two (2) consecutive days (i.e. a doctor’s certificate is required for three (3) or more consecutive days); provided that any Member who has incurred in- curred eight (8) incidences of unexcused Sick Leave absences in any calendar year shall be required to submit a doctor’s certificate for any additional Sick Leave absences of any duration for the remainder of that calendar year (for purposes pur- poses of the preceding provision, an “incidence” of unexcused Sick Leave shall mean a 1-day or 2-consecutive day period of Sick Leave for which a certificate was not required). Each such certificate must state whether or not the individual is totally or partially disabled from performing his/her normal police duties and whether or not the member is disabled from performing light duty; a general description de- scription of the nature of the injury or illness; the date(s) the physician expects the member to be out of work (if known), and the date the physician expects the member to be back to work (if known). The Department and its members and representatives shall comply in all respects re- spects with applicable state and federal laws regarding the use of and disclosure of any confidential healthcare information in the implementation of these Sick Leave provisions, and shall in all respects guard the privacy of the Members’ confidential con- fidential healthcare information.