Common use of Certification and Intermittent Leave Clause in Contracts

Certification and Intermittent Leave. A. The District will require an employee who requests leave to provide written certification on a form provided by the District and completed by the health care provider of the individual requiring care. If the leave is requested because of the employee’s own serious health condition, the certification must include a statement that the employee is unable to perform the essential function of their position. An employee need not, but may at the employee’s option, identify the serious health condition involved. B. Employees who request leave to care for a covered servicemember who a child is, spouse, parent or “next of kin” of the employee must provide written certification from a health care provider regarding the injured service member’s injury or illness. C. The first time an employee requests leave because of a qualifying exigency; the employee is required to provide the District with a copy of the covered military member’s active duty orders or other documentation issued by the military that indicates that the covered military member is on active duty or called to active duty in a foreign country with the dates of active duty service. New active duty orders or similar documentation shall be provided to the District if the need for qualifying exigency leave arises out of a different active duty or call to active duty status of the same or a different covered military member. D. If the second opinion is different from the first, the District may require the opinion of a third provider jointly approved by the District and the employee. The opinion of the third provider will be binding. E. If an employee requests leave intermittently (a few days or hours at a time) or on a reduced leave schedule to care for an immediate family member with a serious health condition, the employee must provide medical certification that such leave is medically necessary. “Medically necessary” means there must be a medical need for the leave and that the leave can best be accomplished through an intermittent or reduced leave schedule.

Certification and Intermittent Leave. A. The District will require an employee who requests leave to provide written certification on a form provided by the District and completed by the health care provider of the individual requiring care. If the leave is requested because of the employee’s own serious health condition, the certification must include a statement that the employee is unable to perform the essential function of their his/her position. An employee need not, but may at the employee’s option, identify the serious health condition involved. B. Employees who request leave to care for a covered servicemember who is a child ischild, spouse, parent or “next of kin” of the employee must provide written certification from a health care provider regarding the injured service member’s injury or illness. C. The first time an employee requests leave because of a qualifying exigency; , the employee is required to provide the District with a copy of the covered military member’s active duty orders or other documentation issued by the military that which indicates that the covered military member is on active duty or called to active duty in a foreign country with the dates of active duty service. New active duty orders or similar documentation shall be provided to the District if the need for qualifying exigency leave arises out of a different active duty or call to active duty status of the same or a different covered military member. D. If the second opinion is different from the first, the District may require the opinion of a third provider jointly approved by the District and the employee. The opinion of the third provider will be binding. E. If an employee requests leave intermittently (a few days or hours at a time) or on a reduced leave schedule to care for an immediate family member with a serious health condition, the employee must provide medical certification that such leave is medically necessary. “Medically necessary” means there must be a medical need for the leave and that the leave can best be accomplished through an intermittent or reduced leave schedule.

Certification and Intermittent Leave. A. The District district will require an employee who requests leave to provide written certification on a form provided approved by the District and completed by district from the health care provider of the individual requiring care. If the leave is requested because of the employee’s 's own serious health condition, the certification must include a statement that the employee is unable to perform the essential function of their his/her position. An employee need not, but may at the employee’s option, identify the serious health condition involved. B. Employees who request leave to care for a covered servicemember service member who is a child ischild, spouse, parent or “next of kin” of the employee must provide written certification from a health care provider regarding the injured service member’s injury or illness. C. The first time an a bargaining unit employee requests leave because of a qualifying exigency; , the employee is required to provide the District district with a copy of the covered military member’s active duty orders or other documentation issued by the military that which indicates that the covered military member is on active duty or called to active duty in a foreign country with the dates of active duty service. New active duty orders or similar documentation shall be provided to the District district if the need for qualifying exigency leave arises out of a different active duty or call to active duty status of the same or a different covered military member. D. If the district has reason to doubt the validity of a certification, the district may require a medical opinion of a second health care provider chosen by the district. If the second opinion is different from the first, the District district may require the opinion of a third provider jointly approved by the District district and the employee. The opinion of the third provider will be binding. E. If an employee requests leave intermittently (a few days or hours at a time) or on a reduced leave schedule to care for an immediate family member with a serious health condition, the employee must provide medical certification that such leave is medically necessary. “"Medically necessary” " means there must be a medical need for the leave and that the leave can best be accomplished through an intermittent or reduced leave schedule.

Certification and Intermittent Leave. A. The District will require an employee who requests leave to provide written certification on a form provided by the District and completed by the health care provider of the individual requiring care. If the leave is requested because of the employee’s own serious health condition, the certification must include a statement that the employee is unable to perform the essential function of their position. An employee need not, but may at the employee’s option, identify the serious health condition involved. B. Employees who request leave to care for a covered servicemember who is a child ischild, spouse, parent or “next of kin” of the employee must provide written certification from a health care provider regarding the injured service member’s injury or illness. C. The first time an employee requests leave because of a qualifying exigency; , the employee is required to provide the District with a copy of the covered military member’s active duty orders or other documentation issued by the military that which indicates that the covered military member is on active duty or called to active duty in a foreign country with the dates of active duty service. New active duty orders or similar documentation shall be provided to the District if the need for qualifying exigency leave arises out of a different active duty or call to active duty status of the same or a different covered military member. D. If the second opinion is different from the first, the District may require the opinion of a third provider jointly approved by the District and the employee. The opinion of the third provider will be binding. E. If an employee requests leave intermittently (a few days or hours at a time) or on a reduced leave schedule to care for an immediate family member with a serious health condition, the employee must provide medical certification that such leave is medically necessary. “Medically necessary” means there must be a medical need for the leave and that the leave can best be accomplished through an intermittent or reduced leave schedule.