Common use of Certification of Need for Medical Leave or Fitness to Return to Work Clause in Contracts

Certification of Need for Medical Leave or Fitness to Return to Work. 7.3.3-1 It is the Administration’s right to verify illness when absence exceeds five (5) consecutive days, or if there is a suspected pattern of abuse, even though five (5) consecutive days may not have been used. The Administration shall require a teacher to furnish a registered physician’s signed certification, which may serve as an initial or an additional opinion, stating that the teacher’s absence is for valid medical reasons. The teacher and the Administration will jointly select the physician and the school district will pay the cost of this examination. 7.3.3-2 If such certification shows a teacher’s absence not to be for valid medical reasons, then one day of pay at the teacher’s per diem rate based on FTE and salary will be deducted from the teacher’s pay for each day of unsubstantiated absence. 7.3.3-3 The Administration may also require a teacher to present certification from his physician regarding fitness to return to work with or without restrictions after an absence due to illness, injury, childbirth, or emotional condition.