Continuing Education Leave. Section 1. An employee who must maintain licensure or certification which is deemed by Management to be essential to hospital treatment needs or to satisfy criteria which enable reimbursement from Medicare/Medicaid or other revenue sources, shall, if staffing permits, be granted an amount of paid release time sufficient to the maintenance of said licensure or certification. The Employer may reimburse employees for attending such training subject to budgetary constraints. Section 2. As part of the ongoing support for professional licensure, certification, and registration, Montana State Hospital may, at its discretion and upon written request from the employee, (1) give employees up to five days leave with pay to travel to and take tests necessary for licensure and certification; (2) pay up to $500 in testing fees for initial certification, licensure and/or registration; and/or (3) pay reasonable travel expenses related to participation in licensure, certification or registration tests.
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