Common use of Extended Disability Clause in Contracts

Extended Disability. (a) If the contract or regular Faculty Member suffers an extended disability and is thereby unable to perform the assigned duties, the Faculty Member shall, upon exhaustion of paid sickness leave status as provided by Article 11, Section 3, be granted an unpaid extended disability leave. (b) The Faculty Member's request for such unpaid leave shall be accompanied by a physician's statement as to the necessity of such leave and the estimated duration of the disability. The District may at its expense require that the Faculty Member be examined by a physician selected by the District. In the event of a conflict in the findings of the two physicians, a third physician, mutually acceptable to the Faculty Member and the District shall be chosen and an opinion solicited. The cost of such examination by a third physician shall be paid by the District. (c) The period of such leave shall be determined by the medical condition of the Faculty Member and the needs of the instructional program. Any such extended disability leave shall not exceed a period of twelve (12) calendar months provided that such leave for a contract Faculty Member shall not exceed the end of the semester in which the disability occurs. The District may grant an extension or extensions beyond the period herein specified. Any such extension or extensions is subject to the requirements of subsection (b) of this Section.

Extended Disability. (a) If the contract a Contract or regular Regular Faculty Member suffers an extended disability and is thereby unable to perform the assigned dutiesrequired duties as a Faculty Member, the Faculty Member shall, upon exhaustion of paid sickness sick leave status as provided by in Article 11XIV, Section 34, be granted an unpaid extended disability leave. (b) The Faculty Member's request for such unpaid leave shall be accompanied by a physician's statement as to the necessity of such leave and the estimated duration of the disability. The District may at its expense require that the Faculty Member be examined by a physician selected by the District. In the event of a conflict in the findings of the two physicians, a third physician, mutually acceptable to the Faculty Member Member's physician and the District District's physician, shall be chosen and an opinion solicited. The cost of such examination by a third physician shall be paid by the District. If the Faculty Member chooses not to have a physician, but chooses, because of the Faculty Member's religious affiliation, to have such statement furnished by a recognized practitioner of a well-recognized church or denomination, the Faculty Member may still be required to submit to an examination by a District-designated physician and the provision for a mutually acceptable third physician shall not apply. (c) The period of such leave shall be determined by the medical condition of the Faculty Member and the needs of the instructional programMember. Any such extended disability leave shall not exceed a period of twelve (12) calendar months provided that any such leave for a contract Contract Faculty Member shall not exceed the end of the semester in which the disability occurs. The District may grant an extension or extensions extension(s) of such extended disability leave which may extend beyond the period herein specified. Any such extension or extensions is subject to the requirements of subsection (b) of this Section.subsection