Injury Arising Out of Employment Relationship. 1. Time needed for a teacher to recuperate from any personal injury arising out of and in the course of his or her employment shall result in no loss of salary, contract rights, or leave for the remainder of the current contract year, provided the injury results in disablement preventing such teacher from performing the normal duties required of said teacher, and further provided the teacher shall qualify for worker's compensation benefits, must request worker's compensation benefits, and must receive worker's compensation benefits after the required waiting period, and must receipt into the general fund an amount of money equal to any benefits. The Board reserves the right to require, at the Board's expense, a physical examination at any time during this absence, and to receive a complete copy of such examination.
2. Time for appearance before the Industrial Board or court of law involving a case in which a teacher is physically injured while acting out of and in the course of his or her employment shall result in no loss of wages or reduction of leave to the injured teacher.
