Leave Validation. Each leave, as set out in provision I., Available Leave, above, is subject to the prerequisite validation as follows:
A. Both I. A. & B., Available Leave, leaves must be validated, at the university’s request, as to the enabling facts of the leave. For example, it must be established by the applicant for leave hereunder that he/she is the parent, within the express meaning of that term as hereinafter defined.
B. Leave, under I. C., & I. F, Available Leave,. above, must be validated by a written certification from a qualified, licensed, health care provider, that the employee is needed and able to provide care directly related to and on account of an acutely or chronically debilitating health condition requiring hospitalization and/or continuing licensed health provider intervention and treatment. The certification must also specify the debilitating condition and the prognosis for abatement or recovery with medical opinion as to time anticipated for abatement or recovery. Finally, upon request by the university, the employee must validate, through reasonable means, the enabling family relationship.
C. Leave, under I. D., Available Leave, above, must be validated by a written certification of expert opinion by a qualified, licensed health care provider, describing the work debilitating illness or other work debilitating health related condition and its disabling onset, affect and anticipated duration. When an employee seeks to take leave under I.D and may be eligible for leave rights under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), NJIT may include a statement of the essential functions of the employee’s job with its request for medical certification. The medical certification may be deemed insufficient if the health care provider does not identify which essential functions the employee is unable to perform.
D. Under leave enabling provisions I. C., D, and F., Available Leave, above, when the university reasonably believes a submitted certification is suspect, in significant degree, it may require a second opinion from a licensed health care provider who is qualified in the field of the contended disability/illness. An opinion concurring with the employee's submitted validation shall result in leave validation. An opinion dissenting from a suspect/faulty validation shall result in referral, as set out hereunder, to a third, independent health care provider, qualified in the field of the contended disability/illness, for final, binding opinion either va...
Leave Validation. Each leave, as set out in provision I. above, is subject to the prerequisite validation as follows:
Leave Validation. Each Leave, as set out in provision A. above, is subject to prerequisite validation as follows:
1. Both A.1 and 2. Leaves must be validated, at NJIT’s request, as to the enabling facts of the Leave. For example, it must be established by the applicant for Leave hereunder that he/she is the parent, within the express meaning of that term as hereinafter defined.
2. Leave, under A.3 above, must be validated by a written Certification from a qualified, licensed, health care provider, that the employee is needed and able to provide care directly related to and on account of an acutely or chronically debilitating health condition requiring hospitalization and/or continuing licensed health provider intervention and treatment. The Certification must also specify the debilitating condition and the prognosis for abatement or recovery with medical opinion as to time anticipated for abatement or recovery. Finally, upon request by NJIT, the employee must validate, through reasonable means, the enabling family relationship.
Leave Validation. Each leave, as set out in provision A., Available Leave, above, is subject to the prerequisite validation as follows:
1. Both A.1. and 2., Available Leave, leaves must be validated, at NJIT’s request, as to the enabling facts of the leave. For example, it must be established by the applicant for leave hereunder that he/she is the parent, within the express meaning of that term as hereinafter defined.
2. Leave, under A.3., Available Leave, above, must be validated by a written certification from a qualified, licensed, health care provider, that the Sergeant is needed and able to provide care directly related to and on account of an acutely or chronically debilitating health condition requiring hospitalization and/or continuing licensed health provider intervention and treatment. The certification must also specify the debilitating condition and the prognosis for abatement or recovery with medical opinion as to time anticipated for abatement or recovery. Finally, upon request by NJIT, the Sergeant must validate, through reasonable means, the enabling family relationship.
