Common use of Permanent Disability Sick Leave Clause in Contracts

Permanent Disability Sick Leave. Permanent disability means an employee suffers from a disabling physical injury or illness and is thereby prevented from engaging in any District occupation for which the employee is qualified by reason of education, training or experience. Sick leave may be used by permanently disabled employees until all accruals of the employee have been exhausted or until the employee is retired by the Retirement Board, subject to the following conditions: a. an application for retirement for disability has been filed with the Retirement Board; b. satisfactory medical evidence of such disability is received by the appointing authority within thirty (30) days of the start of use of sick leave for permanent disability; c. the appointing authority may review medical evidence and order further examinations as deemed necessary, and may terminate use of sick leave when such further examination demonstrates that the employee is not disabled, or when the appointing authority determines that the medical evidence submitted by the employee is insufficient, or when the above conditions have not been met. The District shall implement the above provision by revision and updating of the appropriate District Personnel Bulletins.