Substantiation of Personal Illness and Injury Sample Clauses

Substantiation of Personal Illness and Injury. The Superintendent of Schools or designee may require a physician’s statement substantiating an employee’s claim for leave due to personal illness or injury. In addition, whenever an employee is absent due to personal illness or injury for more than twenty-five (25) working days, the Superintendent of Schools or designee may, at the District’s expense, require any employee claiming such leave to submit to a medical examination conducted by a physician selected by the Superintendent of Schools or designee to determine whether the employee is entitled to leave for personal illness or injury. In the event that the physician selected by the Superintendent or designee concludes that the employee is not medically disabled and could, in fact, return to work or, if the employee refuses to submit to such an examination or fails to submit the statements provided by the physician selected by the Superintendent or designee, the District’s obligation to pay for such leave shall cease. The Superintendent of Schools or designee shall take no other disciplinary action against the employee if the employee declines to return to work during a period the employee’s own physician is of the opinion that the employee is medically disabled.