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A TRUE COPY <br />CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE <br />RYAN L. BUTLER, CLERK <br />B. For employees hired on or after the beginning of the first pay period after May 25, <br />2015, medical leave shall not exceed 600 hours at any time. <br />26.04 USE OF MEDICAL LEAVE <br />MEDICAL LEAVE MAY BE GRANTED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: <br />A. Personal injury, pregnancy or illness not connected with work. <br />B. Medical, dental, optical or chiropractic examination or treatment. (Refer to <br />"D" for members of employee's family.) <br />C. Exposure to a contagious disease which would endanger others. <br />D. Illness of a member of .the employee's immediate family who lives <br />permanently in the same domicile which requires the personal care and <br />attention of the employee. No more than five (5) working days a year may <br />be taken for this purpose without approval of the Fire Chief (see definition <br />of immediate family in Article 24). <br />E. Events in accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. <br />26.05 REQUEST FOR LEAVE <br />A. To receive compensation while absent on medical leave, the employee shall notify <br />the employee's immediate supervisor or Fire Chief prior to or as soon as possible <br />after the time set for beginning the daily duties. An employee in a unit operating <br />on a twenty-four (24) hour basis must notify the department (Call Out) within the <br />time limit established by the Fire Chief. <br />B. Once an employee calls out on medical, such leave cannot be cancelled unless <br />authorized by the Fire Chief of designee. <br />C. Medical leave used adjacent to any other approved leave will not be authorized <br />unless the employee submits medical certification within two (2) shifts of returning <br />to work. <br />D. Use of medical leave shall not be permitted after submission of an employee's <br />resignation (which shall not include retirement or entry into the DROP). A <br />resignation submission date will act as a timestamp, all medical leave occurrences <br />requested after the resignation date will be drawn from the employee's annual <br />45 <br />