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ARTICLE 16 — SUBSTITUTE EMPLOYMENT Section 1 : Bargaining unit employees shall inform the Emergency Services Director, in writing, of any outside employment. ARTICLE 17 — BEREAVEMENT LEAVE Section 1 : Regular full-time bargaining unit employees covered by this agreement shall be granted 36 hours of leave with pay if services are in state and 48 hours if out of state, upon verbal request to the EMS Chief or his designee prior to the beginning of the leave, for death in their immediate family without charge to medical leave, annual leave, holiday time, or other accumulated time. Section 2 : For the purpose of this article, the immediate family shall consist of Spouse, Children and Step-Children, Parents and Step-Parents, Grandmother, Grandfather, Grandchildren, Brother, Sister, Mother-in-Law, Father4n-Law, Son-in-Law, Daughter-in- Law, Sister-in-Law, Brother-in-Law, Step-brother, Step-sister, or Legal Guardian of the bargaining unit employee, and any other individual so designated by the County for all other employees. Section 3 : Employees will be required to provide documentation supporting their request for bereavement leave for out-of-state leave . ARTICLE 18 — MEDICAL LEAVE Section 1 : Full-time permanent employees earn medical leave at the rate of 12 hours per month starting the first full month of employment. Section 2 : Medical leave may be accumulated for a total of no more than 60 days (720 hours) at the employee ' s anniversary date . Section 3 : Medical leave may be taken as earned. However, the initial probationary period shall be extended by the same number of shifts used as medical leave. Section 4 : Frequent claiming of benefits under this rule will constitute grounds for the assumption by the Emergency Services Director that the physical condition of the employee is below the standard necessary for the proper performance of duties. Evidence of malingering or the abuse of this benefit will constitute grounds for prompt disciplinary action up to and including dismissal by the Emergency Services Department . Section 5 : Upon resignation or termination for cause of an employee from the County' s services, all medical leave, current and accumulated, will be forfeited. Use of medical leave will not be approved or paid during the last two weeks of employment . 8