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r <br />26.04 ACCRUAL <br />Medical leave may be accumulated for a total of no more than one hundred (100) at the <br />employee's anniversary date. <br />26.05 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 be <br />taken for this purpose without approval of the Director of Emergency <br />Services (see definition of immediate family in Article 24). <br />E. Events in accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. <br />26.06 REQUEST FOR LEAVE <br />A. To receive compensation while absent on medical leave, the employee shall <br />notify the employee's immediate supervisor or Fire Chief prior to or as soon <br />as possible after time set for beginning the daily duties. An employee in a <br />unit operating on a twenty-four (24) hour basis must notify the department <br />within the time limit established by the Director of Emergency Services. <br />W <br />