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employee's medical condition permits. Unwillingness to accept such an <br />assignment as directed by the Director of Emergency Services will make the <br />employee ineligible for disability leave during the time involved. <br />C. A physician selected by the County may be used to determine the physical <br />ability of the employee to continue on disability leave or to return to work. <br />D. Except as may be modified by Article 26.11, if the disability leave is <br />approved, the first seven (7) days of the leave will be charged to the <br />employee's medical leave or the annual leave account. After the first seven <br />(7) days, the employee will be entitled to normal Workers' Compensation <br />only, unless the employee elects to supplement such Workers' Compensation <br />benefits with any accrued medical or annual leave he or she may have. In no <br />case shall the employee's total compensation from county pay and Workers' <br />Compensation exceed his or her normal compensation. <br />E. No new medical leave shall be accumulated during the period an employee is <br />off the job due to injury. <br />F. At any time during the period of disability, any case may, upon request, be <br />reviewed by an authorized County physician who shall recommend retention, <br />reduction, or separation to the Director of Emergency Services, <br />26.11 In the event of a combat injury, generally defined as occurring from the point of alarm to the <br />return to station, an employee will be paid an amount equal to the employee's normal <br />earnings by use of District funds or a combination of District funds and Workers' <br />Compensation without charge to the employee's medical or annual leave. This coverage will <br />be extended to other hazardous activities, if approved by the Director of Emergency Services, <br />after a request for approval of such paid disability has been made by the union president. <br />The Director's approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. <br />42 <br />