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may accumulate such credits up to a total of 200 days. Employees shall

have the ability to use up to 200 days of such credits for retirement service

credit and to pay for health insurance in retirement.
§10.8 Sick Leave Notification

An employee absent on sick leave shall notify his or her supervisor of
such absence regarding reason and duration on the first day of

such absence and within two hours after the beginning of his or her
workday. Notwithstanding an employee’s responsibility to provide notice

of such absence, no employee shall be denied use of sick leave credits
solely on the basis of having not spoken directly to his or her supervisor. If

no expected date of return is provided, the employee must call each day of
such absence.

Where the work is such that a substitute may be required, the appointing
authority may require earlier notification, but not more than one hour prior

to the beginning of the employee’s workday.
§10.9 Doctor’s Certificate

A doctor’s certificate will not routinely be required for absences of four
consecutive work days or less due to illness. Where an employee is

required to provide a doctor’s certificate, such notice shall be in writing.
When such requirement results from a review of the employee’s attendance

record, it shall be for absences subsequent to said notice. Upon notice to
the supervisor an employee may submit such certificate on a confidential

basis directly to the facility or agency personnel office.
§10.10 Use of Personal Leave

(a) The State shall not require an employee to give a reason as a condition

for approving the use of personal leave credits; provided, however, that
prior approval for the requested leave must be obtained; and that an
employee who has exhausted his or her personal leave credits shall charge

approved absences from work necessitated by personal business or

religious observance to accumulated vacation or overtime credits.
(b) Personal leave credits may be used in such units of time as the

appointing authority may approve, but the appointing authority shall not
require that personal leave credits be used in minimum units greater than

one-quarter hour. This provision shall not supercede any local
arrangements which provide for liquidation in smaller units of time.

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