Page 57 - 2016-2021-ISU

Law, leave for child-rearing purposes shall be granted as provided in the

Attendance Rules and the guidelines for administration of those rules,

dated March 11, 1982 which are contained in Appendix II of this
Agreement. However, if a child is required to be admitted to a hospital for

treatment after childcare leave has commenced, upon employee request,
childcare leave shall be suspended during a single continuous period of

such hospitalization and that period shall not count toward calculation of
the seven month period. In such cases, any entitlement to mandatory

childcare leave expires one year from the date the childcare leave originally
commenced.

§10.19 Medical Verification
(a) When the State requires that an employee who has been absent due to

illness or injury be medically examined by a physician selected by the
appointing authority before such employee is allowed to return to work,

the appointing authority shall make a reasonable effort to complete a
medical examination within 20 working days as hereinafter provided.

(b) If, no more than 10 working days prior to the date specified by the
employee’s own physician as the date upon which the employee may return

to work, the employee provides the appointing authority with his or her
physician’s statement indicating that the employee is able to return to work

and specifying the date, the appointing authority shall have a total of 20
working days from the date of such advance notice, which shall include the

10 working days following the specified return-to-work date, to complete
a medical examination. For each working day of advance notice from the

employee less than 10, the appointing authority shall have an additional

working day beyond the return-to-work date to complete a medical
examination.
If, upon the completion of the 20 working day period provided for in

Section 10.19(b), the appointing authority’s physician has not completed

an examination of the employee or reached a decision concerning the
employee’s return to work, the employee shall be placed on leave with pay
without charge to leave credits until the examination is completed and a

decision made. The employee may not return to work, however, until the

employee has been examined by the appointing authority’s physician and
given approval to work. The leave with pay provision of this section shall

not apply where the failure of the appointing authority’s physician to

56