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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 504

37.

(a) (2) Any employee using less than full vacation
leave allowable beginning January 1, 1942, shall be entitled
to have such unused leave accumulated up to 35 working days,
which shall be available to such employee for vacation leave
at any time, with the approval of the head of the
department.

(3) (I) In addition to annual vacation leave,
any employee is entitled to sick leave with SICK pay for not
in excess of 30 working days in any calendar year, and from
and after January 1, 1975, in addition to such annual
vacation leave, any employee shall be entitled to sick leave
with SICK pay for not in excess of 15 working days in any
calendar year; provided, however, that if any employee in
any calendar year uses less than the full amount of sick
leave allowable, such unused leave shall be accumulated and
shall be available to such employee for sick leave at any
time. Nothing in this section may cause an employee to lose
any sick leave accumulated as of December 31, 1974.

(II)  SICK LEAVE MAY BE TAKEN ONLY AS
AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION BECAUSE OF ILLNESS, ACCIDENT
DISABILITY OR, AS AUTHORIZED IN THIS SUBSECTION, BECAUSE OF
A DEATH IN THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY OF THE EMPLOYEE. Before
receiving any SICK pay for the period of absence, an
employee using three or more consecutive working days sick
leave in any 30-day period shall present an original
certificate signed personally by any of the following
licensed medical providers: physician, physical therapist,
dentist, or oral surgeon, or by any of the following
certified medical providers: clinical psychologist,
chiropractor or podiatrist, or by an accredited Christian
Science practitioner.

(III)  The Secretary of the Department of
Personnel may advance up to 60 days of sick leave to an
employee in any calendar year for a serious disability,
ailment or illness.

(c) (1) [The] IN ADDITION TO THE SICK LEAVE AND OTHER
LEAVE THAT OTHERWISE IS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS SECTION, THE
Secretary of Personnel may by rule provide for granting
[leaves of absence for longer periods] EXTENDED PERIODS OF
SICK LEAVE with SICK pay or with part SICK pay to employees
who may be disabled either through injury or illness as a
result of, or arising from their respective employment[;
and] .

(2) THE SECRETARY shall make such rules as may
be necessary to carry out the provisions of this [section]
SUBSECTION.

(e) (1) If any employee who has been in the State
service for not less than ten years suffers an illness or