HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                    1881

A SERVICE THAT MUST BE PROVIDED CONTINUOUSLY ON A 7 DAY A WEEK
BASIS, MAY NOT USE THE 2 DAYS OF ANNUAL LEAVE PROVIDED FOR IN
ITEM (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL OBTAINED FROM
THE DEPARTMENT HEAD. HOWEVER, APPROVAL MAY BE DENIED ONLY IF THE
DEPARTMENT HEAD DETERMINES THAT DENIAL IS NECESSARY AS A RESULT
OF A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF STAFF. THE DEPARTMENT HEAD MAY NOT
DENY PERMISSION IF THE ANNUAL LEAVE IS REQUESTED FOR OBSERVANCE
OF RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS.

(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 an
accredited Christian Science practitioner or by any of the
following licensed or certified medical providers: physician,
physical therapist, clinical psychologist, dentist, oral surgeon,
chiropractor, podiatrist, certified nurse practitioner, or
certified nurse midwife.

(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.

(4)  Such annual vacation leave credits shall accrue
to the employee after his first six months of State service, on a
pro rata basis, and shall be available to him for such purpose at
any time thereafter, with the approval of the head of the
department. Sick leave credits shall accrue from the beginning
of the employee's State service, on a pro rata basis, and shall
be available to him for such purpose as earned, providing that
whenever the employee must be absent from work because of a death
in his immediate family, such absence may be charged against