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may be disabled either through injury or illness as a result of,
or arising from their respective employment.

(2) The Secretary shall make such rules as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection.]

(d)  The head of any department may request the Secretary of
Personnel to approve compensation for an employee, when funds are
available, at the regular rate of pay, for any annual leave days
in excess of the maximum amount allowed under the law which the
employee has been denied the opportunity to accumulate or use.
The Secretary of Personnel may approve requests for compensation
of unused annual leave days only when those requests are
accompanied by written documentation presented by the requesting
department head outlining the unusual administrative reasons for
the denial of the accumulation or use of annual leave by the
employee.

(e) (1) If any employee who has been in the State service
for not [less than ten] FEWER THAN 5 years suffers an illness or
injury which would result in his absence from duty for a period
of time exceeding that provided in subsection (a) with pay, that
employee[, with the approval of the head of the department or
agency of the State in which he is employed,] may appeal to the
Secretary of Personnel for an extension of sick leave with sick
pay.

(2)  Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection,

after RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT

OR AGENCY AND being satisfied as to the merits of the case, the
Secretary may authorize an extension of sick leave with sick pay
up to one year.

(3) (I) AN ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE MAY NOT BE GRANTED AN

EXTENSION OF SICK LEAVE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION UNLESS THE EMPLOYEE
HAS EXHAUSTED ALL AVAILABLE ADVANCED SICK LEAVE GRANTED UNDER
SUBSECTION (A)(3)(III) OF THIS SECTION.

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[(3)] (II) When added to the total number of leave
days otherwise authorized for the employee under subsection (a)
of this section, the number of extended sick leave days granted
the employee under this subsection may not provide for a total
number of leave days that exceed [1 year] 15 MONTHS.

(f)  Subject to the above provisions of this section, all
credits to an employee's pay, including credits for earned but
unused annual vacation leave, and all deductions from an
employee's pay, including deductions for leave without pay at any
time, shall be based pro rata upon the number of working days
included in the period for which the employee is paid his
established biweekly compensation; and no deductions shall be
made for any days on which such employee is entitled to be absent
from work with pay.