630.402—Requesting sick leave.

An employee must file an application—written, oral, or electronic, as required by the agency—for sick leave within such time limits as the agency may require. The employee must request advance approval for sick leave for the purpose of receiving medical, dental, or optical examination or treatment and, to the extent possible, for the purposes described in § 630.401(a)(3), (4), and (6).

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§ 630.402 , Nt.

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Effective Date Note: At 75 FR 75373, Dec. 3, 2010, § 630.402 was redesignated as § 630.404 and a new § 630.402 was added, effective Jan. 3, 2011. For the convenience of the user, the added text is set forth as follows: § 630.402 Advanced sick leave. (a) At the beginning of a leave year or at any time thereafter when required by the exigencies of the situation, an agency may grant advanced sick leave in the amount of: (1) Up to 240 hours to a full-time employee— (i) Who is incapacitated for the performance of his or her duties by physical or mental illness, injury, pregnancy, or childbirth; (ii) For a serious health condition of the employee or a family member; (iii) When the employee would, as determined by the health authorities having jurisdiction or by a health care provider, jeopardize the health of others by his or her presence on the job because of exposure to a communicable disease; (iv) For purposes relating to the adoption of a child; or (v) For the care of a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness, provided the employee is exercising his or her entitlement under 5 U.S.C. 6382(a)(3) . (2) Up to 104 hours to a full-time employee— (i) When he or she receives medical, dental or optical examination or treatment; (ii) To provide care for a family member who is incapacitated by a medical or mental condition or to attend to a family member receiving medical, dental, or optical examination or treatment; (iii) To provide care for a family member who would, as determined by the health authorities having jurisdiction or by a health care provider, jeopardize the health of others by that family member's presence in the community because of exposure to a communicable disease; or (iv) To make arrangements necessitated by the death of a family member or to attend the funeral of a family member. (b) Two hundred forty hours is the maximum amount of advanced sick leave an employee may have to his or her credit at any one time. For a part-time employee (or an employee on an uncommon tour of duty), the maximum amount of sick leave an agency may advance must be prorated according to the number of hours in the employee's regularly scheduled administrative workweek.