Common use of Certification Requirement Clause in Contracts

Certification Requirement. 1. In the event of absence due to illness the District may require a statement, after 3 consecutive days, of a physician, certifying the illness. a. Prior to returning to work, unit members may be required to furnish evidence of a physical examination or statement from a physician certifying his or her fitness to resume duty. It is the responsibility of the unit member to provide written notification via the physician’s completion of a return-to-work order at least two (2) work days prior to the anticipated date of release to work following leaves for any of the aforementioned reasons. Such notice is to be given to the District, to enable the District, at its option, to schedule the unit member for a return-to-work physical examination with a physician selected by the District, at District expense, prior to the unit member’s return to regular status. The physician(s) selected by the District shall make the final determination as to the unit member’s ability to return to work. In the event the unit member is not released to return to work by the physician selected by the District, the unit member’s status will continue on leave until all paid leave is exhausted. All medical information will be kept confidential. b. If the unit member’s return-to-work order, whether prepared by the unit member’s own physician or the physician retained by the District, authorizes a release to work but contains restrictions regarding physical activities, the District, in consultation with the employee, immediate supervisor, and said physician, shall make the final determination as to whether or not the essential functions of the position can be performed in light of such restrictions with reasonable accommodations, or whether the unit member should remain on leave until he or she is fully capable of performing the essential duties of the positions. Unit members will remain on leave until the final determination is made. c. If the return-to-work order containing restrictions is prepared by the unit member’s physician, the district shall have the option, as set forth above, to require the unit member to submit to an examination, at District expense, to a physician retained by the District. d. If the unit member is allowed to return to work with restrictions, it shall be the responsibility of the unit member to provide the District with periodic updates from his or her physician, at the unit member’s expense, of the continued necessity for such restrictions. Similarly, the District, at its option, may require the unit member to submit to periodic examinations by a physician retained by the District, at District expense, to verify the continued necessity for such restrictions.