5 C.F.R. § 630.402

Current through November 30, 2024
Section 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.

5 C.F.R. §630.402

75 FR 75373 , Dec. 3, 2010