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extem of the illness and how contracted, including the circumstances thereof. If after consideration of the totality of the facts, the Safety Director deternvnes that said disease was contracted during employ?nent and is of a temporary nalure requiruig medical leave, die Safety I?ireetor may authorize the full payment af the emplo_yees regular salary for a period of ninety davs. 16.1(b) If an Employee is injwed while engaged in an emergenc_y response, an injury iirvestigation shall be canducted by the Injury Investigadon Committee (The Fire Chief, an individual chosen by the Union and one individual designated by the Safety Director). Said Committee shall investigate the facts and circusnstaxices surrounding said injury and fonvard a report to the Safety Director. The Safety Director shall determine if the injury is work related and af a temporary nature. The Safety Director shall also determine the nature and extent of the uijury aud dhe cause thereof, including the surrounding circumstances. If after consideration of the totality of the facts determined from the urvestigation report and any independent determination of the Safety Director the Safety Director determines that it is appropriate to award said employee his regular pay he shall so order diat payment be made for a period not exceediiig iunety days. 16.1(c) If after ninety days either an illness or injury srill temporarily incapacitates the employee, the Safety Director shall recommend to Council whether to contuiue salary. Council shall forthwith review the matter and by a majority vote determine whether the employee shall continue to receive full salary during recuperation. 16.2 Any fiill-time Employee of the Fire DeparUneirt who qualifies for benefits under ihis Sectiai shaIl be required to pay over to the City any amount received from the Bureau of Workers' Compensation as seipplemental wages. Further, if at any time the Citv determines, oii the basis of medical eyidence, that the Employee is pernianenfly disabled and will no longer be able to carry on his duties, then the City may terminate payments and insist that die Employce go on a pension program. 163 Any Employee wha quaiifies for the benefits under this Section shall not have his accumulated sick time reduced because of a qualified accidental injury ar illness wliich occuned wiule in the line of duty. 16.4 In the event an Employee has been injwed or exposed to a toxic substance ar to an infectious disease in the course or scope of his employment, and is sent to the hospital for testing, treatment, and/or preventive measures, and Worker's Compensatian subsequendy determines that there was 23 ..,3