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Section 18.07. Before an absence may be charged against accLUnulated sick leave, the Employer may require such proof of illness, injury or death as may be satisfactory to him, or may require the employee to be examined by a medical doctor. In any event, an employee absent for more than three (3) consecutive working da.ys must provide the NOMBL medical form statement to be eligible for paid sick leave. Section 18.08. If an employee fails to submit satisfactory proof of illness, injury or death upon request, or in the event that upon such-proof as is submitted on the NOMBL medical form statement or upon the report of a medical examination, the Employer finds there is not evidence of illness or injury sufficient to justify the employee's absence, sick leave may be considered an unauthorized leave, shall be without pay, and may be the cause for disciplinary action. Section 18.09. The Employer may require an eqnployee who has been absent due to a serious illness or injury such as a heart attack, lost limb or sight, physical or mental disability, surgery, prior to and as a condition of his return to work to be examined by a medical doctor or occupational health facility, designated and paid for by the Employer to establish that he is physically able to perform his normal work duties or that his return to duty will not jeopardize the health and safety of others. Section 18.10. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above, in the event the Employer requests that the employee be examined by a medical doctor or occupational health facility, this secorxl opinion may be obtained from a State of Ohio licensed doctor and board-certified in the same area or medicine as that of the employee's attending physician. If any delay in the eanployee's return to work is caused by the Employer or the doctor or facility designated by the Enployer, then the employee sha,ll continue to be paid sick leave; provided Yze has a sick leave balance. Section 18.11. Any employee who transfers fran this department to another department of the Employer shall be allowed to transfer his accumulated sick leave to the new department. Section 18.12. Any full-time employee of the Employer who had accumulated sick leave earned fran being employed by the State of Ohio or any other political subdivision of the State of Ohio and has become employed full-time by the Employer within ten (10) years after his termination from such other public employer shall be allowed to transfer said accumulation to his sick leave accunulation with the Enployer, provided that for'employees hired fizll-time after August l, 1989, such sick leave accumulation sha.ll be limited to a maximtan of six hundred (600) hours and was not surrendered to the former employee for cash payment. In order to transfer this leave, the employee must submit a certification of such time by this previous employer to the City's Finance Department. Section 18.13. At the time of death, disability retirement or retirement; fran active service with the Employer and provided he has a minimum of five (5) years or more of continuous service with the Employer, an employee may elect to be paid, for one-ha.lf (2) the value of his accrued but tmused sick leave credit, based upon the following: Retired after August 1, 1991: 400 hours, ma.ximlun payment. Retired after August 1, 1992: 450 hours, maximun payment. Retired after August l, 1993: 500 hours, maximtun payment. -13-