1. (a) An employee is entitled to receive appropriate health care to be provided by the appointing authority and leave with pay in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, if:

   1. (1) the employee has a positive tuberculin skin test result on a test taken by the employee at the direction of the employee's appointing authority; and
   2. (2) the Secretary of Health determines that, for public health reasons, the employee should not work for a given period of time.
2. (b) Leave granted to an employee under this subsection for public health reasons may not exceed 90 days. If it is determined that a longer absence is medically required, the employee may use other forms of leave to the extent authorized under this title.

Added by Acts 1994, c. 627, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1994. Renumbered from State Personnel and Pensions § 7-1002 by Acts 1994, c. 471, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1994. Renumbered from State Personnel and Pensions § 7-1102 and amended by Acts 1996, c. 347, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1996. Amended by Acts 2017, c. 62, § 6.