The Department shall administer a bank which grants paid sick leave to qualifying members who have exhausted all their personal sick, compensatory, and annual leave balances and who are medically certified as unable to perform the duties of their jobs as a result of a personal illness, injury, accident, disability, medical condition, or quarantine; or illness of the member’s minor child. The Sick Leave Bank Board shall:

1. (1) Establish the criteria for distributing sick leave from the bank;
2. (2) Hear appeals of denials of request for sick leave; and
3. (3) Prescribe the form and manner of participation in the bank.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 8-50-901 through 8-50-910. Administrative History: (For history prior to January 2, 1988, see pages 1–2 of the Introduction at the beginning of the chapters.) Repeal and new rule filed November 18, 1987; effective January 2, 1988. Repeal and new rule filed December 14, 2010; effective May 31, 2011. Repeal and new rule filed July 5, 2012; effective October 3, 2012. Amendments filed February 7, 2017; effective May 8, 2017. Amendments filed January 18, 2023; effective April 18, 2023. Amendments filed October 25, 2023; effective January 23, 2024.