NAC284.568. Sick leave: Placing employee on sick leave; conditions for return to work.

     1. An appointing authority may place an employee on sick leave if:

     (a) Due to a known or suspected illness or injury, the employee is not performing at the level required by his or her position or is not able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation, as determined by the appointing authority pursuant to NAC 284.441; or

     (b) The illness appears to be contagious.

     2. If the appointing authority places the employee on sick leave pursuant to subsection 1, the appointing authority may require the employee, before the employee may return to work, to provide documentation from a provider of health care which verifies that the employee is medically able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation and does not have a contagious illness.

     3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 281.390, the appointing authority may require an eligible employee to use sick leave during the time family and medical leave is granted.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Personnel, eff. 10-26-84; A 7-6-92; 3-23-94; R082-00, 8-2-2000; A by Personnel Comm’n by R145-05, 12-29-2005; R135-12, 10-4-2013)