Section 31IAC5-9-1. Short-term disability; eligibility

   An employee who meets all the following criteria is entitled to short-term disability benefits under this rule:

(1) The employee must be employed on a full-time basis and have worked a minimum period of six (6) consecutive months of continuous full-time employment (during which time the employee is actively working without a break in service due to resignation, retirement, layoff, leave of absence, or termination) prior to the beginning of the elimination period.

(2) The employee must be absent due to illness, injury, or legal quarantine as evidenced by a physician's signed statement.

(3) The employee must have been absent thirty (30) consecutive calendar days due to the disability.

(State Personnel Department; 31 IAC 5-9-1; filed May 10, 2012, 2:32 p.m.: 20120606-IR-031110446FRA)