Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

(1) The rate per hour at which sick
leave shall accrue to classified officers and employees earning credited state
service shall be at the rate represented by the proportion 96/2080. Sick leave
shall accrue without limit, and shall be transferable from department to
department.
(2) Sick leave shall not accrue to any officer or employee on any kind of
leave of absence without pay, suspension without pay or layoff. Sick leave
shall accrue while an officer or employee is on approved leave with pay, on
approved vacation leave, on approved military leave with pay, and on approved
sick leave, but not when compensatory time or earned administrative leave is
taken.
(3) All accrued sick leave shall be forfeited at the time of separation
from state service and no officer or employee shall be reimbursed for accrued
sick leave at the time of separation, except as provided in section 67-5339,
Idaho Code. If such officer or employee returns to credited state service
within three (3) years of such separation, all sick leave credits accrued at
the time of separation shall be reinstated, except to the extent that unused
sick leave was utilized for the purposes specified in section 67-5339, Idaho
Code.
(4) Sick leave shall be taken on a workday basis. Regularly scheduled
days off and officially designated holidays falling within a period of sick
leave shall not be counted against sick leave. Sick leave shall not be taken
in advance of being earned.
(5) In cases where absences for sick leave exceed three (3) consecutive
working days, the appointing authority may require verification by a physician
or other authorized practitioner.
(6) If an absence for illness or injury extends beyond the sick leave
accrued to the credit of the officer or employee, the officer or employee may
be granted leave without pay.
(7) The administrator shall prescribe additional requirements for sick
leave for classified officers and employees on a part-time or irregular
schedule, for maintaining sick leave records, for funeral leave, and such
other applicable purposes as necessary.

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