§ 51.1-1122. Successive periods of short-term disability
A. A participating employee's disability which is related or due to the same cause or causes as a prior disability for which supplemental short-term disability benefits were paid shall be deemed to be a continuation of the prior disability if the employee (i) is eligible for benefits payable under the Act, whether or not he is receiving such benefits, and (ii) returns to his position on an active employment basis for less than fourteen consecutive calendar days, or twenty-eight consecutive calendar days if the short-term disability is due to a major chronic condition, as defined by the Board or its designee, requiring periodic absences. Days of work arranged pursuant to vocational, rehabilitation, or return-to-work programs shall not be counted in determining the duration of the period of the employee's return to work.
B. If a participating employee returns to his position on an active employment basis for fourteen consecutive calendar days or longer, any succeeding period of disability shall constitute a new period of short-term disability. However, if the cause of the participating employee's disability is a major chronic condition, as defined by the Board or its designee, requiring periodic absences, and the participating employee returns to his position on an active employment basis for more than twenty-eight consecutive calendar days, any succeeding period of disability shall constitute a new period of short-term disability.
(1998, c. 774.)
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