Administrative Procedure 152: Medical Certificates - Staff and Students

 

1.1 The Director of Education or designate may request an employee to provide a medical certificate in the event of absence from work reported using an illness code in the absence management software. Principals or supervisors shall consult with the Human Resources Department before medical certification is requested of staff.

1.2 Costs for medical certification required by the board shall be paid by the board.

2.0 Procedures for Requiring a Medical Certificate: Students
Where a medical certificate is required by a principal to verify a student’s need for home/hospital instruction, to justify a student’s failure to write a required examination, to explain a period of extended absence by a student, to gain an exemption with respect to a required course, or other similar situation, the cost of the medical certificate will be borne by the student and/or the parent or guardian of the student.