Section 9-504 - Certificate of illness. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-504. Certificate of illness.
 

(a)  In general.- An employee who uses sick leave for 5 or more consecutive workdays for personal illness or disability or the illness or disability of a member of the employee's immediate family may not receive payment under this subtitle unless the employee gives the employee's immediate supervisor an original certificate of illness or disability. 

(b)  Signatures.- The certificate required under subsection (a) of this section shall be signed by one of the following: 

(1) a medical doctor who is authorized to practice medicine or surgery by the state in which the doctor practices; 

(2) if authorized to practice in a state and performing within the scope of that authority: 

(i) a chiropractor; 

(ii) a clinical psychologist; 

(iii) a dentist; 

(iv) a licensed certified social worker - clinical; 

(v) a nurse midwife; 

(vi) a nurse practitioner; 

(vii) an oral surgeon; 

(viii) an optometrist; 

(ix) a physical therapist; or 

(x) a podiatrist; 

(3) an accredited Christian Science practitioner; or 

(4) a health care provider as defined by the federal Family Medical Leave Act. 

(c)  Prognosis.- The certificate required under subsection (a) of this section due to an employee's illness or disability shall include a prognosis about the employee's ability to return to work. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 64A, § 37; 1993, ch. 10, § 2; ch. 502, § 1; 1996, ch. 347, § 1.]