51.1-1124 - Successive periods of long-term disability. - Virginia Statutes

§ 51.1-1124. Successive periods of long-term disability.

A. A participating employee's disability which is related or due to the samecause or causes as a prior disability for which supplemental long-termdisability benefits were paid shall be deemed to be a continuation of theprior disability if the employee is eligible for benefits payable under theAct, whether or not he is receiving such benefits, and returns to a positionon an active employment basis for less than 125 consecutive work days. Daysof work arranged pursuant to vocational, rehabilitation, or return-to-workprograms shall not be counted in determining the duration of the period ofthe employee's return to work.

B. If a participating employee returns to a position on an active employmentbasis for 125 consecutive work days or longer, any succeeding period ofdisability shall constitute a new period of disability.

(1998, c. 774; 1999, c. 144; 2004, c. 97; 2005, c. 419.)