I. ELIGIBILITY

A. The following personnel are eligible for accidental injury leave.

1. All sworn police personnel.

2. Any other employee who is temporarily exposed to unusually hazardous conditions.

3. Any employee, who is a member of a class, recognized by the action of repricing, to be a class exposed to unusually hazardous conditions.

B. Conditions of Eligibility

1. The personal injury must have arisen out of and in the performance of the employee's duty.

2. There must have been no negligence on the employee's part.

II. CLAIMS

A. Every police officer injured in the line of duty shall be placed on accidental injury leave as provided by Section 79-15, HRS.

B. Other employees injured in the performance of their duties shall submit a memorandum to the Personnel Officer detailing the circumstances under which the injury was incurred and describing the unusally hazardous conditions existing at the time of the injury.

III. DURATION OF LEAVE

A. Accidental injury leave shall commence on the first day of eligible disability and continue for a period of four (4) months.

B. Should an employee return to duty during the four-month period, and thereafter become disabled because of the same injury, his disability leave shall continue as though he had not returned to duty.

C. Employees who temporarily return to duty during their accidental injury leave period to attend court or other required appearances shall receive no additional compensation unless the duty period extends beyond eight (8) hours regardless of the shift to which they were assigned prior to going on leave.

IV. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

A. During the four months immediately following the commencement of the accidental injury leave, the employee shall contact the supervisor at least once every fifteen (15) calendar days.

B. Should the employee remain on leave beyond four months, the employee shall contact the supervisor at least once each month.

C. If the employee is under continuous care of a physician, he shall cause the physician to submit a written interim report every twenty- one (21) days.

V. ELECTION OF COMPENSATION FOR INDUSTRIAL INJURY

A. At the onset of the disability or as soon thereafter as possible, the employee shall complete and submit Form Ch-AR-7, Notification and Election of Compensation for Industrial Injury, to the Administrative Services Division.

GUY A. PAUL
CHIEF OF POLICE

(New: 12-08-83)