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The employee must submit a "Shared Leave Request Form" to the Human Resources Department along with medical certification from a licensed physician or health care practitioner which describes the severity of the illness, injury, impairment or physical or mental condition and the expected duration of the condition necessitating the leave. lf the employee is incapacitated, the employee's representative may complete the request for the employee. The Human Resources Director will review the request for compliance with established policy. The employee and the Sheriff will be notified if the request is approved or denied. Once the request for shared leave has been approved, and if the requesting employee consents, the HR Department will notify fellow bargained employees of the employee's need for shared leave donations. lf the requesting employee does not consent to be named in the notification, the notice will be made as an "anonymous" request for shared leave donations. Details about the employee's reason(s) for the need for shared leave will not be disclosed. E. Eligibility for Donating Leave Kittitas County employees may donate accrued leave to the Shared Leave Bank or to a specific County employee who is eligible to receive shared leave under the following conditions: . The employee must be a regular paid employee and covered under the shared leave provision of the aforementioned collective bargaining agreement.. The employee was not intimidated, threatened, or coerced into donating accrued leave for the purpose of shared leave.. At no time will the act of sharing sick leave cause the employee's own sick leave bank to fall below 120 hours after the donated leave is subtracted.. Personal Holidays must be donated in full-day increments.. An employee may share a maximum of 40 hours per instance (qualifying event).. The donation must be submitted no later than one (1) month following the end of the receiving employee's shared leave eligibility. Donating Shared Leave The employee must submit a "shared Leave Donation Form" to the Human Resources Director who then reviews the request for compliance with established policy. Once approved, the HR Department will notify Payroll. The Employee and the Sheriff will be notified whether the request is approved or denied. The donation will be kept confidential if requested. G. Types of Donations Accrued leave may be donated to the Shared Leave Bank in one (1) of two (2) methods: 1. General Donation: Donated leave may be used for any approved request. 2. Specific Donation: Donated leave may be used only for the specific person to whom it was donated. Leave donated to a specific person will be returned to the donor if not utilized. H. Shared Leave Records F 35