I.  PURPOSE
 

To provide policy and procedures for Industrial Follow-Up leave time for employees of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH or Department) to attend workers' compensation medical appointments.
 

II.  DEFINITIONS
 

Code 150 (Workers Compensation Leave): Leave granted to cover occasional absences due to an approved workplace injury/accident (IA). This leave is paid 100% of an employee's salary and is used to report those occasional absences for medical appointments.

Short Periods of Leave: No more than four (4) hours per day or eight (8) hours per week.
 

III.  POLICY
 

In accordance with Los Angeles County Code 6.20.070 (G), an employee shall be allowed short periods of leave with pay for medical treatment required to cure or relieve a compensable industrial injury or illness.

Short periods of leave are permitted only when the employee has returned to work and when treatment is authorized by the Workers Compensation Third-Party Administrator (TPA).

Leave shall not exceed two (2) years from the date of IA or illness.

If a claim is delayed pending determination of compensability, and a claimant is scheduled for a medical appointment to determine compensability, leave will be granted with the following conditions: employees attending the medical evaluation appointment are required to provide medical verification, including the date of injury, time and date of the appointment, as well as their time in and out of the evaluation.

Exceptions to this policy due to extraordinary circumstances may be approved by the Department Head or designee.
 

IV.  PROCEDURES
 

Procedures - Leave for Follow-up Medical Appointments for Industrial Injuries/Illnesses
 

V.  AUTHORITIES