XXI.E   Short-term Medical Disability

A full-time member of the teaching faculty who is unable to meet his or her teaching responsibilities or perform other duties as a result of a planned or emergency short-term medical disability--including a period of incapacity related to the bearing of a child--will be relieved of those duties, without loss of salary or benefits, during the period of incapacity. Documentation of the nature and duration of the disability is required in order to determine the appropriate accommodation and arrangements. If the incapacity would interrupt the teaching of courses by three or more weeks of the semester in which the interruption occurs, the relief may be granted for up to the entire semester. In such cases, the chair of the department or the dean of the school, in consultation with the Provost's Office, will make such arrangements as are necessary and appropriate with regard to covering the teaching and other responsibilities, including canceling an affected course or drawing upon funds from the dean of the school or the Provost's Office to employ a substitute instructor. Outside the period of incapacity, the faculty member will be expected to meet as many department and University responsibilities other than teaching, including research, committee membership, and student advising, as are compatible with the medical situation. Should the medical incapacity prevent the faculty member from meeting his or her full teaching and other responsibilities for a period that extends into a second semester, the Provost's Office should be consulted and the University's long-term disability policy may be applied. Alternatively, a leave of absence without salary might be approved. Relief from teaching responsibilities as the result of short-term medical disability is not considered a leave of absence. (See also Section XVII.D.7 "Extensions of Appointment.")