Kan. Admin. Regs. § 1-9-24 - Disaster service volunteer leave

(a) An appointing authority may authorize leave with pay to any employee in the classified or unclassified service who is a certified disaster service volunteer of the American red cross.

(1) Such leave may only be granted when:

(A) the employee is requested by the American red cross to provide disaster services;

(B) the disaster is designated as a Level II disaster or above by the American red cross; and

(C) the disaster occurs in Kansas or in states contiguous to Kansas.

(2) Request for disaster service volunteer leave shall be made in accordance with K.A.R. 1-9-3(a) and shall include written verification of the provisions of paragraph (a)(1) from the American red cross.

(3) Disaster volunteer leave shall not exceed 20 working days in the 12-month period that starts the first day the leave was used.

(b) The employee shall not be considered to be an employee of the state for the purposes of workers' compensation or the Kansas tort claims act while on disaster service leave.

Notes

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 1-9-24

Authorized by K.S.A. 75-3747; implementing L. 1993, ch. 33, § 3; effective, T-1-11-16-93, Nov. 16, 1993; effective Dec. 27, 1993.