(d) Employees who shall have served for a period of ten (10) years or more, may upon exhaustion of their sick time allowance at full pay as herein provided, apply for and be granted an additional thirty (30) days of sick time allowance at full pay. Upon exhaustion of these thirty days, a teacher may apply for and be granted a second thirty (30) days of additional sick time allowance at full pay.

(e) Each 30-day extension of sick time allowance shall be specifically authorized by the Board upon recommendation by the  Superintendent. In such latter cases, if teachers are not hospitalized they may be required to undergo an examination by a doctor appointed by the Board. The additional full pay allowances may be granted not more than once during a ten (10) year period and any unused portions of such additional leave will not be cumulative.

(f) The principal or Division Head or Superintendent may require a doctor’s statement at any time in the case of absence on account of illness.