(a)  Definitions. Sick Leave Pool Administrator is the Human Resources Division director or designee.     
      (b)  Procedures.      
        (1)  All contributions to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) sick leave pool are voluntary. Employees who contribute accrued sick leave hours to the TDCJ sick leave pool may not designate the contributed hours for use by a specific employee. An employee who contributes accrued sick leave hours to the sick leave pool may not withdraw the contributed hours of sick leave. There is no limitation for frequency of donations.       
        (2)  An employee may only withdraw time from the sick leave pool in the case of catastrophic injury or illness of the employee or a member of the employee's immediate family. The sick leave pool administrator shall determine the amount of time that an employee may withdraw from the sick leave pool. Any sick leave pool time granted qualifies as medical or parental leave.       
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §151.52 adopted to be effective March 28, 2002, 27 TexReg 2242; amended to be effective April 19, 2007, 32 TexReg 2141; amended to be effective July 8, 2012, 37 TexReg 4949; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 10392