Should the employee qualify for weekly compensation, he or she may elect to utilize sick leave before receiving weekly payments of compensation. If the employee elects to utilize sick leave, the employee is not entitled to weekly payments of compensation under Texas workers' compensation statutes until sick leave is exhausted.

Source Note: The provisions of this §251.306 adopted to be effective June 9, 1980, 5 TexReg 2103; amended to be effective September 1, 1993, 18 TexReg 5323; transferred effective September 1, 1997, as published in the Texas Register April 24, 1998, 23 TexReg 4060.