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6. SICK LEAVE FOR POLICE Police officers shall accumulate sick leave at the rate of 20 working days (160 or 240 hours, depending on shift) per year beginning 1 year after the date of employment. If unused, sick leave shall accumulate to a maximum of 90 days (720 or 1080 hours, depending on shift). (14-53-108). Time off may be charged against accumulated sick leave only for such days that a police officer is scheduled to work. No such sick leave as provided in this section, shall be charged against any police officer during any period of sickness, illness, or injury for any days which he/she is not scheduled to work. A leave request form must be completed as soon as the employee returns to work and forwarded to the City Clerk's office. If, at the end of a term of service, upon retirement or death, whichever occurs first, any police officer who has any unused accumulated sick leave, he/she shall be paid for this sick leave at the regular rate of pay in effect at the time of retirement or death. Payment for unused sick leave in the case of a police officer, upon retirement or death, shall not exceed 3 months' salary. 7. CATASTROPHIC LEAVE The City of Batesville's Catastrophic Leave Donation Program is intended to enable coworkers to provide some level of income protection to fellow employees who have exhausted their paid leave banks due to their own serious illness or injury, or the need to provide care to a seriously ill/injured immediate family member. This program relies upon the voluntary donation of vacation leave from fellow employees. A catastrophic illness or injury is a medical condition that is extraordinary or sever (serious, extreme or life threatening) and requires inpatient, hospice or in-home health care, such as cancer, major surgery, serious accident, heart attack, stroke, etc. In order to be covered under this policy, the medical condition must also render the employee unable to work due to his/her own health condition, or the health condition of an eligible family member for all regularly scheduled work days over a consecutive two week period. Regular, full-time employees must have one continuous year of service with the City in order to participate, either to apply for catastrophic leave or to donate leave to another employee. In order to apply for catastrophic leave, an employee must have exhausted all balances in his/her leave banks. This would include sick leave, vacation, comp time and personal day if applicable.