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48 i (b) If the amount of leave credit provided has been or is about to be exhausted, an employee may make application for additional allowance to that provided under sub-section ('a) Such application shall be made to the Board, which is authorized to grant such additional allowances as it may de- termine to be equitable after reviewing all circumstances including the employee's attendance and performance rec- ord prior to conditions supporting his request for additional allowance. (c) Sick leave may be authorized by the department head and must be reported, on blanks provided for same, to the Board. (d) A physician's certificate of illness must be required from an employee by his department head before leave is granted under the provisions of this section. This certificate shall be forwarded by the department head to the Board with- in one week for its approval. . � (e) The Board may, of its own motion, require an addition- al medical examination of any employee who reports his in- ability to report for duty because of illness. This examina- tion shall be at the expense of the Town by a physician ap- pointed by the Board. (f) Injury, illness or disability self-imposed, or resulting from the use of alcohol or drugs, shall not be considered a proper claim for any benefits under this section. (g) Payments made under the provisions of this section shall be limited in the case of an employee who is receiving Workmen's Compensation payments to the difference be- tween the amount paid in Workmen's Compensation and the employee's regular rate. (h) In the event of payments made to an employee under the preceding sub-section, the Board may debit the em- ployee's sick leave accrual by such amounts as it determines to be equitable in relation to such payments with the excep- tions of paragraph (f). (i) Nothing in this section shall be construed to conflict 4 with Section 100 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws. BEREAVEMENT LEAVE Emergency leave up to three days may be allowed fol the purpose of attending the funeral of the deceased in an employee's immediate family (wife, husband, mother, fath- er, child, brother or sister.)