Regulation 25

If there is reason to believe that an employee of an aided school is likely to be unfit on medical grounds to discharge his or her duties efficiently, the principal may consult the Permanent Secretary who will arrange with the Director-General of Health to convene a Medical Board and the employee must appear before the Medical Board.

Where the recommendation of the Medical Board is that the employee be granted leave, he or she will be granted extended leave as prescribed by the Medical Board, which will either be on half-pay or no-pay, or a combination of both, according to the eligibility of the employee.

The eligibility for extended leave for employees of aided schools is the same as those for the same categories of employees in Government schools.

Where the Medical Board reports that an employee is incapable, by reason of some infirmity of mind or body, of discharging the duties of his or her post and that the employee will be permanently unfit for further service, the Permanent Secretary, on receipt of the Medical Board’s report, must direct the principal to take action to terminate the employee’s services by giving the employee one month’s salary in lieu of notice.