300-10 Transitional Duty Assignment Flashcards
Efforts shall be made to reassign employees to _______ if they are unable to perform their regular duties because of personal illness, injury, or other health-related problem whether occupational or nonoccupational in nature.
transitional duty
Texas Workers’ Compensation Work Status Report also known as _________.
DWC Form-73, The DWC Form-73 also serves as a release to any type of transitional duty or a return to full duty with no restrictions (see the DWC Form-73 on the department’s Intranet Portal for complete details).
When applicable, efforts shall be made to provide an employee with a transitional duty assignment when the employee is unable to perform his _______ due to an occupational injury or illness.
essential job duties
Employees with occupational injuries or illnesses shall be given _____ in transitional duty assignments.
priority
When an employee is released by the treating physician to work transitional duty (also known as light duty), the employee shall notify his ______.
supervisor.
Upon receiving notification that an employee may return to work with restrictions, the supervisor shall immediately provide the employee with a _______.
bonafide offer of employment (BFOE).
If a supervisor initiates a request for a transitional duty assignment for an employee, the supervisor shall include in his correspondence to the concerned assistant chief all of the information listed in items “a” through “I” above.
Read Section 1, “Initial Request for Transitional Duty Due to Occupational Injury or Illness”
Once the concerned assistant chief has approved an employee to work transitional duty, supervisors shall ensure that the following actions are taken:
a. Notify the division timekeeper.
b. Add the injured or ill employee’s name to the division’s Injured or ill Employees and Transitional Duty Report. This form is available on the department’s Intranet Portal.
c. . Place copies of all correspondence related to the transitional duty request in the employee’s divisional file.
If transitional duty is approved, it is limited to ______ . See section 6 of this General Order for information on how to request extensions of transitional duty.
90 calendar days
If there are any changes to the transitional duty status of an employee (other than returning to full duty) or an employee develops problems related to a transitional duty assignment, the supervisor shall ________ to determine the appropriate actions to be taken.
notify the department’s Health and Safety Unit (HSU)
An employee’s assistant chief may approve an initial request for transitional duty up to a maximum of _____ calendar days.
A division commander may place an employee on transitional duty status for a period not to exceed ____ calendar days while awaiting final approval from the employee’s assistant chief.
90
10
While on transitional duty status, employees shall retain their regular days off and duty shift unless ________ require otherwise.
the needs of the department
Employees on transitional duty status shall not wear any portion of a department issued uniform.
Employees in plainclothes shall not display their official police identification card, badge, or weapon in any location other than ______ or ______.
a Police Department facility or complex.
Employees on transitional duty status shall not work _______.
extra employment.
When an employee requests an extension of transitional duty status, the request must be in writing to the Chief of Police.
The request must be submitted at least _____ prior to the date on which the requested additional transitional duty time is to begin.
Only the Chief of Police can authorize extensions of transitional duty time.
14 calendar days
When an employee is released to full-duty status by the treating physician, the employee shall submit correspondence to his _______ requesting to return to full-duty status.
assistant chief through the chain of command
