[Adopted 6-15-1972 by Ord. No. 4103-72 as Article 4 of Chapter 27 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Clifton, New Jersey, 1960]
In the event that a member of the Police Department or Fire Public Safety Department of the City of Clifton becomes so injured, ill or disabled as to be unable to perform the usual duties of his employment, such member shall be granted by the City Manager a leave of absence with pay for such period of time as the City Physician, or such other physician as the City Physician may designate, shall certify is required to heal or cure such injury, illness or disability sufficiently for such member to resume the normal and usual duties of his employment; provided, however, that such leave of absence shall not be continued for a period of more than three months from the date of commencement of such injury or illness. Not more than three additional leaves of absence, not exceeding three months each, shall be granted to such member, provided that, prior to the granting of each of said additional leaves of absence, the City Physician, or such other physician as the City Physician may designate, shall certify that the additional leave of absence is required to heal or cure such injury, illness or disability sufficiently for such member to resume the normal and usual duties of his employment.
In the event that such injury, illness or disability is compensable under the New Jersey Workers' Compensation Act, there shall be deducted from the pay received by a member of the Police Department or Fire Public Safety Department, under § 73-15 above, all amounts received by reason of any award made under said Act.
In the event that the City Physician, or such other physician as the City Physician may designate, does not certify that the injury, illness or disability for which a leave of absence is sought can be healed or cured within one year of the date of occurrence of such injury or illness, no leave of absence whatsoever may be granted under the provisions of § 73-15 above.