(a) At an employer‘s request, an employee, acting as a volunteer emergency responder, who is absent from his or her place of employment in order to respond to an emergency shall provide his or her employer, within 7 days of such request, a written statement signed by the individual in charge of the volunteer department or another individual authorized to act for such individual that includes the following: That the employee responded to an emergency; the date and time of the emergency; and the date and time such employee completed his or her volunteer emergency activities.

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 1806

  • Employer: means any person employing 10 or more employees; and

    (2) "Volunteer emergency responder" means a volunteer firefighter, a member of a ladies auxiliary of a volunteer fire company, volunteer emergency medical technician and/or a volunteer fire police officer. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 1802

(b) At an employer’s request, an employee, who is absent from his or her place of employment due to injury sustained by such employee while responding to an emergency shall provide his or her employer, within 5 days of such request, a written statement signed by the relevant medical professional or another individual authorized to act for such medical professional that includes the following: That the employee was seen by such medical professional, the date the employee was seen by such medical professional, and the estimated period of partial or total incapacity to perform the employee’s job.

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