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F. Extension by Use of Vacation. After an employee's sick leave has been exhausted, he or she may be granted permission to take any unused vacation leave benefits he or she may have accrued. G. Notice. The employee taking sick leave shall notify his or her immediate supervisor either prior to or within four (4) hours after the time he or she is scheduled to report for duty, or as otherwise established by departmental regulations. When the absence is more than three (3) consecutive working days, the employee must present to his or her Executive Director a physician's certificate stating the cause of illness and that, in the physician's opinion, the employee could not report to work because of such illness or injury and that the employee is sufficiently recovered to safely return to work. Such certificate shall be transmitted to the Executive Director of Personnel Services with the report of the employee's return to work. A physician's certificate or other satisfactory written evidence of actual illness or injury may be required after an absence of any duration less than three (3) days. H. Denial. No employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay while absent from duty because of sickness or injury purposely self-inflicted or caused by willful misconduct; or, sickness or disability sustained while engaged in employment other than employment by the City, for monetary gain or other compensation, or by reason of engaging in business or activity for monetary gain or other compensation. I. Excess Usage. If sick leave is used in excess of that due and available an employee, such excess sick leave will, first, be deducted from any available vacation leave benefit; second, from the next scheduled salary payment. J. Necessity Leave. Each employee shall be afforded the opportunity to use up to 48 hours of sick leave per calendar year, on a non -cumulative basis, as personal necessity leave. All of this personal necessity leave may be used to attend to an illness of a child, parent, or spouse of the employee or as further specified below. As used in this section, "child" means a biological, foster, or adopted child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis; "parent" means a biological, foster, adoptive parent, a stepparent, or a legal guardian; and "immediate family" means any member of the employee's household related by blood or marriage; a parent, parent -in-law, spouse, child, brother, sister, grandparent, or grandchild of the employee, regardless of residence; any other relative of the employee by blood or marriage, where it can be established by the 2dJ-30