IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SHORT TERM DISABILITY INSURACE, YOU MUST:
- Be unable to do your regular or customary work for at least eight days.
- Be employed or actively looking for work at the time your disability begins.
- Have lost wages because of your disability.
- Have earned at least $300 from which State Disability Insurance deduction were withheld during your base period.
- Be under the care and treatment of a licensed physician/practitioner within the first eight days of your disability. The date your claim begins can be adjusted if it does not meet this requirement.
- You must remain under the care and treatment of your practitioner to continue receiving benefits.
- Complete and submit your claim form (DE 2501) no earlier than nine days after your first day of disability begins but no later than 49 days after your disability begins or you may lose benefits.
- Have your physician/practitioner complete the medical certification portion of your disability claim.