In most cases, the bulletin on caring for the baby is given to his mother, but very many people are wondering if someone else can look after their sickly child, that is, not a mother, but for example a grandmother, aunt or dad, and get sick for it.
The law gives the following answer to this question: "The list of incapacity for work can only be issued to the person who takes care of the child (guardian, curator, other relative)." The Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation explains that any relative has the full right to issue a sick leave for the care of a sick child. At the same time, there are no regulations on the existence of a joint residence (that is, it is not necessary for the child and the person caring for him to have one residence permit) and to obtain a sick leave there is also no need to confirm the degree of kinship. Specialists of the Department of Legal Support specify that: "in the list of incapacity for work, according to the adult, only what he is a sick child - a grandmother, sister, aunt" is indicated.
Payment for sick leave
This question worries anyone who cares for a sick child, because sitting at home does not work, and you have to spend money on drugs and not only. Duration and payment of the ballot directly depends on the child's age.
There are basic indicators:
- if the age of the child does not exceed seven years, then the person who cares for it (regardless of whether the parent is a parent or not), can take care of the child necessary for the recovery period. Just remember that you will be paid only sixty calendar days and no more during the 1st calendar year. Exceeding 60 calendar days, the parent (or other relative) can take a page of incapacity for work without fear that he will be fired for absenteeism, but the caregiver nursing the sick child will not receive.
- if the child's age is more than seven years, but not exceeding fifteen years, then the parent or other person caring for him can be on the sick-list for not more than fifteen calendar days. The total number of days of the bulletin is not limited throughout the year. For each case of illness is paid up to fifteen calendar days. However, it is worthwhile to know that for a year only 45 days of the hospital, taken for caring for the child, are paid.
- If the child needs a child over the age of fifteen, the family member will receive a bulletin for only 3 calendar days. But in some cases the medical commission of the medical institution decides that the family member does not have enough 3 days, then the bulletin is extended to a maximum of 7 calendar days. The total number of days during this year is unlimited. In such cases only 7 (not more than) calendar days of the ballot shall be paid. But in the year of the paid ballot days only thirty.
Exceptions for the number of hospital days
The exception to the rules are those cases where the parents of the kids or their relatives have to spend more days with the children when they get sick. And according to the law, parents or other relatives have the right not only to take care of the child longer than usual, but will receive a benefit for these days. These are the exceptions:
- If the child is not yet 15 years old, but he is disabled, then the person who cares for him is paid not for 60 days, but 120 days (for a calendar year);
- also when a person cares for a child who is not 7 years old and who has serious illnesses - diabetes, oncology, asthma, tuberculosis, he will be paid 90 days of sick leave;
- if the child is not 15 years old and has HIV infection, then all days spent with the child on inpatient treatment are paid in full.
- if a teenager who has not reached the age of fifteen has a malignant tumor, including cancer of the hematopoietic, lymphoid tissues or if the child is ill or has caught the infection because of the vaccination he has made (the disease associated with a postvaccinal complication), the entire time of the parent's stay with child in outpatient care or with a child in the hospital.