Nonindustrial Disability Insurance
Cal. EDC § 89529.18
California Statutes
A disabled employee is eligible to receive nonindustrial disability benefits under this
article equal to one-seventh of his or her weekly benefit amount specified in
Section 89529.17 for each full day during which he or she is unemployed due to a disability only if the Director of Employment Development finds that: (
a) He or she has made a claim for disability benefits as required by authorized regulations. (
b) He or she has been disabled for a waiting period of seven consecutive days during each disability benefit period with respect to which waiting period no benefits under this
article are payable except for confinement in a hospital or nursing home for at least one day. (
c) He or she has exhausted all sick leave to which he or she was entitled under
Article 1 (commencing with
Section 89501) of this chapter. (
d) Except for an individual described in
Section of the Unemployment Insurance Code, he or she has submitted to such reasonable examinations as the Director of Employment Development may require for the purpose of determining his or her mental or physical disability. (
e) He or she has filed a certificate described in
Section or of the Unemployment Insurance Code. (
f) Except as otherwise provided, he or she meets, in all respects, the eligibility requirements imposed on individuals by
Part 2 (commencing with
Section 2601) of Division of the Unemployment Insurance Code for receipt of umemployment compensation disability benefits. In case of any conflict between
Part 2 (commencing with
Section 2601) of the Unemployment Insurance Code and this article, this
article shall prevail.