Commencement of the entitlement / Duration /Extension/ Loss or suspension/ Termination

The benefit will be paid during the time the beneficiary is considered temporarily disabled (TD) and this will last for:

• In the event of accident or illness, whatever the cause, 365 days extendable for a further 180 days when it is presumed that, during this period, the worker may be medically discharged on recovery. However, in the special situation of Temporary Disability from the 39^th week of pregnancy, the benefit will be paid until the date of delivery, unless the worker had previously begun a situation of risk during pregnancy, in which case she will continue to receive the benefit corresponding to this situation as long as it is maintained.

• In the event of observation periods required for occupational disease, 180 days extendible for a further 180 when this is deemed necessary to assess and diagnose the disease.

For the purposes of the maximum period of duration and its possible extension, relapse and observation periods will be counted, except for medical leave due to secondary incapacitating menstruation, in which each process will be considered a new one without being counted for the purposes of the maximum period of duration of the Temporary Disability situation, and its possible extension.

This right may be denied, cancelled or suspended due to:

• Fraudulent conduct on the part of the beneficiary to obtain or conserve the benefit.
• Salaried or self-employed.
• Rejection or abandonment of the treatment for no reasonable cause.
• The beneficiary failing to attend a summons from the doctors attached to the National Social Security Institute and the Mutual Societies Partnering with Social Security for an examination and medical check-up will lead to the right being provisionally suspended pending verification of whether this was justified. The procedure for suspending the right and its effects will be determined by the regulations.