---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 6335"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "6335"
heading: "Termination of medical emergency"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/6335"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart E — Attendance and Leave"
  - "Chapter 63 — Leave"
  - "Subchapter III — Voluntary Transfers of Leave"
---

# §6335. Termination of medical emergency

- (a) The [medical emergency](/usc/5/6331.md?p=4) affecting a [leave recipient](/usc/5/6331.md?p=2) shall, for purposes of this subchapter, be considered to have terminated on the date as of which—
  - (1) the [leave recipient](/usc/5/6331.md?p=2) notifies the employing [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) of such [leave recipient](/usc/5/6331.md?p=2), in writing, that the [medical emergency](/usc/5/6331.md?p=4) no longer exists;
  - (2) the employing [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) of such [leave recipient](/usc/5/6331.md?p=2) determines, after written notice and opportunity for the [leave recipient](/usc/5/6331.md?p=2) (or, if appropriate, another [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1) acting on behalf of the [leave recipient](/usc/5/6331.md?p=2)) to answer orally or in writing, that the [medical emergency](/usc/5/6331.md?p=4) no longer exists; or
  - (3) the [leave recipient](/usc/5/6331.md?p=2) is separated from [service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26).
- (b)
  - (1) The employing [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) of a [leave recipient](/usc/5/6331.md?p=2) shall, consistent with guidelines prescribed by the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of Personnel Management, establish procedures to ensure that a [leave recipient](/usc/5/6331.md?p=2) is not permitted to use or receive any transferred leave under this subchapter after the [medical emergency](/usc/5/6331.md?p=4) terminates.
  - (2) Nothing in section [5551](/usc/5/5551.md), [5552](/usc/5/5552.md), or [6306](/usc/5/6306.md) shall apply with respect to any annual leave transferred to a [leave recipient](/usc/5/6331.md?p=2) under this subchapter.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 100–566, § 2(a), Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2836.)