§ 301-70.502 Reimbursement for travel to an alternate location for medical treatment.

(a) When an employee interrupts a TDY assignment because of incapacitating illness or injury and takes leave of absence for travel to an alternate location to obtain medical services and returns to the TDY assignment, the agency may reimburse certain excess travel costs provided in this section. Specifically, the agency may reimburse the excess (if any) of actual costs of travel costs from the point of interruption to the alternate location and return to the TDY assignment, over the constructive costs of round-trip travel between the official station and the alternate location. (b) An alternate location is a destination other than the employee's official station or the point of interruption. The nearest hospital or medical facility capable of treating the employee's illness will not, however, be considered an alternate location.