For purposes of administering Family and Medical Leave, the following definitions shall be and are adopted:
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. The term means:
(1) A doctor of medicine or osteopathy who is authorized to practice medicine or surgery (as appropriate) by the state in which the doctor practices; or
(2) Any other person determined by Federal mandate to be capable of providing health care services.
PARENT. The biological parent of an employee or an individual who stood in loco parentis to an employee when the employee was a son or daughter.
REDUCED LEAVE SCHEDULE. A leave schedule that reduces the usual number of hours per work week, or hours per work day, of an employee.
SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITION. An illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves:
(1) Inpatient care in a hospital, hospice, or residential medical care facility; or
(2) Continuing treatment by a health care provider.
SON or DAUGHTER. A biological, adopted, or foster child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis, who is:
(1) Under 18 years of age; or
(2) Eighteen years of age or older and incapable of self care because of a mental or physical disability.
SPOUSE. A husband or wife, as the case may be.
TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD . The 12-month period during which the 12 weeks of leave may be taken shall be a rolling 12-month period measured backward from the time an employee uses any twelve week leave. Each time an employee takes FMLA leave, the remaining leave entitlement would be any balance of the 12 weeks that has not been used during the immediately preceding 12 months.
(Ord. 4-2008, passed 1-22-08)