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counted in determining the 1,250 hours eligibility test for an employee under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Leave will be granted to all eligible employees for any of the following reasons: ■ The birth of a child, including prenatal care, or placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster exf-e,--care. ■ To care for a spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health ee}rcondition. ■ Due to a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the essential functions of the position,l ■ ,A covered military member's active -duty call to duty, or to care for a covered military member (Military Caregiver and Qualified Exigency Leave, described below). Definitions Cam - Psychological as well as physical care. It also includes acquiring care and sharing care duties for a covered family member. Eligible child - A person under 18 years of age or a person incapable of self -care because of a physical or mental disability who is a biological, adopted, foster, or step ehildstepchild, a ward of the employee, or a person with whom the employee is charged with a parent's rights, duties, and responsibilities. Spouse - Does not include domestic partners or common-law spouses. Eligible parent - A biological parent or a person who was charged with parental rights, duties, and responsibilities over the employee when the employee was under the age of 18; doesn'does not include m-laws. Serious Health Condition - As defined under the FMLA means an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves one of the following: ■ Period of incapacity or treatment connected with inpatient care (i.e., an overnight stay) in a hospital, hospice, or residential medical care facility. ■ Period of incapacity due to pregnancy, prenatal medical care, or ehild bifthchildbirdi. ■ Period of incapacity of more than three consecutive calendar days that also involves continuing treatment by or under the supervision of a health care provider (Absence plus treatment). ■ Incapacity from a chronic condition which requires periodic visits for treatment by a health care provider continues over an extended per4ed of ep riod and may cause episodic rather than a continuing period of incapacity. ■ Permanent/1Long-term conditions requiring supervision. ■ Period of absence to receive multiple treatments (including any period of recovery eo riod therefrom) by a health care or service provider under orders of, or on referral by, a health care provider. Length and Amount of Leave The length of FMLA leave shallis not exceed twelve (12) weeks in any twelve (12) month period. The leave year is calculated-bxsed on a rolling year basis measured backwards from the time the employee uses leave. The entitlement to FMLA leave for the birth or placement of a child for adoption expires twelve (12) months after the birth or placement of that child. 23