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65 6 2.2 Contingency Operation: Military operation that is designated by the Secretary of • Defense as an operation in which members of the armed forces are or may become involved in military actions, operations, or hostilities against an enemy of the United States or against an opposing military force; or results in the call or order to, or retention on, active duty of members of the uniformed services. 2.3 Eligible Employees: Employees who have been employed with Lee County for at least twelve (12) months and who have worked at least 1,250 hours during the previous twelve-month period are entitled to FMLA (paid or unpaid) during any "rolling" twelve- month period measured backwards from the date any employee used as FMLA for one or more of the following reasons: A. For the birth or placement for adoption or foster care of a child and to care for the child provided the leave is taken within a 12-month period following such event. This applies to both parents. When both parents are employed by the County, they are limited to a total of twelve weeks of leave per twelve months. B. For the employee to care for the employee's child, spouse, or parent where that child, spouse, or parent has a serious health condition; or C. Because the employee has a serious health condition that makes the employee • unable to perform the functions of the employee's position. D. For employees whose spouse, child of any age or parent is a military service member of the Reserves or National Guard under a call or order to Federal active duty in support of a contingency operation. E. For employees to care for a family member who is a current member of the armed forces and who has been injured or become ill in the line of duty. Leave without pay beyond the FMLA period for eligible employees and for employees not covered under FMLA will be administered under Section F-8 of this resolution entitled "Leave Without Pay (Leave not covered under Family Medical Leave Act)". Under that provision, employees must pay for health benefits coverage. 2.4 Next of Kin (as defined for military caregiver leave): Blood relative in the following order: spouse, parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, aunts, uncles and first cousins. 2.5 Parent: A biological or adoptive parent or an individual who stood in loco parentis (a person who is in the position or place of a parent) to an employee when the employee was a child. • 2.6 Health Care Provider: Licensed M.D.s, Licensed O.D.s, Podiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, Chiropractors (in certain cases), Nurse-midwives, Official Christian FA Family and Medical Leave 2