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~31 <br />• <br />• <br />COUNTY OF LEE - PERSONNEL POLICY <br />Last Published Date: 07-01-2000 <br />you <br />Family and Medical Leave <br />L <br />or <br />prH CA R0 <br />Number: F-4 <br />Revision: 2 <br />Effective Date: <br />10-06-2008 <br />Pages: 7 <br />1.0 POLICY <br />In accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993, the County of Lee <br />provides employees who meet the requirements of the Act a total of twelve (12) weeks of paid <br />and/or leave without pay in a year for a family or medical reason as specified in the Act. <br />2.0 DEFINITIONS <br />2.1 Child: A son or daughter who is under 18 years of age or is 18 years of age or older <br />and incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability who is a/an: <br />A. Biological child; <br />B. Adopted child; <br />C. Foster child - a child for whom the employee performs the duties of a parent as if <br />it were the employee's child; <br />D. Step-child - a child of the employee's spouse from a former marriage; <br />E. Legal ward - a minor child placed by the court under the care of a guardian; <br />F. Child of an employee standing in loco parentis. <br />2.2 Parent: A biological or adoptive parent or an individual who stood in loco parentis (a <br />person who is in the position or place of a parent) to an employee when the employee <br />was a child. <br />2.3 Serious Health Condition: An illness, injury, impairment or physical or mental <br />condition that involves either inpatient care in a hospital, hospice or residential medical <br />care facility, or that involves continuing treatment by a health care provider. <br />0 2.4 Spouse: A husband or wife. <br />