Eligible Employee

For the purposes of this policy, an eligible employee is defined as any full-time KSU employee who has worked at KSU for at least 12 months and for at least 1,250 hours during the most recent 12-month period.

Healthcare Provider

For the purposes of this policy, a healthcare provider is defined as follows:

• a doctor of medicine or osteopathy who is authorized to practice medicine by the state in which the doctor of medicine or osteopathy practices;
• a podiatrist, dentist, clinical psychologist, optometrist, or in very limited cases, chiropractor authorized to practice in the state in which he or she practices;
• a nurse practitioner, nurse-midwife, or clinical social worker who is authorized to practice in the state in which he or she practices;
• a Christian Science practitioner listed with the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts; or
• any other person determined by the United States Secretary of Labor to be capable of providing healthcare services.

Intermittent Leave or Reduced Work Schedule

Intermittent leave is leave taken in separate blocks of time rather than during one continuous period of leave. A reduced leave schedule is a leave schedule that reduces an eligible employee's regular number of working days per week or hours per workday.

Military Member

A military member is an individual who is on active duty or has been notified of an impending call or order to be on active duty in support of a contingency operation.

Next of Kin

The term “next of kin” is used to refer to the nearest blood relative of a particular individual.

Outpatient Status

The term “outpatient status” is used to refer to the status of a member of the armed services who is assigned to:

• a military medical treatment facility as an outpatient; or
• a unit established for the purpose of providing command and control of members of the armed forces receiving medical care as outpatients.

Parent

A parent is either the biological parent of an eligible employee or an individual who stood in loco parentis to an eligible employee when the eligible employee was a child.

Qualifying Exigency

The term qualifying exigency refers to: