West Virginia Code 21-5D-5 – Certification
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(a) If an employee requests family leave to care for a family member with a serious health condition as authorized in this article, the employer may require the employee to provide certification by a health care provider of the health condition.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 21-5D-5
- Employee: means any individual, hired for permanent employment, who has worked for at least twelve consecutive weeks performing services for remuneration within this state for any department, division, board, bureau, agency, commission or other unit of state government, or any county board of education in the state. See West Virginia Code 21-5D-2
- Employer: includes any department, division, board, bureau, agency, commission or other unit of state government and any county board of education in the state. See West Virginia Code 21-5D-2
- Health care provider: means a person, partnership, corporation, facility or institution licensed, certified or authorized by law to provide professional health care services in this state to an individual during this individual'. See West Virginia Code 21-5D-2
- Parent: means a biological, foster or adoptive parent, a stepparent or a legal guardian. See West Virginia Code 21-5D-2
- Serious health condition: means a physical or mental illness, injury or impairment which involves:
(1) Inpatient care in a hospital, hospice or residential health care facility. See West Virginia Code 21-5D-2
(b) The certification shall be sufficient if it contains the following:
(1) That the child, dependent, parent or employee has a serious health condition;
(2) The date the serious health condition commenced and its probable duration; and
(3) The medical facts regarding the serious health condition.