A "Serious Health Condition" means an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves one of the following:

1. Hospital Care
   
   Inpatient care (i.e., an overnight stay) in a hospital, hospice, or residential medical care facility, including any period of incapacity or subsequent treatment in connection with or consequent to such inpatient care.
   
   
2. Absence Plus Treatment
   
   A period of incapacity¹ of more than three calendar days (including any subsequent treatment of period of incapacity¹ relating to the same condition), that involves:
   1. Treatment² two or more times by a health care provider, by a nurse or physician's assistant under direct supervision of a health care provider, or by a provider of health care services (e.g., physical therapist) under orders of or on referral by, a health care provider; or
   2. Treatment by a health care provider on at least one occasion which results in a regimen of continuing treatment³ under the supervision of the health care provider.
      
      
3. Pregnancy
   
   Any period of incapacity due to pregnancy, or for prenatal care.
   
   
4. Chronic Conditions Requiring Treatment
   
   A chronic condition in which:
   
   
   1. Requires periodic visits for treatment by a health care provider, or by a nurse or physician's assistant under direct supervision of a health care provider.
   2. Continues over an extended period of time (including recurring episodes of a single underlying condition); and
   3. May cause episodic rather than a continuing period of incapacity¹ (e.g., asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, etc.)
      
      
5. Permanent/Long-term Conditions Requiring Supervision
   
   A period of incapacity¹ which is permanent or long-term due to a condition for which treatment may not be effective. The employee or family member must be under the continuing supervision of, but need not be receiving active treatment by a health care provider. Examples include Alzheimer's, severe stroke, or the terminal stages of a disease.
   
   
6. Multiple Treatment (Non-Chronic Conditions)
   
   Any period of absence to receive multiple treatments (including any period of recovery therefrom) by a health provider or by a provider of health care services under orders of, or on referral by, a health care provider, either for restorative surgery after an accident or other injury, or for a condition that would likely result in a period of incapacity¹ of more than three consecutive calendar days in the absence of medical intervention or treatment, such as cancer (chemotherapy, radiation, etc.), severe arthritic (physical therapy), kidney disease (dialysis).