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Certification of Health Care Provider U.S. Department of Labor (Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993) Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division (When completed, this form goes to the employee, Not to the Department of Labor.) OMB No.: 1215-0181 Expires: 07/31/70 1. Employees Name 2. Patients Name (If different from employee) 3. Page 4 descr ibes what is meant by a serious health condition under the Family and Medical Lea ve Act. Does the 1 patients condition qualify under any of the categories described? If so, please check the applicable category. (1) ________ (2) _______ (3) _______ (4) ________ (5) _______ (6) _______ , or None of the above _______ 4. Describe the medical facts which support your certification, including a brief statement as to how the medical facts meet the criteria of one of these categories: 5. a. State the approximate date the condition commenced, and the probable duration of the condition (and also the 2 probable duration of the patients present incapacity if diferent): f b. Will it be necessary for the employee to take work only intermittently or to work on a less than full schedule as a result of the condition (including for treatment described in Item 6 below)? If yes, give the probable duration: 2 c. If the condition is a chronic condition (condition #4) or pregnancy, state whether the patient is presently incapacitated 2 and the likely duration and frequency of episodes of incapacity : 1 Here and elsewhere on this form, the information sought relates only to the condition for which the employee is taking FMLA leave. 2 Incapacity, for purposes of FMLA, is defined to mean inability to work, attend school or pe rform other regular daily activities due to the serious health condition, treatment therefor, or recovery therefrom. Form WH-380 Page 1 of 4 Revised December 1999 <<<<<<<<<********>>>>>>>>>>>>> 26. a. If additional treatments will be required for the condition, provide an estimate of the probable number of such treatments. If the patient will be absent from work or other daily activities because of treatment on an intermittent or part-time basis, also provide an estimate of the probable number of and interval between such treatments, actual or estimated dates of treatment if known, and period required for recovery if any: b. If any of these treatments will be provided by another provider of health services (e.g., physical therapist), please state the nature of the treatments: c. If a regimen of continuing treatment by the patient is required under your supervision, provide a general description of such regimen (e.g., prescription drugs, physical therapy requiring special equipment): 7. a. If medical leave is required for the employees absence from work because of the employees own condition (including absences due to pregnancy or a chronic condition), is the e mployee unable to perform work of any kind? b. If able to perform some work, is the employee unable to perform any one or more of the essential functions of the employees job (the employee or the employer should supply you with information about the essential job functions)? If yes, please list the essential functions the employee is unable to perform: c. If neither a. nor b. applies, is it necessary for the employee to be absent from work for treatment? Page 2 of 4 <<<<<<<<<********>>>>>>>>>>>>> 38. a. If leave is required to care for a family member of the employee with a serious health condition, does the patient require assistance for basic medical or personal needs or safety, or for transportation? b. If no, would the employees presence to provide psyc hological comfort be beneficial to the patient or assist in the patients recovery? c. If the patient will need care only intermittently or on a part-time basis, please indicate the probable duration of this need: Signature of Health Care Provider Type of Practice Address Telephone Number Date To be completed by the employee needing family leave to care for a family member: State the care you will provide and an estimate of the period during which care will be provided, including a schedule if leave is to be taken intermittently or if it will be necessary for you to work less than a full schedule: Employee Signature Date Page 3 of 4 <<<<<<<<<********>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4A 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 2 incapacity or subsequent treatment in connection with or consequent to such inpati ent care. 2. Absence Plus Treatment 2 (a) A period of incapacity of more than three consecutive calendar days (including any subsequent treatment or 2 period of incapacity relating to the same condition), that also involves: 3 (1) Treatment two or more times by a health care provider, by a nurse or physicians 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 4 treatment under the supervision of the health care provider. 3. Pregnancy Any period of incapacity due to pregnanc y, or for prenatal care. 4. Chronic Conditions Requiring Treatments A chronic condition which: (1) Requires periodic visits for treatment by a health care provider, or by a nurse or physicians assistant under direct supervision of a health care provider; (2) Continues over an extended period of time (including recurring episodes of a single under lying condition); and 2 (3) May cause episodic rather than a continuing period of incapacity (e.g., asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, etc.). 5. Permanent/Long-term Conditions Requiring Supervision 2 A period of Incapacity 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 Alzheimers, a severe stroke, or the terminal stages of a disease. 6. Multiple Treatments (Non-Chronic Conditions) Any period of absence to receive multiple treatments (including any period of recovery therefrom) by a health care provider or by a provider of health care services under ord
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