Inpatient care - an overnight stay in a hospital, hospice or residential medical care facility, including any period of incapacity (for purposes of this section, defined to mean inability to work, attend school or perform other regular daily activities due to the serious health condition, treatment therefore, or recovery therefrom), or any subsequent treatment in connection with such inpatient care.

Chronic condition - 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; Continues over an extended period of time (including recurring episodes of a single underlying condition); and May cause episodic rather than a continuing period of incapacity (asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, etc.)

Permanent or long term condition - a condition that would likely result in a period of incapacity of more than three consecutive calendar days in the absence of medical intervention or treatment, such as cancer (chemotherapy, radiation, etc.), severe arthritis (physical therapy), kidney disease (dialysis).

Incapable of self-care - the individual requires active assistance or supervision to provide daily self-care in several of the "activities of daily living (ADLs)" or "instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)". ADLs include adaptive activities such as caring appropriately for one's grooming and hygiene, bathing, dressing and eating. IADLs include cooking, cleaning, shopping, taking public transportation, paying bills, maintaining a residence, using telephones and directories, using a post office, etc.

Intermittent leave - leave taken in separate periods of time due to a single illness or injury, rather than for one continuous period of time, and may include leave of periods from an hour or more to several weeks. Examples of intermittent leave would include leave taken on an occasional basis for medical appointments, or leave taken several days at a time spread over a period of six months, such as for chemotherapy.

Reduced leave schedule - a leave schedule that reduces the usual number of hours per work week, or hours per work day, of an employee.