Section 4.71 - DefinitionsThe following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Department--The Texas Department of Transportation.(2) Employee--A person, other than the executive director, who is employed by the department.(3) Health care provider--A licensed physician.(4) Immediate family member--A person who lives in the same household as an employee and who is related to the employee by kinship, adoption, or marriage or is a foster child of the employee, a parent of the employee, or any person 18 years of age or older requiring guardianship for whom the employee is appointed the guardian.(5) Pool administrator--The Director of the Human Resources Division or the employee designated by the director to administer the department's family leave pool program.(6) Serious illness--An illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that requires continuing in-home care under the direction the services of a health care provider.(7) Sick leave--Paid absence from work because of illness, injury, or pregnancy.43 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.71
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 30, July 29, 2022, TexReg 4560, eff. 8/1/2022