"Family member." Any of the following:
(1) A biological, adopted or foster child, stepchild or
legal ward, a child of a domestic partner or a child to whom
the employee stands in loco parentis, regardless of age.
(2) A biological, foster, stepparent or adoptive parent
or legal guardian of an employee or an employee's spouse or
domestic partner or a person who stood in loco parentis when
the employee or the employee's spouse or domestic partner was
a minor child.
(3) A person to whom the employee is legally married
under the laws of any state or a domestic partner of an
employee as registered under the laws of any state or
political subdivision.
(4) A grandparent, grandchild or sibling, whether of a
biological, foster, adoptive or step relationship, of the
employee or the employee's spouse or domestic partner.
(5) A person for whom the employee is responsible for
providing or arranging care, including helping that
individual obtain diagnostic, preventive, routine or
therapeutic health treatment.
(6) Any other individual related by blood or whose close
association with the employee is the equivalent of a family
relationship.
"Health care professional." A health care center or person,
including a corporation, university or other educational
institution licensed or approved by the Commonwealth to provide
health care or professional medical services as a physician,
certified nurse midwife, podiatrist, hospital, nursing home or
birth center or any other person licensed under Federal or State
law to provide medical or emergency services.
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