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• Any qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that the employee's spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a covered military member on"covered active duty". Eligible employees are also entitled to twenty-six (26) workweeks of unpaid leave during a single 12-month period to: • Care for a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness if the eligible employee is the servicemember's spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin (military caregiver leave). 16.6 Definition of a Serious Health Condition A serious health condition is an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves either an overnight stay in a medical care facility, or continuing treatment by a health care provider for a condition that either prevents the employee from performing the functions of the employee's job, or prevents the qualified family member from participating in school or other daily activities. Subject to certain conditions, the continuing treatment requirement may be met by a period of incapacity of more than 3 consecutive calendar days combined with at least two visits to a health care provider or one visit and a regimen of continuing treatment, or incapacity due to pregnancy, or incapacity due to a chronic condition. Other conditions may meet the definition of continuing treatment. 16.7 Definition of Qualified Exigency Qualifying exigencies include: (1) issues arising from a covered servicemember's short notice deployment; (2)military events and related activities; (3) child care and related activities; (4) making or updating financial and legal arrangements to address a servicemember's absence; (5) attending counseling arising out of active duty or the call to active duty; (6) taking up to 15 days of leave to spend with a covered member who is on rest and recuperation leave during deployment; (7) attending certain post-deployment activities; and (8) any other event that the employee and employer agree is a qualifying exigency. 16.9 Definition of a Covered Servicemember A covered servicemember is: (1) a current member of the Armed Forces, including a member of the National Guard or Reserves, who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation or therapy, is otherwise in outpatient status, or is otherwise on the temporary disability retired list, for a serious injury or illness; or (2) a covered veteran who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy for a serious injury or illness. "Covered veteran"means an individual who was a member of the Armed Forces, including a member of the National Guard or Reserves, and was discharged or released 2