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Orange County Personnel Rules and Regulations Effective Date: May 17, 2010 13 d. Any recertification requested by the County shall be at the employee's expense unless the County provides otherwise. No second or third opinion on recertification may be required. 14. Certification Requirements for Military Caregiver Leave. When leave is taken to care for a covered service member with a serious injury or illness, the County may require an employee to obtain a certification completed by an authorized health care provider of the covered service member. If the authorized health care provider is unable to make certain military-related determinations outlined below, the authorized health care provider may rely on deternnations from an authorized DOD representative (such as a DOD recovery care coordinator). a. The health care provider shall be requested to provide the following information: i. The name, address, and appropriate contact information (telephone number, fax number, and/or email address) of the health care provider, the type of medical practice, the medical specialty; ii. Whether the covered service member's injury or illness 'was incurred in the line of duty on active duty; iii. The approximate date on which the serious injury or• illness commenced, and its probable duration; iv. Information sufficient to establish that the covered service member is in need of care and whether the covered service member will need care for a single continuous period of time, including any time for treatment and recovery, and an estimate as to the beginning and ending dates for this period of time; v. If an employee requests leave on an intermittent or reduced schedule basis for• planned medical treatment appointments for the covered service member, whether there is a medical necessity for the covered service member to have such periodic care and an estimate of the treatment schedule of such appointments; vi. If an employee requests leave on an intermittent or reduced schedule basis to care for a covered service member other than for planned medical treatment (e.g., episodic flare-ups of a medical condition), whether there is a medical necessity for the covered service member to have such periodic care, which can include assisting in the covered sen=ice member's recovery, and an estimate of the frequency and duration of the periodic care. b. In addition the County may also request that such certification set forth the following information provided by an employee and/or covered service member: i. The name of the employee requesthrg leave to care for a covered service member and the name of the covered service member for whom the employee is requesting leave to care; ii. The relationship of the employee to the covered service member for whom the employee is requesting leave to care; Issue Date: may 17, zoro Page 10