Upon an employee’s oral request, which must be provided to the employer as soon as possible, accrued sick time can be used for the following reasons:
• An employee’s mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition;
• An employee’s need for medical diagnosis, care, or treatment of a mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition;
• An employee’s need for preventive medical care;
• Care of a family member with a mental or physical illness, injury or health condition;
• Care of a family member who needs medical diagnosis, care, or treatment of a mental or physical illness, injury or health condition;
• Care of a family member who needs preventive medical care;
• Closure of the employee’s place of business by order of a public official due to a public health emergency;
• An employee’s need to care for a child whose school or place of care has been closed by order of a public official due to a public health emergency;
• Care for a family member when it has been determined by the health authorities having jurisdiction or by a health care provider that the family member’s presence in the community would jeopardize the health of others because of the family member’s exposure to a communicable disease, whether or not the family member has actually contracted the communicable disease.