What types of illness qualify for FMLA because of continuing treatment by a health care provider?
A list of illnesses and ailments that have been determined to automatically qualify for FMLA include: Any period of incapacity due to prenatal care or pregnancy; any period of incapacity or treatment for such incapacity due to a chronic serious health condition, which requires periodic visits for treatment to a health care provider, continues over an extended period of time, and may cause episodic rather than (or) continuing incapacity; permanent or long-term incapacity; due to a condition for which treatment may not be effective (e.g., severe stroke, Alzheimer’s, terminal stages of a disease); and conditions that require multiple treatments by a health care provider for, among other things, restorative surgery, cancer (chemotherapy, radiation), severe arthritis (physical therapy), or kidney disease (dialysis).
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