[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 699]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR630.201]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 630--ABSENCE AND LEAVE--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B--Definitions and General Provisions for Annual and Sick Leave
 
Sec. 630.201  Definitions.


    (a) In section 6301(2)(iii) of title 5, United States Code, the term 
temporary employee engaged in construction work at an hourly rate means 
an employee hired on a temporary basis solely for the purpose of work on 
a specific construction project and paid on an hourly rate.
    (b) In subparts B through G of this part:
    Accrued leave means the leave earned by an employee during the 
current leave year that is unused at any given time in that year.
    Accumulated leave means the unused leave remaining to the credit of 
an employee at the beginning of the leave year.
    Employee means an employee to whom subchapter I of chapter 63 of 
title 5, United States Code, applies.
    Family member means the following relatives of the employee:

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    (1) Spouse, and parents thereof;
    (2) Children, including adopted children and spouses thereof;
    (3) Parents;
    (4) Brothers and sisters, and spouses thereof; and
    (5) Any individual related by blood or affinity whose close 
association with the employee is the equivalent of a family 
relationship.
    Health care provider has the meaning given that term in 
Sec. 630.1202.
    Leave year means the period beginning with the first day of the 
first complete pay period in a calendar year and ending with the day 
immediately before the first day of the first complete pay period in the 
following calendar year.
    Medical certificate means a written statement signed by a registered 
practicing physician or other practitioner certifying to the 
incapacitation, examination, or treatment, or to the period of 
disability while the patient was receiving professional treatment.
    Serious health condition has the meaning given that term in 
Sec. 630.1202.
    Uncommon tour of duty means an established tour of duty that exceeds 
80 hours of work in a biweekly pay period, provided the tour--
    (1) Includes hours for which the employee is compensated by standby 
duty pay under 5 U.S.C. 5545(c)(1) and Sec. 550.141 of this chapter;
    (2) Is a regular tour of duty (as defined in Sec. 550.1302 of this 
chapter) established for firefighters compensated under 5 U.S.C. 5545b 
and part 550, subpart M, of this chapter; or
    (3) Is authorized for a category of employees by the Office of 
Personnel Management.
    United States means the several States and the District of Columbia.

[61 FR 64450, Dec. 5, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 64595, Nov. 23, 1998; 65 
FR 37239, June 13, 2000]