Section 260-RICR-30-05-7.3 - DefinitionsA. "Employer" means: 1. any person, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or other business entity that employs fifty (50) or more employees,2. the State of Rhode Island (including the executive, legislative and judicial branches), and any state department or agency that employs persons, and3. any city or town or municipal agency that employs thirty (30) or more employees, and4. any person who acts directly or indirectly in the interest of any employer.B. "Employee" means any full time employee who has been employed by the same employer for twelve (12) consecutive months averaging at least thirty (30) hours per week prior to the effective date of the leave.C. "Parental leave" means leave by reason of (1) the birth of a child of an employee, or (2) the placement of a child sixteen (16) years of age or less with an employee in connection with the adoption of such child by the employee.D. "Serious illness" means a disabling physical or mental illness, injury, impairment or condition that involves inpatient care in a hospital, nursing home or hospice, or outpatient care requiring continuous treatment or supervision by a health care provider.E. "Family member" means a parent, spouse, child, mother-in-law, father-in-law, or the employee him or herself.F. "Family leave" means leave by reason of the serious illness of a family member.260 R.I. Code R. 260-RICR-30-05-7.3