From the slate book defining sick leave:
a. is incapacitated and cannot perform the essential duties of his/her position because of physical or mental illness, injury, pregnancy, or childbirth;
b. receives medical, dental, or optical examinations or treatment;
c. would, per a health authority with jurisdiction or a health care provider, jeopardize the health of others due to exposure to a communicable disease;
d. for any activity related to the adoption of a child upon proper notification and documentation, when requested. Leave for parents who voluntarily choose to be absent from work to bond with an adopted child is covered under Article 26 and Article 30 of this Agreement.
Employees may use sick leave for general family medical care and bereavement purposes as follows in order to:
a. provide care for a family member who is incapacitated by a medical or mental condition or attends to a family member receiving medical, dental, or optical examination or treatment;
b. makes arrangements necessitated by the death of a family member or attends the funeral of a family member.