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16 <br />d. All unused accumulated sick leave hours and any accumulated hours over the 2,080 <br />sick leave maximum at the time of retirement in accordance with Government Code <br />section 20862.8 (CalPERS “Credit for Unused Sick Leave”). <br />e. Battalion Chiefs on leave pursuant to Labor Code section 4850 shall accumulate sick <br />leave hours during said leave in accordance with this section. <br />10.3 Sick Leave Usage <br />Employees may use accumulated sick leave in one (1) hour increments as follows: <br />A. For the employee’s own diagnosis, care, or treatment of an existing health condition or for the <br />employee’s own preventative care, including routine medical and dental appointments. <br />B. For the diagnosis, care, or treatment of an existing health condition or preventative care for an <br />employee’s family member, including routine medical and dental appointments. For purposes <br />of this provision, “family member” includes: a biological, adopted, or foster child, stepchild, <br />legal ward, or a child to whom the employee stands in loco parentis, a biological, adoptive or <br />foster parent, stepparent, or legal guardian of an employee or the employee’s spouse or <br />registered domestic partner, or a person who stood in loco parentis when the employee was a <br />minor child, spouse, registered domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling or a <br />designated person. A designated person is one identified by the employee at the time the <br />employee requests paid sick leave. The Department may limit the employee to one designated <br />person per year. Employees assigned to a 56-hour work schedule may utilize a maximum of <br />one hundred forty-four (144) hours of accumulated sick leave per calendar year and employees <br />assigned to a 40-hour work schedule may utilize a maximum of (96) hours of accumulated sick <br />leave for this purpose. <br />C. Sick Leave may also be used to obtain any relief or services related to being a victim of <br />domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking including the following with appropriate <br />certification of the need for such services: <br />1. A temporary restraining order or restraining order. <br />2. Other injunctive relief to help ensure the health, safety or welfare of themselves or <br />their children. <br />3. To seek medical attention for injuries caused by domestic violence, sexual assault, <br />or stalking. <br />4. To obtain services from a domestic violence shelter, program, or rape crisis center <br />as a result of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. <br />5. To obtain psychological counseling related to an experience of domestic violence, <br />sexual assault, or stalking. <br />6. To participate in safety planning and take other actions to increase safety from <br />future domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including temporary or <br />permanent relocation.