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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 09.42.04.03" title_num="09" subtitle_num="42" chapter_num="04" heading="Qualifying Events.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Childcare or bonding is a qualifying event in the following circumstances:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>To care for or bond with a child of the claimant during the first 12 months after the child’s birth; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>During the process through which a child is being placed with the claimant through foster care, kinship care, or adoption and to care for or bond with the child during the first 12 months after the placement.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Caring for a family member with a serious health condition is a qualifying event.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The diagnosis, occurrence, or tending to of one’s own serious health condition is a qualifying event.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Caring for a service member with a serious health condition is a qualifying event if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The claimant is the service member’s next of kin; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The serious health condition resulted from, or was exacerbated by, uniformed service.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A qualifying exigency arising out of the deployment of a service member who is a family member of the claimant is a qualifying event.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>