; or (ii) is any other person determined by the Secretary to be capable of providing health care services; and (B) is not employed by an employer for whom the provider issues certification under this title. (10) Paid sick time The term paid sick time means an increment of compensated leave that— (A) can be— (i) earned by a covered individual for use during an absence from employment or work for a reason described in any paragraph of section 302(b); or (ii) provided by an employer during a public health emergency for use during an absence from employment or work for a reason described in any paragraph of section 302(b); and (B) is compensated at a rate that is not less than the greatest of— (i) the covered individual's regular rate of pay; (ii) the minimum wage rate provided for in section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1) ); or (iii) the minimum wage rate provided for in the applicable State or local law for the State or locality in which the covered individual is employed or works. (11) Parent The term parent means a biological, foster, or adoptive parent of a covered individual, a stepparent of a covered individual, a parent-in-law of a covered individual, a parent of a domestic partner of a covered individual, or a legal guardian or other person who stood in loco parentis to a covered individual when the covered individual was a child. (12) Public health emergency The term public health emergency means— (A) a public health emergency— (i) declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for a jurisdiction, or by a State or local public health official with authority to declare such an emergency for the State or jurisdiction within the State; and (ii) due to a public health condition that is— (I) emergent and acute; and (II) not a longstanding, chronic public health condition