DEFINITIONS As used in this certificate, the terms listed below will have the meanings set forth below. When defined terms are used in this certificate, they will appear with initial capitalization. The plural use of a term defined in the singular will share the same meaning. Actively at Work or Active Work means that You are performing the usual and customary duties of Your job. This must be done at: • Your Employing Agency’s place of business; • An alternate place approved by Your Employing Agency; or • A place which the Employing Agency’s business requires you to travel. You will be deemed to be Actively at Work during weekends or Employing Agency’s approved paid leave of absence, approved leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), approved leave under Washington’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Program, holidays, business closures, or while on approved leave of absence without pay, or You qualify for and elect to continue coverage when You lose Your eligibility for the employer contribution toward PEBB benefits during certain types of leave. If You are a benefits eligible seasonal employee who works a season of 9 months or more, You will be deemed to be Actively at Work during Your off season. If You are a benefits eligible faculty anticipated to work half time or more the entire instructional year or equivalent nine-month period, You will be deemed to be Actively at Work for each month of the instructional year. If You are a benefits eligible faculty who are hired on a quarter/semester to quarter/semester basis, You will be deemed to be Actively at Work each quarter/semester in which You are working half-time or more. If You are a benefits eligible faculty who works an average of half-time or more throughout the entire instructional year or equivalent nine month period and work each quarter/semester of the instructional year or equivalent nine month period, You will be deemed to be Actively at Work during summer or Your off quarter/semester. If You are a benefits eligible faculty who averages half-time or more in each of the two preceding academic years and You are eligible to receive an uninterrupted employer contribution, You will be deemed to be Actively at Work until You are no longer eligible for the employer contribution. If You are a faculty who loses eligibility for the employer contribution and regains it if You return to a faculty position where it is anticipated that You will work half-time or more for the quarter/semester no later than the twelfth month after the month in which You lost eligibility for the employer contribution, You will be deemed to be Actively at Work on the first day of the month in which the quarter/semester begins. Beneficiary means the person(s) to whom We will pay insurance as determined in accordance with the GENERAL PROVISIONS section. Certificateholder means an Actively at Work employee, Totally Disabled Patrolman, Disability Leave Patrolman, Disability Status Patrolman who is insured under the Group Policy. Child means the following: For Dependent Life Insurance, a child who is at least 14 days old through the last day of the month in which the child turns age twenty-six with the exception listed below. Children are defined as:  Children based on establishment of a parent-child relationship as described in state statues, except when parental rights have been terminated;  Children of the Certificateholder’s Spouse, based on the Spouse’s establishment of a parent-child relationship, except when parental rights have been terminated. The stepchild’s relationship to the Certificateholder (and eligibility as a dependent) ends on the same date the marriage with the Spouse ends through divorce, annulment, dissolution, termination, or death;  Children for whom the Certificateholder has assumed a legal obligation for total or partial support in anticipation of adoption of the child; GCERT2024-WSHCA-WA-LIFE-EMPLOYEE1 40