GEORGIA STATUTES AND CODES
               		§ 45-20-31 - Leave of absence for organ or bone marrow donation
               		
               		
               	 	
               	 	               	 	
               	 	
               	 	
               	 		
O.C.G.A.    45-20-31   (2010)
   45-20-31.    Leave of absence for organ or bone marrow donation 
      (a)  Each  employee of the State of Georgia or of any branch, department, board,  bureau, or commission of the State of Georgia who serves as an organ  donor for the purpose of transplantation shall receive a leave of  absence, with pay, of 30 days and such leave shall not be charged  against or deducted from any annual or sick leave and shall be included  as service in computing any retirement or pension benefits. The employee  shall not be entitled to such leave of absence with pay unless he or  she furnishes to his or her supervisor or other proper authority a  statement from a medical practitioner who is to perform such  transplantation procedure or from a hospital administrator that the  employee is making an organ donation as provided in this Code section.  If such donation does not occur, the provisions of this Code section  shall not be applicable. For the purposes of this Code section, the term  "organ" means a human organ, including an eye, that is capable of being  transferred from the body of a person to the body of another person.
(b)  Each  employee of the State of Georgia or of any branch, department, board,  bureau, or commission of the State of Georgia who serves as a bone  marrow donor for the purpose of transplantation shall receive a leave of  absence, with pay, of seven days and such leave shall not be charged  against or deducted from any annual or sick leave and shall be included  as service in computing any retirement or pension benefits. The employee  shall not be entitled to such leave of absence with pay unless he or  she furnishes to his or her supervisor or other proper authority a  statement from a medical practitioner who is to perform such  transplantation procedure or from a hospital administrator that the  employee is serving as a bone marrow donor as provided in this Code  section. If such donation does not occur, the provisions of this Code  section shall not be applicable.
               	 	
               	 	
               	 	               	 	
               	 	               	 	               	  
               	 
               	 
               	 
               	 
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