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IC 4-15-16-4
"Employee"
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "employee" means a person who
is employed full time by a state agency.
As added by P.L.94-2002, SEC.1.
IC 4-15-16-5
"Organ" defined
Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "organ" means a lung, a kidney, or
another organ that requires the continuous circulation of blood to
remain useful for purposes of transplantation.
As added by P.L.94-2002, SEC.1.
IC 4-15-16-6
"State agency"
Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "state agency" means an authority,
a board, a branch, a commission, a committee, a department, a
division, or another instrumentality of state government. The term
does not include the following:
(1) A state educational institution.
(2) A state elected official's office.
(3) The legislative and judicial branches of state government.
(4) The state police department.
As added by P.L.94-2002, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.48.
IC 4-15-16-7
Employee leave for bone marrow donation; verification by
physician
Sec. 7. If an employee of a state agency:
(1) requests a leave of absence from the employee's agency so
that the employee may serve as a bone marrow donor; and
(2) provides the employee's agency with written verification by
a physician that the employee is to serve as a bone marrow
donor;
the state agency shall grant the employee a leave of absence of not
more than five (5) work days, as determined by the attending
physician, during which the employee may serve as a bone marrow
donor.
As added by P.L.94-2002, SEC.1.
IC 4-15-16-8
Leave for organ donation; verification by physician
Sec. 8. If an employee of a state agency:
(1) requests a leave of absence from the employee's agency so
that the employee may serve as a human organ donor; and
(2) provides the employee's agency with written verification by
a physician that the employee is to serve as a human organ
donor;
the state agency shall grant the employee a leave of absence of not
more than thirty (30) work days, as determined by the attending
physician, during which the employee may serve as a human organ
donor.
As added by P.L.94-2002, SEC.1.
IC 4-15-16-9
Salary during leave; employee service uninterrupted during leave
Sec. 9. (a) An employee who is granted a leave of absence under
this chapter is entitled to receive the employee's regular salary
without interruption during the leave of absence.
(b) A leave of absence granted to an employee under this chapter
is in addition to vacation days, sick days, personal days, and
compensatory time that the employee accrues.
(c) An employee's service shall be considered uninterrupted by a
leave of absence under this chapter for purposes of determining the
following:
(1) Seniority.
(2) Salary or salary advancement.
(3) Performance awards.
(4) The receipt of a benefit that may be affected by a leave of
absence.
As added by P.L.94-2002, SEC.1.
IC 4-15-16-10
Retaliation against employee prohibited
Sec. 10. A state agency may not retaliate against an employee for
requesting or obtaining a leave of absence under this chapter.
As added by P.L.94-2002, SEC.1.