Section 36-26-36.5

(a) For purposes of this section, the term “employee” means an individual who is employed by any department, agency, or instrumentality of the State of Alabama who is subject to this chapter and who is a permanent employee with at least one year of state service. (b) An employee may be granted living donor leave with pay for donating an organ or bone marrow, upon fulfillment of all of the following conditions: (1) Submission to the appointing authority of written request for leave, accompanied by written verification from the physician who will be performing the medical procedure. (2) A recommendation for the leave, based on the submission required in subdivision (1), by the appointing authority. (3) Approval of the State Director of Personnel. (c) The leave granted may be for no more than 30 days in the case of an organ donation and seven days in the case of a bone marrow donation. (d) Living donor leave shall be a separate classification of leave which shall not apply to or exhaust an employee’s accrued or available leave under any other leave classification.