If an employee of a state agency:

1. (1) requests a leave of absence from the employee's agency so that the employee may serve as a bone marrow donor; and

2. (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.