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The Department shall develop personnel policies providing for the use of such leave. For the purposes of this section, &#8220;state employee&#8221; means any person who is regularly employed full time on a salaried basis, whose tenure is not restricted as to temporary or provisional appointment, in the service of, and whose compensation is payable, no more often than biweekly, in whole or in part, by the Commonwealth or any department, institution, or agency thereof.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLEAVE FOR BONE MARROW OR ORGAN DONATION (\u00a7 2.2-2821.1)\n\nState employees shall be allowed up to thirty days of paid leave in any calendar\nyear, in addition to other paid leave, to serve as bone marrow or organ donors.\nThe Department shall develop personnel policies providing for the use of such\nleave. 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