California mandates paid leave for organ or bone marrow donationDavid KolekPaul R. Lynd
Don’t even think about selling a kidney. TheNational Organ Transplant Actof 1984 made it illegal to pay for organs. But in the 2011 caseFlynn v. Holder, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that a certain method of bone marrow donationcouldbe compensated. Related:Blood fro...
The law also provides two special features for organ and bone marrow donors that don’t apply to other TDB benefit recipients: The seven-day waiting period does not apply to an organ or bone marrow donation Employees are entitled to job restorati...
bone marrowNOTAorgan donationPBSCtransplantThe National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA), enacted in 1984, bans the exchange of bone marrow and a number of other human organs for valuable consideration. At the time NOTA was enacted, bone marrow could only be harvested by aspirating bone marrow tissue...