(a) The Commissioner of Health shall promulgate regulations to implement an Employee Blood Donation Program that provides for participants to receive time off from their employment to donate blood, as provided in subsection (d).
(b) Only fulltime employees who are employed by the employers identified in subsection (d), are at least 18 years of age, and meet the health and other criteria established by the Department of Health are eligible to participate in the Employee Blood Donor Program under this section.
(c) The Employee Blood Donor Program operates during the operating hours of the blood bank.
(d) Employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands and those private-sector employees employed by beneficiaries of either the Economic Development Program or Act No. 4740 are entitled to a maximum of three hours leave once every two months, without loss of pay, or any other benefit, to allow employees time to donate blood.
(e) Employers and employees shall cooperate to establish mutually acceptable schedules that permit employee participation in the Program to the fullest extent possible while maintaining adequate staffing levels in the workplace.
(f) Employees who participate in the Blood Donation Program shall submit to their employers documented proof confirming their participation at the time and on the date for which they received leave.