Kerri Adams, left, is honored by Gov. Olene Walker at this ceremony for being the first state employee to use the new policy of 30 days paid leave for donating a kidney to save the life of a stranger.

Utah/Idaho State Employees can receive 30 days paid leave for donating a kidney to save another's life. Below is the Utah state policy from the Human Resource guidelines. Idaho state employees should contact their Human Resource department for details.

If you are interested in learning more about saving lives through living kidney donation, read the next section, "How To Become A Living Kidney Donor..." after you have reviewed the State Employee paid leave policy.

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How To Become A Good Samaritan Living Kidney Donor And Save Lives

The Living Kidney Donation Program

Both adults and children suffer from kidney failure and are now, or will soon be, in need of a transplant. People in need have been receiving transplants from family and friends and from deceased donors for many years, but there aren't enough kidneys to help everyone. In order to increase the kidneys available for transplant and to lessen the suffering of those waiting, Intermountain Donor Services (IDS) and the area's transplant centers have formed the Living Kidney Donation Program to increase the number of kidneys available for transplant.

Good Samaritan Living Kidney Donation

Good Samaritan donors are living donors who do not know the recipient, but make their donation purely out of selfless motives. This type of donation is also referred to as anonymous or non-directed donation. Recipients are those at the top of the local wait list.

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