Any member of the National Guard or South Carolina guard on state duty is entitled, upon honorable release from duty, to some military leave privileges.

Reinstatement. Any member of the National Guard or South Carolina guard on state duty is entitled, upon honorable release from duty, to reemployment rights when application for reemployment is made within five days of release from duty or from a service-related hospitalization. Qualified employees are restored to previous positions, or equivalents, unless unreasonable by circumstances. Employees not qualified must be placed in another position, unless unreasonable by circumstances.

State Guard.--Reemployment provisions applicable to members of the South Carolina National Guard must also apply to members of the South Carolina State Guard who, at the direction of the Governor or by the Governor's authority, enter state duty and are honorably released from that duty.