Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 41-39-131 - Sale or purchase of parts prohibited(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a person that, for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death commits a felony and upon conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) or imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or both.(b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part. Laws, 2008, ch. 561, § 16; reenacted without change, Laws, 2012, ch. 346, § 16, eff. 7/1/2012.Reenacted without change by Laws, 2014, ch. 315, SB 2217, 16, eff. 7/1/2014.