65-3235. Sale or purchase of parts prohibited.

65-3235

Chapter 65.--PUBLIC HEALTH
Article 32.--REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT

      65-3235.   Sale or purchase of partsprohibited.(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a personthat for valuable consideration,knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removalof a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's deathcommits a severity level 5, nonperson felony.

      (b)   A person may charge a reasonable amount for theremoval, processing, preservation, qualitycontrol, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.

      History:   L. 2007, ch. 127, § 16; July 1.