Laws of North Carolina (Last Updated: May 12, 2015) |
Chapter130A. Public Health. |
Article16. Postmortem Investigation and Disposition |
Part3A. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act |
§130A-412.18. Sale or purchase of body parts prohibited
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person, that for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a body part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a body part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death commits a Class H felony and upon conviction may be fined up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each offense.
(b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a body part.
(2007-538, s. 1.)