Section 44-43-375. Purchase or sale of part to be removed after individual's death; penalty; exception.

SC Code § 44-43-375 (2019) (N/A)
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(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, must be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five 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.

HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 4, Section 2, eff May 6, 2009.