O.C.G.A. § 44-5-154: Limited prohibition on sale or purchase of body parts.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 44 Property
- CHAPTER 5 Acquisition and Loss of Property
- Article 6 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gifts
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, 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 $50,000.00 or imprisonment not exceeding 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.
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