S.C. Code Ann. § 44-43-375: Purchase or sale of part to be removed after individual's death; penalty; exception.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 44 - HEALTH
- CHAPTER 43 Dispositions of Human Bodies and Parts; Post-Mortem Examinations
- ARTICLE 5 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
(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.
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