{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-18.6.1-16","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-18.6.1-16","heading":"Sale or purchase of parts prohibited.","body":"(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 is subject to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or both.\n(b) Subject to subsection (c), a person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.\n(c) No physician, hospital or other healthcare provider may charge the donor’s estate or family for any cost incurred in testing or removing a donor’s part, and such charge shall be void and unenforceable.","path":["Title 23 Health and Safety","Chapter 18.6.1 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-18.6.1/23-18.6.1-16.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:49Z","sha256":"5e45df2becf72b396a88216e750d6efef1c81d697790d7a43eee7b54dd414773","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-18.6.1-15","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-18.6.1-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}