{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-43-580","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-43-580","heading":"Trafficking in dead bodies; penalty; authorization to traffic in anatomical material and pathological specimens.","body":"(A) It is unlawful for a person to sell or buy a dead human body or in any way to traffic in dead human bodies.\n(B) A person who violates subsection (A) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or, in the discretion of the court, be imprisoned not more than one year; however, the board may, on the application of any person, empower that person to import into this State and traffic in anatomical material and pathological specimens as the board may designate.","path":["Title 44 - HEALTH","CHAPTER 43 Dispositions of Human Bodies and Parts; Post-Mortem Examinations","ARTICLE 7 Distribution of Dead Bodies for Scientific Purposes"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c043.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:33:09Z","sha256":"f3d2a6a68050684f53d302ae8dd8ed3623cc3c76ff8420e01c0bfbc085750500","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-43-560","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-43-590"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}