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2019 Mississippi Code
Title 41 - Public Health
Chapter 39 - Disposition of Human Bodies or Parts
Revised Mississippi Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
§ 41-39-131. Sale or purchase of parts prohibited
Universal Citation: MS Code § 41-39-131 (2019)
(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 ($50,000.00) or imprisonment not exceeding five (5) 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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