2015 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies
NRS 451.590 - Sale or purchase of parts prohibited; penalties.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person shall not knowingly, for valuable consideration, purchase or sell a part of a natural person for transplantation or therapy if removal of the part from the natural person is or was intended to occur after the natural person’s death.
2. A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation or disposal of a part.
3. A person who violates this section is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130, or by a fine of not more than $50,000, or by both fine and the punishment provided in NRS 193.130.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 432; A 1995, 1280; 2007, 795)
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