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2019 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies
Chapter 291-A - Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
Section 291-A:16 - Sale or Purchase of Parts Prohibited.
Universal Citation: NH Rev Stat § 291-A:16 (2019)
291-A:16 Sale or Purchase of Parts Prohibited. –
I. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph II, 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, notwithstanding RSA 651:2, upon conviction shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or both.
II. A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.
I. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph II, 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, notwithstanding RSA 651:2, upon conviction shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or both.
II. A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.
Source. 2010, 111:1, eff. July 31, 2010.
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