2013 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 130A - Public Health.
Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.
Section 130A-412.18 - 18. Sale or purchase of body parts prohibited.
130A-412.18. Sale or purchase of body parts prohibited.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person, that for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a body part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a body part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death commits a Class H felony and upon conviction may be fined up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each offense.
(b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a body part. (2007-538, s. 1.)
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