2016 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44 - Health
CHAPTER 43 - DISPOSITIONS OF HUMAN BODIES AND PARTS; POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS
Section 44-43-580. Traffic in dead bodies; penalty; authorization to traffic in anatomical material and pathological specimens.
(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.
(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.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 9-508; 1952 Code Section 9-508; 1942 Code Sections 1373, 3448; 1932 Code Sections 1373, 3448; Civ. C. '22 Section 1057; Cr. C. '22 Section 276; Civ. C. '12 Section 934; 1909 (26) 166; 2006 Act No. 334, Section 1, eff June 2, 2006.
Effect of Amendment
The 2006 amendment rewrote this section.
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