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S.C. Code Ann. § 44-43-375

Purchase or sale of part to be removed after individual's death; penalty; exception

Known as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

The act spans §§ 44–44 (24 sections).

2009 Act No. 4, SECTION 2, eff May 6, 2009.

(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, must be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five 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.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.