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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-5-154. Limited prohibition on sale or purchase of body parts.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-5-154. Limited prohibition on sale or purchase of body parts.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, 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 is subject to a fine not exceeding $50,000.00 or imprisonment not exceeding 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.

## History

Code 1981, § 44-5-154, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 503, § 1/SB 405.

## Cross References

Buying or selling or offering to buy or sell the human body or parts, § 16-12-160. Sale by contract or will of implanted pacemaker, § 53-1-4.