Section 22-19-175 Sale or purchase of parts prohibited. - Alabama Statutes

Section 22-19-175

Sale or purchase of parts prohibited.

(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 Class C felony.

(b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.

(Act 2008-453, p. 867, §1.)