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§16-19-16 Prohibited acts; sale or purchase of parts prohibited.

§16-19-16. Prohibited acts; sale or purchase of parts prohibited.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person who knowingly buys or sells, for valuable consideration, a part for transplantation or therapy is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or imprisoned in a state correctional facility for a term of not more than five years, or both fined and imprisoned.

(b) A person who, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift or a refusal is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or imprisoned in a state correctional facility for a term of not more than five years.

(c) Nothing in this section prohibits a person from charging reasonable amounts for the costs of removing, processing, preserving, quality control, storing, transporting, implanting or disposing of a part.

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