Current through 2023-2024 Legislative Session Chapter 709
Section 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.Added by 2008 Ga. Laws 545,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2008.