ORS § 97.981

Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation effective April 17, 2024
Section 97.981 - Purchase or sale of body parts prohibited
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, a person commits the crime of purchase or sale of a body part for transplantation or therapy if the person, for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a body part for transplantation or therapy if removal of the body part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death.
(2) Purchase or sale of a body part for transplantation or therapy is a Class C felony.
(3) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation or disposal of a body part.

ORS 97.981

2007 c. 681, § 21

See note under 97.951.