California Health and Safety Code 7150.75 – (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a person …
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (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, is guilty of a felony and is subject to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both the fine and imprisonment.
(b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 7150.75
- Part: means an organ, an eye, or tissue of a human being. See California Health and Safety Code 7150.10
- Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See California Health and Safety Code 7150.10
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 629, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)