MCL - Section 333.10116

PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978


333.10116 Purchase or sale of body part for transplantation or therapy; violation as felony; penalty; exception.

Sec. 10116.

    (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a person that 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 is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $50,000.00, or both.
    (2) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a body part.


History: Add. 2008, Act 39, Eff. May 1, 2008
Popular Name: Act 368
Popular Name: Uniform Anatomical Gift Act