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Home » US Law » 2022 Iowa Code » Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH » Chapter 142C - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT » Section 142C.10 – Sale or purchase of parts prohibited — penalty.

142C.10 Sale or purchase of parts prohibited — penalty.

1. A person shall not knowingly, for valuable consideration, purchase or sell a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of the part is intended to occur after the death of the decedent.

2. Valuable consideration does not include reasonable payment for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.

3. A person who violates this section commits a class “C” felony.

95 Acts, ch 39, §10; 2007 Acts, ch 44, §12