Except as otherwise provided in subsection (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 commits a felony and upon conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) or imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or both.
A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 39 - Disposition of Human Bodies or Parts
Revised Mississippi Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA)
§ 41-39-107. Who may make anatomical gift before donor's death
§ 41-39-109. Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death
§ 41-39-111. Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death
§ 41-39-113. Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal
§ 41-39-115. Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
§ 41-39-117. Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part
§ 41-39-119. Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part
§ 41-39-121. Persons that may receive anatomical gift; purpose of anatomical gift
§ 41-39-123. Search and notification
§ 41-39-125. Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine
§ 41-39-127. Rights and duties of procurement organization and others
§ 41-39-129. Coordination of procurement and use
§ 41-39-131. Sale or purchase of parts prohibited
§ 41-39-133. Other prohibited acts
§ 41-39-141. Effect of anatomical gift on advance health-care directive
§ 41-39-145. Uniformity of application and construction
§ 41-39-147. Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act