72-17-302. Sale or purchase of parts prohibited. (1) A person may 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, disposal, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, or implantation of a part.
(3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and upon conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or both.
History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 540, L. 1989.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships
Chapter 17. Anatomical Gift Act
Part 3. Regulation -- Qualifications
72-17-301. Rights and duties at death
72-17-302. Sale or purchase of parts prohibited
72-17-303. False acts concerning document of gift -- penalty
72-17-304. through 72-17-310 reserved
72-17-311. Eye enucleations -- enucleators -- qualifications