(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 class C felony and upon conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both.

[2003 c 53 § 312; 1993 c 228 § 10.]

NOTES:

     Intent -- Effective date -- 2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.