Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 692A.016
Sale or Purchase of Parts Prohibited

(a)

Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b), a person commits an offense if the person 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. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.

(b)

A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.

(c)

If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both this section and the other law.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 186 (H.B. 2027), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.

Source: Section 692A.016 — Sale or Purchase of Parts Prohibited, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.692A.htm#692A.016 (accessed May 18, 2024).

692A.001
Short Title 692A.002
Definitions 692A.003
Applicability 692A.004
Persons Authorized to Make Anatomical Gift Before Donor’s Death 692A.005
Manner of Making Anatomical Gift Before Donor’s Death 692A.006
Amending or Revoking Anatomical Gift Before Donor’s Death 692A.007
Refusal to Make Anatomical Gift 692A.008
Preclusive Effect of Anatomical Gift, Amendment, or Revocation 692A.009
Who May Make Anatomical Gift of Decedent’s Body or Part 692A.010
Manner of Making, Amending, or Revoking Anatomical Gift of Decedent’s Body or Part 692A.011
Persons that May Receive Anatomical Gift 692A.012
Search and Notification 692A.013
Delivery of Document of Gift Not Required 692A.014
Rights and Duties of Procurement Organization and Others 692A.015
Coordination of Procurement and Use 692A.016
Sale or Purchase of Parts Prohibited 692A.017
Other Prohibited Acts 692A.018
Immunity 692A.019
Law Governing Validity 692A.020
Glenda Dawson Donate Life-texas Registry 692A.021
Effect of Anatomical Gift on Advance Directive 692A.022
Uniformity of Application and Construction 692A.023
Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

Accessed:
May 18, 2024

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Original Source: Section 692A.016 — Sale or Purchase of Parts Prohibited, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.692A.htm#692A.016 (last accessed May 18, 2024).