Purchase or sale of body part for transplantation or therapy; violation as felony; penalty; exception.
MCL 333.10116
in effect333.10116. Purchase or sale of body part for transplantation or therapy; violation as felony; penalty; exception.
Sec. 10116.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a person that for valuable consideration knowingly purchases or sells a body part for transplantation or therapy if removal of the body part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $50,000.00, or both.
(2) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a body part.
Add. 2008, Act 39, Eff. May 1, 2008
[PopularName] Act 368
[PopularName] Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-333-10116Fetched: 10/20/2026
