The Florida Senate

873.01  Purchase or sale of human organs and tissue prohibited.--

(1)  No person shall knowingly offer to purchase or sell, or purchase, sell, or otherwise transfer, any human organ or tissue for valuable consideration.

(2)  No for-profit corporation or any employee thereof shall transfer or arrange for the transfer of any human body part for valuable consideration.

(3)(a)  The human organs and tissues subject to the provisions of this section are the eye, cornea, kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, bone, and skin or any other organ or tissue adopted by rule by the ¹Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services for this purpose.

(b)  As used in this section, the term "valuable consideration" does not include the reasonable costs associated with the removal, storage, and transportation of a human organ or tissue.

(4)  A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.--s. 1, ch. 84-264; s. 3, ch. 87-372.

¹Note.--The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services was redesignated as the Department of Children and Family Services by s. 5, ch. 96-403, and the Department of Health was created by s. 8, ch. 96-403.