§ 35-46-5-1 — Human organ trafficking

Indiana § 35-46-5-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 46: MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES
• Ch. 5: Offenses Against Public Sensibility

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(a) As used in this section, "human organ"
means the kidney, liver, heart, lung, cornea, eye, bone marrow, bone,
pancreas, or skin of a human body.
(b) As used in this section, "item of value" means money, real
estate, funeral related services, and personal property. "Item of value"
does not include:
(1) the reasonable payments associated with the removal,
transportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality
control, and storage of a human organ; or
(2) the reimbursement of travel, housing, lost wages, and other
expenses incurred by the donor of a human organ related to the
donation of the human organ.
(c) A person who intentionally acquires, receives, sells, or transfers,
in exchange for an item of value, a human organ for use in human
organ transplantation commits unlawful transfer of human organs, a
Level 5 felony.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.131-1992, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.217-1997, SEC.1; P.L.158-2013, SEC.570; P.L.213-2016, SEC.29.