O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-23-9 (2019)

Penalty

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) It shall be unlawful:

(1) For any person to sell either his eyes or any parts thereof or the eyes or any parts thereof of another person or to receive any remuneration for the giving of a human eye or any part thereof;

(2) For the person or persons operating and maintaining any eye bank to sell any donated eye or donated part thereof or knowingly to extract, remove, or take possession of any human eye or part thereof for which any person received compensation or remuneration; or

(3) For any person or persons to establish or operate any eye bank without approval of the department or otherwise not in accordance with this chapter.

(b) Any person who violates any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

Ga. L. 1961, p. 582, § 9; Code 1933, § 88-2009, enacted by Ga. L.

1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1499, § 5.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Action for damage to a corpse. - In an action regarding the alleged removal of eye tissue from a corpse without permission, even if the corneal tissue held pecu-

niary value, plaintiff could not sue for its recovery on the basis of contract. Bauer v. North Fulton Med. Ctr., Inc., 241 Ga. App. 568, 527 S.E.2d 240 (1999).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Dead Bodies, §§ 38, 42, 81, 92.

C.J.S. - 25A C.J.S., Dead Bodies, § 67 et seq.

CHAPTER 24 BLOOD LABELING Sec.

Sec. Short title. Definitions. Requirement of qualification of blood donors. Labeling of containers of blood. Transfusion of unlabeled blood;

Cross references. - Inapplicability of implied warranties to injection, transfusion, or other transfer of blood, blood plasma, or transplanting of tissue, bones, or organs, §§ 11-2-316, 51-1-28. Methods for selection of blood donors and collection of blood, § 31-22-5.

identification of blood administered by transfusion. Transfer of blood and blood components for industrial use. Administration of chapter. Penalty.

Administrative rules and regulations. - Blood labeling, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Community Health, Healthcare Facility Regulation, Subject 111-8-9.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. Trials. - Transfusion-Associated AIDS Litigation, 58 Am. Jur. Trials 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1999–1999 · leading case: Bauer v. North Fulton Med. Ctr., Inc., 527 S.E.2d 240 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999).
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Bauer v. North Fulton Med. Ctr., Inc., 527 S.E.2d 240 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 8× “OCGA § 31-23-9 makes it a misdemeanor to sell eye tissue for remuneration, making any contract for the sale of eye tissue illegal.”
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