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N.J.S.A. 2C:22-2 — Disposition of body parts, criminal penalties imposed for certain offenses

Current through P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22

Part of Chapter 22, New Jersey Statutes.

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Disposition of body parts, criminal penalties imposed for certain offenses

Full text of N.J.S.A. 2C:22-2

Statutory text current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22. This publication reproduces the official text of the New Jersey Statutes from the statute files published by the New Jersey Legislature; it is not the official statutes of the State of New Jersey.

N.J.S.A. 2C:22-2Primary source, current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22

1. a. A person who knowingly, for valuable consideration, purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy, if removal of a part from a donor is intended to occur after the donor's death, is guilty of a crime of the third degree and, notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-3, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $50,000, as well as the term of imprisonment provided under N.J.S.2C:43-6, or both. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit a person from charging a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, disposal, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, or implantation of a part. b. A person who intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document by which a gift of all or part of a human body may be made pursuant to P.L.2008, c.50 (C.26:6-77 et al.), an amendment or revocation of such a document, or any death record or document of medical or social history pertaining to the body or part of the donor, or a refusal to make a gift, in order to obtain a financial benefit or gain, is guilty of a crime of the second degree and, notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-3, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $50,000, as well as the term of imprisonment provided under N.J.S.2C:43-6, or both. c. As used in this section, the terms "decedent," "donor," "part," and "person" have the meaning ascribed to them in section 2 of P.L.2008, c.50 (C.26:6-78). L.2007, c.36, s.1; amended 2008, c.50, s.22.

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What degree of offense is disposition of body parts, criminal penalties imposed for certain offenses in New Jersey?

It depends on the circumstances: disposition of body parts, criminal penalties imposed for certain offenses ranges from a crime of the third degree to a crime of the second degree in New Jersey under N.J.S.A. 2C:22-2.

Purchase or sale of body part for transplantation/therapy after death: crime of the third degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:22-2) · Falsification/forgery/concealment of donation documents for financial gain: crime of the second degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:22-2)

Which New Jersey statute covers disposition of body parts, criminal penalties imposed for certain offenses?

Disposition of body parts, criminal penalties imposed for certain offenses is governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:22-2 (Disposition of body parts, criminal penalties imposed for certain offenses).

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