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To be a living organ donor, you must be over 18, willing, in good health, and either related to the patient, or a willing volunteer.

It is not legal to donate an organ for a financial reward (in the UK)

It is not legal to donate an organ for any other kind of reward.

The living donor who donated the organ has given it to the other person cannot ask for it back. (This was tested in courts a few years ago; husband gave his wife a kidney. They divorced, he wanted his kidney back. Judge ruled that since it was a "gift", it was not his property, so could not ask for it back.)

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