Cal. Health and Safety Code § 7180 : California Health And Safety Code — Dead Bodies — Death — Uniform Determination Of Death Act — Determination of death

Current through the 2016 Legislative Session

(a) An individual who has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead. A determination of death must be made in accordance with accepted medical standards.
(b) This article shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this article among states enacting it.
(c) This article may be cited as the Uniform Determination of Death Act.
Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 7180

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