Health & Saf. Code, § 7180 · Article 1. Uniform Determination of Death Act
Health & Saf. Code, § 7180
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 810, Sec. 2.
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