Health & Saf. Code, § 7181 · Article 2. Confirmation of Death
Health & Saf. Code, § 7181
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When an individual is pronounced dead by determining that the individual has sustained an irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, there shall be independent confirmation by another physician.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 810, Sec. 2.
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