Section 5-202 - Cessation of circulatory and respiratory or brain functions.
§ 5-202. Cessation of circulatory and respiratory or brain functions.
(a) Determination of death.- An individual is dead if, based on ordinary standards of medical practice, the individual 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.
(b) Removal of organ.-
(1) This subsection does not apply to the removal of a vital organ while the individual is alive, if the individual gives informed consent to the removal.
(2) A pronouncement of death under this section shall be made before any vital organ is removed for transplantation.
[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 54F; 1982, ch. 21, § 2; ch. 327; 1983, ch. 583, § 2; 1998, chs. 1, 2.]