§ 7181

Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 810, Sec. 2.

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.

Other sections in Article 2 - Confirmation of Death

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