Declaration of Death

The declaration of death shall be of the following:

(a)a person shall be considered legally dead if there is irreversible cessation of spontaneous respiratory and circulatory functions; or

(b)if artificial means of support preclude a determination that spontaneous respiratory and circulatory functions have ceased, a person will be considered legally dead if in the announced opinion of a licensed physician, based on accepted medical standards, there is irreversible cessation of all spontaneous brain function. Death will have occurred at the time when the relevant functions ceased. Death is to be pronounced before artificial means of supporting respiratory and circulatory functions are terminated.