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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 446 CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES
446.400 Determination of death -- Minimal conditions to be met.
Download pdfwith the usual and customary standards of medical practice, provided that death shall not
be determined to have occurred unless the following minimal conditions have been met:
(1) When respiration and circulation are not artificially maintained, there is an irreversible cessation of spontaneous respiration and circulation; or (2) When respiration and circulation are artificially maintained, and there is a total and irreversible cessation of all brain function, including the brain stem and that such
determination is made by two (2) licensed physicians. Effective: July 15, 1986
History: Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986.
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