2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-3122. Declaration of death.
An individual who 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,
is dead. A determination of death must be made in accordance with accepted medical standards; provided however all reasonable attempts to restore spontaneous circulatory or respiratory functions shall first be made, prior to such declaration.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 262, § 2.
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