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2012 California Codes
HSC - Health and Safety Code
DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES [7000 - 8030]
PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 3.7 - Death
ARTICLE 2 - Confirmation of Death
Section 7181
CA Health & Safety Code § 7181 (through 2013 Leg Sess) What's This?
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.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 810, Sec. 2.)
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