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2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 26 - HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS
Section 26:6A-2 - Declaration of death based on cardio-respiratory criteria


NJ Rev Stat § 26:6A-2 (2013) What's This?

26:6A-2. Declaration of death based on cardio-respiratory criteria
An individual who has sustained irreversible cessation of all circulatory and respiratory functions, as determined in accordance with currently accepted medical standards, shall be declared dead.

L.1991,c.90,s.2.


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