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2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 23 - Health and Safety
Chapter 23-4 - Office of State Medical Examiners
Section 23-4-16 - Uniform determination of death.
RI Gen L § 23-4-16 (2013) What's This?
§ 23-4-16 Uniform determination of death. – A person 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.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1982, ch. 411, § 1.)
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