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2016 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 25 - Vital Records And Burial Permits
§ 34-25-18.1 Determination of death.

SD Codified L § 34-25-18.1 (2016) What's This?

34-25-18.1. Determination of death. Any individual who has sustained either irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead. A determination of death shall be made in accordance with accepted medical standards.

Source: SL 1990, ch 273.

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