2010 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Chapter 3 - Vital Records
Part 5 - Deaths
68-3-501 - Uniform Determination of Death Act.
68-3-501. Uniform Determination of Death Act.
(a) This section may be cited as the Uniform Determination of Death Act.
(b) 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.
(c) This section shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this section among states enacting it.
[Acts 1976, ch. 780, § 1; 1982, ch. 763, §§ 1-4; T.C.A., § 53-459.]
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