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2014 Utah Code
Title 26 - Utah Health Code
Chapter 34 - Uniform Determination of Death Act
Section 2 - Definition of death -- Determination of death.

UT Code § 26-34-2 (2014) What's This?
26-34-2. Definition of death -- Determination of death.
(1) An individual is dead if the individual has sustained either:
(a) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions; or
(b) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem.
(2) A determination of death shall be made in accordance with accepted medical standards.


Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session

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