Health and Safety Code § 7181

ARTICLE 2. Confirmation of Death

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 7181Official source ↗

Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 810, Sec. 2.

When an individual is pronounced dead by determining that the individual has sustained an irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, there shall be independent confirmation by another physician.