Pennsylvania Act 1982-323 — UNIFORM DETERMINATION OF DEATH ACT

Act text

UNIFORM DETERMINATION OF DEATH ACT
                 Act of Dec. 17, 1982, P.L. 1401, No. 323             Cl. 35
                                  AN ACT

     Providing for determination of death.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

     Section 1.  Short title.
        This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform
     Determination of Death Act."
     Section 2.  Uniformity of construction and application.
        This act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its
     general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the
     subject of this act among states enacting it.
     Section 3.  Determination of death.
        Only 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.
     Section 4.  Effective date.
        This act shall take effect in 60 days.