An individual who 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, is dead. A determination of death must be made in accordance with accepted medical standards.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-36-3
Determination of death
Known as the Uniform Determination of Death Law
The act spans §§ 41–41 (2 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case West v. State (1989)
Most recently applied in West v. State (October 1989)
Laws, 1981, ch. 410, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved March 24, 1981
Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.