Subject to the standards and procedures established in accordance with this act, an individual whose circulatory and respiratory functions can be maintained solely by artificial means, and who has sustained irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, shall be declared dead.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 26:6A-3
Declaration of death based on neurological criteria
Known as the New Jersey Declaration of Death Act
The act spans §§ 26:6A-1 to 26:6A-8 (8 sections).
L.1991,c.90,s.3.
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