Any individual who has sustained either irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead. A determination of death shall be made in accordance with accepted medical standards.
S.D. Codified Laws § 34-25-18.1
Determination of death
Source: SL 1990, ch 273.
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