Declaration of death.

1. Law
2. Oklahoma Statutes
3. Public Health and Safety
4. Declaration of death.

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; provided however all reasonable attempts to restore spontaneous circulatory or respiratory functions shall first be made, prior to such declaration.

Added by Laws 1986, c. 262, § 2.

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