Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 22. DETERMINATION OF DEATH

Part 1. General Provisions

Determination Of Death

50-22-101. Determination of death. An individual who has sustained either irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brainstem, is dead. A determination of death must be made in accordance with accepted medical standards.

History: En. 69-7201 by Sec. 1, Ch. 228, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 69-7201; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 86, L. 1983.