Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. § 5-202
Death requirements
Effective Apr 14, 1998Added by Acts 1982, c. 21, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1982, c. 327, § 1, eff. July 1, 1982; Acts 1983, c. 583, § 2, eff. July 1, 1983; Acts 1998, c. 1, § 1, eff. April 14, 1998; Acts 1998, c. 2, § 1, eff. April 14, 1998.State of Maryland
(a) An individual is dead if, based on ordinary standards of medical practice, the individual 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.
(b)
- (1) This subsection does not apply to the removal of a vital organ while the individual is alive, if the individual gives informed consent to the removal.
- (2) A pronouncement of death under this section shall be made before any vital organ is removed for transplantation.
Added by Acts 1982, c. 21, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1982, c. 327, § 1, eff. July 1, 1982; Acts 1983, c. 583, § 2, eff. July 1, 1983; Acts 1998, c. 1, § 1, eff. April 14, 1998; Acts 1998, c. 2, § 1, eff. April 14, 1998.
Formerly Art. 43, § 54F.
Date of approval.