Indiana § 1-1-4-3 Uniform Determination of Death Act

Indiana Statutes

§ 1-1-4-3 — Uniform Determination of Death Act

Indiana § 1-1-4-3

Title 1GENERAL PROVISIONS

Art. 1LAWS GOVERNING THE STATE

Ch. 4Construction of Statutes

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Ind. Code § 1-1-4-3 (2026).

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(a)Only 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.

(b)This section shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this section among states enacting it.

(c)This section may be cited as the Uniform Determination of Death Act.

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(a) Only 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.
(b) This section shall be applied and construed to effectuate its
general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of
this section among states enacting it.
(c) This section may be cited as the Uniform Determination of
Death Act.