Home/Vermont/Statutes/Title 18: Title 18: Health/Ch. 107: Chapter 107: Deaths, Burials, and Autopsies/§ 5218
Vermont Statutes

§ 5218 — Determination of death

Vermont § 5218
JurisdictionVermont
Title 18Title 18: Health
Ch. 107Chapter 107: Deaths, Burials, and Autopsies

This text of Vermont § 5218 (Determination of death) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Vermont primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 5218 (2026).

Text

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

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Legislative History

(Added 1981, No. 62, eff. April 30, 1981.)

Nearby Sections

15
§ 5200
Definitions
§ 5201
Permits; removal of bodies; waiting period; investigation into circumstances of death
§ 5202
Report of death; death certificate; duties of licensed health care professional
§ 5202a
Correction, completion, or amendment of death certificate
§ 5203
Repealed. 2017, No. 46, § 48, effective July 1, 2018.
§ 5204
Repealed. 2017, No. 46, § 49, effective July 1, 2019.
§ 5205
Death certificate when no attending physician and in other circumstances; autopsy
§ 5206
Penalty for failure to submit report of death
§ 5207
Certificate furnished family; burial-transit permit
§ 5208
Department of Health; report on statistics
§ 5209
Death out of State; burial permit
§ 5210
Form of burial or removal permit
§ 5211
Unauthorized burial or removal; penalty
§ 5212
Permit to remove dead bodies
§ 5212a
Removal; objections
View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
Vermont § 5218, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/vt/107/5218.