§ 68-3-501. Uniform Determination of Death Act.

TN Code § 68-3-501 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) This section may be cited as the “Uniform Determination of Death Act.”

(b) 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;

(c) 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.