Michigan Laws 333.1033 – Determination of death; conditions; accepted medical standards; persons authorized to pronounce death of person
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(1) An individual who has sustained either of the following is dead:
(a) Irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 333.1033
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- Physician: means a person licensed as a physician under part 170 or part 175 of the public health code, Act No. See Michigan Laws 333.1032
- Registered nurse: means a person licensed as a registered professional nurse under part 172 of the public health code, Act No. See Michigan Laws 333.1032
(b) Irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem.
(2) A determination of death shall be made in accordance with accepted medical standards.
(3) A physician or registered nurse may pronounce the death of a person in accordance with this act. This subsection does not prohibit a health facility or agency licensed under article 17 of the public health code, Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being section 333.20101 to 333.22260 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, from determining which of its medical personnel may pronounce the death of a person in that health facility or agency.