Idaho Statutes TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 18 PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS

54-1819. DEFINITION AND PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINATION OF DEATH. (1) An individual who has sustained either (a) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (b) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead. (2) A determination of death must be made in accordance with accepted medical standards which mean the usual and customary procedures of the community in which the determination of death is made.

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