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    An individual is dead if, based on ordinary standards of medical practice, the individual has sustained either Irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or brain functions. A pronouncement of death under this section shall May be made before any vital organ is removed for transplantation.

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    An individual is dead if, based on ordinary standards of medical practice, the individual has sustained either Irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or brain functions. A pronouncement of death under this section shall May be made before any vital organ is removed for transplantation.

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    An individual is dead if, based on ordinary standards of medical practice, the individual has sustained either Irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or brain functions. A pronouncement of death under this section shall May be made before any vital organ is removed for transplantation.

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    AN ACT CONCERNING Organ Transplantation FOR the purpose of making the State of Maryland a May Issue State BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments ArticleHealthGeneral 5-202. Annotated Code of Maryland SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE MARYLAND STUDENT LEGISLATURE, that the laws of Maryland read as follows: 5-202. Cessation of circulatory and respiratory or brain functions (a) Determination of death. -- An individual is dead if, based on ordinary standards of medical practice, the individual 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. (b) Removal of organ. -(1) This subsection does not apply to the removal of a vital organ while the individual is alive, if the individual gives informed consent to the removal. (2) A pronouncement of death under this section shall MAY be made before any vital organ is removed for transplantation. SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this act shall take effect on June 1, 2012.

    SPONSOR: Nicholas Temple, DCP, Hood College

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