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Título 31. HEALTH · Capítulo 10. VITAL RECORDS

31-10-16. Criteria for pronouncing death; immunity from liability.

Vigente

Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. (a)

    A person may be pronounced dead by a qualified physician, by a registered professional nurse or nurse practitioner authorized to make a pronouncement of death under Code Section 31-7-16 or 31-7-176.1, by an advanced practice registered nurse authorized to make a pronouncement of death under subsection (o) of Code Section 43-34-25, or by a physician assistant authorized to make a pronouncement of death under Code Section 31-7-16 or 31-7-176.1 or subsection (j) of Code Section 43-34-103, if it is determined that the individual has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory function or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem.#

  2. (b)

    A person who acts in good faith in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section shall not be liable for damages in any civil action or subject to prosecution in any criminal proceeding for such act.#

  3. (c)

    The criteria for determining death authorized in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be cumulative to and shall not prohibit the use of other medically recognized criteria for determining death.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Code 1933, § 88-1715.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1629, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1716, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 1; Code 1981, § 31-10-70; Code 1981, § 31-10-16, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1392, § 3; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 9/HB 509; Ga. L. 2017, p. 625, § 3/SB 96.

Law reviews

For article, “Baby Doe Cases: Compromise and Moral Dilemma,” see 34 Emory L.J. 545 (1986). For note, “Incubating for the State: The Precarious Autonomy of Persistently Vegetative and Brain-Dead Pregnant Women,” see 22 Ga. L. Rev. 1103 (1988).

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Texto leído de t31-(v23)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volumen V23, edición 2025, páginas 661 a 662; acción de fusión: bound only; SHA-256 del archivo ba5a57f85d04.