Md. Code, Health-Gen. § 5-202

Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
Section 5-202 - Cessation of circulatory and respiratory or brain functions
(a) 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)
(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 be made before any vital organ is removed for transplantation.

Md. Code, HG § 5-202