A Few Facts About The...

UNIFORM DETERMINATION OF DEATH ACT

PURPOSE:
To provide a comprehensive and medically sound basis for determining death in all situations.

ORIGIN:
Completed by the Uniform Law Commissioners in 1980, in cooperation with the American Medical Association, the American Bar Association and the President's Commission on Medical Ethics.

ENDORSED BY:
National Kidney Foundation
North American Transplant Coordinators Assn.
American Nephrology Nurses' Association

STATE ADOPTIONS:
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Kansas
Maine
Maryland

Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York *
North Carolina *
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon

Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
U.S. Virgin Islands
Utah
Vermont
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

* Substantially Similar

For any further information regarding the Uniform Determination of Death Act, please contact
Mike Kerr or Katie Robinson at 312-450-6600.

© 2002 National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
111 North Wabash Ave., Suite 1010
Chicago, Illinois 60602

tel: (312) 450-6600 | fax: (312) 450-6601 | e-mail: nccusl@nccusl.org