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, […]