KRS 446.400: Determination of death -- Minimal conditions to be met.

For all legal purposes, the occurrence of human death shall be determined in accordance

with the usual and customary standards of medical practice, provided that death shall not

be determined to have occurred unless the following minimal conditions have been met:

(1) When respiration and circulation are not artificially maintained, there is an

irreversible cessation of spontaneous respiration and circulation; or

(2) When respiration and circulation are artificially maintained, and there is a total and

irreversible cessation of all brain function, including the brain stem and that such

determination is made by two (2) licensed physicians.