{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-43-460","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-43-460","heading":"When individual is deemed to be dead; standards applicable to determination.","body":"An individual who has sustained irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead. A determination of death must be made in accordance with accepted medical standards.","path":["Title 44 - HEALTH","CHAPTER 43 Dispositions of Human Bodies and Parts; Post-Mortem Examinations","ARTICLE 6 Uniform Determination of Death Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c043.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:33:09Z","sha256":"85edc8ba322f216daba9d18b29de6e4431320d7195ef6d51ccb4c67cc0eb4545","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-43-450","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-43-510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}