{"data":{"id":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-5218","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"18 V.S.A. § 5218","heading":"Determination of death","body":"An individual who has sustained either irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, or irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions is dead. A determination of death must be in accordance with accepted medical standards.","path":["Title 18: Health","Chapter 107: Deaths, Burials, and Autopsies","Subchapter 001: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/18/107/05218","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:02Z","sha256":"d03e90d1acccd84daa82419758a2ad7abeb1627780e6d86051e8a263ec982028","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-5217","next":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-5219"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}