Interpretation (Determination and Certification of Death) Regulations

that the person’s condition is undoubtedly due to irremediable structural brain damage and the diagnosis of any disorder which can lead to the irreversible cessation of all functions of the person’s brain must have been fully established;

that there is no suspicion that the person’s condition is due to depressant drugs, hypothermia or metabolic and endocrine factors; and

that the person’s cessation of spontaneous respiration is not caused by neuromuscular blocking agents or other drugs.

the pupils are fixed and non-reactive to strong light;

there is no corneal reflex;

there is no spontaneous motor response to painful stimulus, excluding spinal reflexes;

there is no oculocephalic reflex;

there is no gag reflex or reflex response to tracheobronchial stimulation;

there is no vestibulo-ocular response on instillation of 50 cubic centimetres of ice-cold water into each ear; and

there is no spontaneous respiration even with carbon dioxide tension at 50 millimetres or more of mercury.

the condition specified in paragraph (b) or (c) of regulation 2 cannot be satisfied but the remaining conditions specified in that regulation have been satisfied; or

any of the criteria specified in regulation 3 cannot be performed but the remaining criteria specified in that regulation have been satisfied,the irreversible cessation of all functions of the brain of a person for the purposes of section 2A of the Act shall be determined by —

such criteria specified in regulation 3 as have been satisfied; and

any of the supplementary tests specified in the First Schedule.

Master of Medicine (Surgery) (Singapore);

Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) (Singapore);

Master of Medicine (Anaesthesia) (Singapore);

Master of Medicine (Paediatrics) (Singapore); or

any other equivalent postgraduate qualification as approved by the Director of Medical Services for the purposes of the Act and these Regulations.

where irreversible cessation of circulation of blood and respiration in the body of the person has occurred, Form 1 in the Second Schedule; and

where total and irreversible cessation of all functions of the brain of the person has occurred, Form 2 in the Second Schedule.