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3. Criteria for determining irreversible cessation of all functions of the brain
Feedback & supportSubject to regulation 3A, the criteria for determining the irreversible cessation of all functions of the brain of a person for the purposes of section 2A of the Act shall be that —
(a)
the pupils are fixed and non-reactive to strong light;
(b)
there is no corneal reflex;
(c)
there is no spontaneous motor response to painful stimulus, excluding spinal reflexes;
(d)
there is no oculocephalic reflex;
(e)
there is no gag reflex or reflex response to tracheobronchial stimulation;
(f)
there is no vestibulo-ocular response on instillation of 50 cubic centimetres of ice-cold water into each ear; and
(g)
there is no spontaneous respiration even with carbon dioxide tension at 50 millimetres or more of mercury.