Chapter 5.C (or 3.C) Futility

Note: Brain Death

Note 7

In 2008, California enacted an accommodation provision much like the New York provision, to take effect on January 1, 2009.  Under California law, families that have "any special religious or cultural practices or concerns" about brain death are entitled to a "reasonably brief period of accommodation."  Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1254.4.