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. Thirty-two states, the District of Columbia , and the Virgin Islands have statutorily adopted the Uniform Determination of Death Act. UNir. DETERMINATION OF DEATH AcT, 12A U.L.A. 589(1996). See Ark. CODE ANN.§ 20-171010(Michie 1995); CaL. HEALTH& Sarery Cope§ 7180(West 1997); CoLo. REV. STAT. ANN.§ 12-36-136(West 1997); DEL. Cope ANN. tit. 24,§ 1760(1996); D.C. Cope ANN. 1981§ 6-2401(1997); GA. Cope ANN.§ 31-10-16(1997); IpaHo Conk§ 54-1819(1997); IND Copk§ 1-1-4-3(1997); KAN. STAT. ANN.§ 77-204 to 77-206(1996); ME. Rev. STAT. ANN. tit. 22§§ 2811 to 2813(West 1997); Mb. Cope ANN., HEALTH-GEN.§ 5-202(1997); MicH. Comp. Laws ANN.§§ 33.1031 to 33.1034(1997); MINN. STAT. ANN§ 145.135(West 1997); Miss. Cope ANN.§§4136-1, 41-36-3(1997); Mo. ANN. Stat.§ 194.005(West 1996); Mont. CODE ANN. § 50-22-101(1996); Nes. Rev. Stat.§§ 71-7201 to 71-7203(1996); NEv. Rev. Star.§ 451.007(1995); N.H. Rev. Stat. ANN.§§ 141-D1, 141-D2(1996); N.M. StAT. ANN.§ 12-2-4(1997); N.D. Cent. Copk§ 23-06.3-01(1997); OHio REv. Cope ANN.§ 2108.30(Banks-Baldwin 1997); OkLA. STAT. ANN. tit. 63,§§ 3121 to 3123(1997); Or. Rev. Star.§ 432.300(1995); PA . Stat. ANN. tit. 35,§§ 10202 to 10203(1996); R.1. GEN Laws§ 23-4-16(1996); S.C. Cope ANN.§§ 44-3-450, 44-43-460(1997); S.D. Copiriep Laws§ 34-35-18.1(Michie 1997); Tenn. Cops ANN.§ 68-3-501(1997); Uta Cope ANN.§§ 26-34-1, 26-34-2(1997); VT. STAT. ANN. tit. 18,§ 5218(1997); V.I. Cope ANN. tit. 19,§ 869(1996); W. VA. Copk§§ 16-10-1 to 16-10-4(1997); Wis. Stat. ANN.§ 146.71(1997); Wyo . STAT. ANN.§§ 35-19-101 to 35-19-103(1997). Alabama has adopted the Uniform Brain Death Act. UNir. BRAIN DEATH Act, 12 U.L.A. 63(1996). See ALA. Conk§ 22-311(1996). Twelve states and Puerto Rico have adopted statutes which include a variation on the“cessation of all functioning of the brain” among other indices of death, especially when a patient's cardiac or respiratory functions are supported by artificial means. See ALaska ApmiN. CODE tit. 9§ 68.120(1997); Conn. GEN. STAT. ANN. 19a-279h(West 1997); FLA. STAT. ANN.§ 382.009(West 1997); Haw. Rev. Star.§ 327C-1(1997); Iowa CODE ANN.§702.8