The Uniform Determination of Death Act ( UDDA ) is a model bill, adopted by many US states, stating that an individual who has sustained either 1 ) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or 2 ) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead.

The Uniform Determination of Death Act ( UDDA ) is a draft state law that was approved for the United States in 1981 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, in cooperation with the American Medical Association, the American Bar Association, and the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research.

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