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There is a longstanding law somewhere that says only doctors can say whether or not a person has died. Or at least that's what I saw on TV. The nurse nudges the doctor, hangs her head, and says "Are you going to call it?" To which the doctor does one more stethoscope, throws something, and says "I'm calling it. The time of death is . . . . ."
Of course, SSI rocking the Frankenstein shtick, the situation is reversed., and it is the duty of the doctor to pronounce life instead of death. With Dr. Detecto having dutifully performed post mortems on the Mariners for the last five years, far be it from me to make a pronoucement when I see the creature twitch on the slab while Doc has his back turned and is messing with some beakers.