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NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-1 - Definitions.

26:6-1 Definitions.  26:6-1. As used in this chapter: "Local registrar" or "registrar" means the local registrar of vital statistics. "State registrar" means the State Registrar of Vital Statistics. "Registration district" or "district" means the district established by law for the registration of vital events. "Fetal death" or "stillbirth" means death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy; the death is indicated by the fact that after such separation, the fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles. "Dead body" means the dead body of a human being. The definition of the term "communicable disease" as contained in R.S.26:4-1 shall also apply to this chapter. "Authentication" means the entry by the Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, or a county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner, funeral director or physician into the New Jersey Electronic Death Registration System of a personal identification code, digital signature or other identifier unique to that user, by which the information entered into the system by the user is authenticated by the user who assumes responsibility for its accuracy. "Authentication" also means the process by which the State registrar or a local registrar, deputy registrar, alternate deputy registrar or subregistrar indicates that person's review and approval of information entered into the system by the Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, or a county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner, funeral director or physician.  "Electronic registration system" means any electronic method, including, but not limited to, one based on Internet technology, of collecting, transmitting, recording and authenticating information from one or more responsible parties, which is necessary to complete a vital record, and is designed to replace a manual, paper-based data collection, recordation and signature system. "New Jersey Electronic Death Registration System" or "NJ-EDRS" is an electronic registration system for completing a certification of death or fetal death record that is authorized, designed and maintained by the State registrar. amended 1965, c.78, s.1; 2003, 221, s.1; 2018, c.62, s.23.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-2 - Power of local board

26:6-2. Power of local board  The local board shall have power to pass, alter or amend ordinances and make rules and regulations within its jurisdiction to regulate the burial and disinterment of human bodies.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-3 - Prohibition of public funerals; penalty

26:6-3. Prohibition of public funerals; penalty  The local board may specify any communicable disease or diseases in case of death from which no public funeral shall be had, and prohibit such public funeral under a penalty to be imposed, not to exceed fifty dollars, and in case of the threatening or prevalence of an epidemic, may prohibit such public funeral of persons dying with the particular disease or diseases then prevalent. The board may also prohibit such public funeral in any case in which the attending physician shall by writing so advise, or in any case in which two reputable physicians in the same district or municipality certify that they believe that the interests of the public health require such restriction.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-4 - Computation of death rate.

26:6-4 Computation of death rate.  26:6-4. In computing the death rate of any municipality or health district in which there is located a hospital or other institution, any death which shall take place at such hospital or institution shall not be included among deaths occurring in said municipality or health district unless the death is of a person whose last place of residence was in said municipality or health district. Any death occurring at any such hospital or institution, of any person whose last place of residence as shown on the death certificate was outside of the limits of said municipality or health district, shall, for the purpose of computing the death rate, be included among the deaths occurring in the municipality or health district named in the certificate as the last place of residence of the decedent. Except where a death record is created on the NJ-EDRS, it shall be the duty of the registrar of the district in which such a death occurred promptly to notify the registrar of the district which was the last place of residence of the decedent. Amended 1965, c.78, s.2; 2003, c.221, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-4.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-4.1 - Certificate of death

26:6-4.1. Certificate of death  1. On or before the tenth day of each month, the State Department of Health shall certify to the supervisor of veterans' interment in each of the respective counties of the State, the name of each deceased veteran and of each deceased member of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits for whom a certificate of death, in which the place of burial, cremation or removal is stated as being within such county, has been filed with the State Department of Health during the preceding month, together with the date and place of burial, cremation or removal of such deceased veteran, and the war in which said deceased veteran served.  L.1945,c.202,s.1; amended 1946,c.232,s.1; 1991,c.389,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-4.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-4.2 - Undertaker to make inquiry, report, penalty for failure to report

26:6-4.2. Undertaker to make inquiry, report, penalty for failure to report  2. Whenever a dead body is transported from outside the State into this State for burial or other final disposition in this State, the person in charge of any premises in which the interment or cremation of such dead body is made, shall make due and diligent inquiry in order to determine whether the deceased person to be interred or cremated was a veteran of any war or was a member of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and has been declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, and if so, the war in which said deceased veteran served. If such interment is made in a cemetery or burial ground having no person in charge thereof, then the undertaker making the interment of such dead body shall make such inquiry.  On or before the tenth day of each month the person in charge of any such premises, or if the interment is made in a cemetery or burial ground having no person in charge, then the undertaker who made any such interment, shall certify to the supervisor of veterans' interment in the county in which such interment or cremation was made, the name of each deceased veteran who has been interred or cremated in said premises during the preceding month, together with the date and place of burial or cremation of such deceased veteran, and the war in which said deceased veteran served.  Any failure so to do on the part of the officers of any cemetery association or the undertaker shall subject the violator to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the supervisor of veterans' interment of any county wherein the violation occurs.  L.1945,c.202,s.2; amended 1946,c.232,s.2; 1953,c.26,s.49; 1991,c.316; 1991,c.389,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-5 - Cemeteries dangerous to public health; action for relief; costs

26:6-5. Cemeteries dangerous to public health; action for relief; costs  When a cemetery or burial ground or part thereof for any reason has become dangerous to the public health and it shall be deemed inadvisable that any further interments be made therein, any municipal authority within whose limits the cemetery or burial ground is situate, or the State department or any local board, may institute an action in the Superior Court, either in the name of the State on the relation of the plaintiff or otherwise. If the court shall determine that the cemetery or burial ground or any part thereof is dangerous to the public health for any reason, or that further interments therein would be inadvisable, the court may, by injunction or otherwise, grant such relief as may be proper and necessary for the protection of the public health. If the court shall determine that the plaintiff is not entitled to any relief, costs shall be awarded against the plaintiff, but only if it appears to the court that no probable cause existed for bringing the action. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 478, s. 50.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-5.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-5.1 - Necessity of death certificate and burial or removal permit

26:6-5.1. Necessity of death certificate and burial or removal permit  No person, without securing a proper death certificate and a burial or removal permit, shall: a. Remove a dead body from this State; or b. Bury or make other final disposition of such body in this State. Amended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-5.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-5.2 - Recording of deaths

26:6-5.2. Recording of deaths  The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall, upon proper proof received from an appropriate agency of the National Military Establishment, or from the United States Department of Commerce, record the death of any person who died while in the military or naval or maritime or merchant marine service of the United States, and who at the time of entering said service was a resident of the State of New Jersey. Proper proof as required by this section shall be the official letter from an appropriate agency of the National Military Establishment or the United States Department of Commerce, to the next of kin of such deceased person. L.1950, c. 299, p. 1011, s. 1. Amended by L.1954, c. 130, p. 606, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-5.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-5.3 - Certifying deaths

26:6-5.3. Certifying deaths  The State Registrar shall, upon request, certify such deaths in the same manner as in the case of deaths occurring and recorded in New Jersey. L.1950, c. 299, p. 1011, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-5.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-5.4 - Fees

26:6-5.4. Fees  No fees shall be charged or collected for the recording of such deaths as provided in section one, nor shall any fee be required or paid under section two when certification is made at the request of any of the next of kin or the legal representatives of such deceased person. L.1950, c. 299, p. 1011, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-6 - Execution of death certificate.

26:6-6 Execution of death certificate.  26:6-6. a. The funeral director in charge of the funeral or disposition of the body of any person dying in this State shall be responsible for the proper execution of a death certificate in a legible manner, or by means of the NJ-EDRS, and filed in exchange for a burial or removal or transit permit with the local registrar of the district in which the death occurred or the body was found or with the registrar of the district in which the funeral director has his funeral home or where the burial or other disposition is to take place. In the event the death certificate is filed with the registrar of a district other than that in which the death took place or the body was found, that registrar shall, within 24 hours after issuing the permit, sign and forward the certificate of death to the registrar of the district where the death took place or the body was found, with a statement that the permit was issued. In case the death certificate is filed with the deputy registrar, alternate deputy registrar or subregistrar, he shall within 12 hours forward the certificate to his own registrar, who in turn shall forward the certificate as heretofore directed. A record created on the NJ-EDRS shall be deemed to have been transmitted to the other local registrar, or by the deputy registrar, alternate deputy registrar or subregistrar, as applicable, in accordance with the requirements of this subsection. b. Any funeral director filing a death certificate in a registration district other than that in which the death occurred or the body was found shall immediately send the State registrar written notice by first class mail, except that a record created on the NJ-EDRS shall be deemed to have been transmitted to the State registrar in accordance with the requirements of this subsection. The notice shall contain the name of the deceased, the place and date of death, the date the certificate was filed, the name and address of the registrar with whom the certificate was filed, and the name and address of the funeral director. Failure of the State registrar to receive the notice shall be considered as failure of the funeral director to have sent it. In that case, the funeral director shall be subject to a penalty of $25, and the State registrar shall notify the State Board of Mortuary Science of the facts in the matter. Amended 1965, c.78, s.4; 1977, c.147; 2003, c.221, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-8 - Duty to furnish particulars; verification.

26:6-8 Duty to furnish particulars; verification.  26:6-8. In the execution of a death certificate, the personal particulars shall be obtained by the funeral director from the person best qualified to supply them. The death and last sickness particulars shall be supplied by the attending, covering, or resident physician; or if there is no attending, covering, or resident physician, by an attending registered professional nurse licensed by the New Jersey Board of Nursing under P.L.1947, c.262 (C.45:11-23 et seq.); or if there is no attending, covering, or resident physician or attending registered professional nurse, by the county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner. Within a reasonable time, not to exceed 24 hours after the pronouncement of death, the attending, covering, or resident physician, the attending advanced practice nurse pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1991, c.377 (C.45:11-49), or the county or intercounty medical examiner or the assistant county or intercounty medical examiner shall execute the death certification. The burial particulars shall be supplied by the funeral director. The attending, covering, or resident physician, the attending advanced practice nurse, the attending registered professional nurse, or the county or intercounty medical examiner or the assistant county or intercounty medical examiner and the funeral director shall certify to the particulars supplied by them by signing their names below the list of items furnished, or by otherwise authenticating their identities and the information that they have provided through the NJ-EDRS. If a person acting under the direct supervision of the Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, a county or intercounty medical examiner or the assistant county or intercounty medical examiner, funeral director, attending, covering, or resident physician, attending advanced practice nurse, or licensed health care facility or other public or private institution providing medical care, treatment, or confinement to persons, which is registered with the NJ-EDRS, is not authorized to authenticate the information required on a certificate of death or fetal death, that person may enter that information into the NJ-EDRS in anticipation of its authentication by the Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, or a county or intercounty medical examiner or the assistant county or intercounty medical examiner, funeral director, attending, covering, or resident physician, attending advanced practice nurse, local registrar, deputy registrar, alternate deputy registrar or subregistrar, as applicable. amended 1965, c.78, s.6; 1971, c.2, s.13; 1983, c.308, s.2; 2003, c.221, s.5; 2015, c.38, s.1; 2018, c.62, s.25.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-8.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-8.1 - Determination, pronouncement of death.

26:6-8.1 Determination, pronouncement of death.  4. a. Where there has been an apparent death that is not governed by the provisions of section 4 of P.L.1991, c.90 (C.26:6A-4), a registered professional nurse licensed by the New Jersey Board of Nursing under P.L.1947, c.262 (C.45:11-23 et seq.) or a physician assistant licensed pursuant to P.L.1991, c.378 (C.45:9-27.10 et seq.) may make the actual determination and pronouncement of death and shall attest to this pronouncement by: signing in the space designated for this signature on the certificate of death under R.S.26:6-7; or, for the purposes of the NJ-EDRS, transmitting orally or in writing a report of the pronouncement to the attending, covering, or resident physician, or the county medical examiner. b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2006, c.86). L.1983, c.308, s.4; amended 2003, c.221, s.6; 2006, c.86; 2015, c.224, s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-8.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-8.2 - Notification.

26:6-8.2 Notification.  1. If the attending physician, registered professional nurse, physician assistant, or the Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, or county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner who makes the actual determination and pronouncement of death determines or has knowledge that the deceased person was HIV positive or infected with hepatitis B virus or that the deceased person suffered from AIDS, or any of the contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases as shall be determined by the Commissioner of Health, the attending physician, registered professional nurse, physician assistant, or the Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, or county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner shall immediately place with the remains written notification of the condition and shall provide written notification of the condition to the funeral director who is responsible for the handling and the disposition of the body. L.1988, c.125, s.1; amended 2015, c.224, s.14; 2018, c.62, s.26.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-8.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-8.3 - List of contagious, infectious, communicable diseases

26:6-8.3. List of contagious, infectious, communicable diseases  Within 180 days of the effective date of this act, the Commissioner of the Department of Health shall provide to all county and local health departments, hospitals and long-term care facilities in this State for distribution to appropriate personnel a list of all diseases that the commissioner determines are contagious, infectious or communicable diseases for the purposes of this act. The commissioner shall periodically update the list, as appropriate.  L. 1988, c. 125, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-8.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-8.4 - Penalty for violation

26:6-8.4. Penalty for violation  a. A person who violates the provisions of this act is subject to a penalty of up to $1,000.00 for each offense. These penalties shall be recovered in a civil action in the name of the Department of Health in a court of competent jurisdiction. The action may be brought in a summary manner pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law," N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.  b. Any person who in good faith complies with the provisions of this act shall be free from any civil or criminal liability for so acting, provided the skill and care exercised are that ordinarily required and exercised by others in the profession.  L. 1988, c. 125, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-8.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-8.5 - Alzheimer's disease, related disorders, listing as secondary cause of death.

26:6-8.5 Alzheimer's disease, related disorders, listing as secondary cause of death.  1. a. Alzheimer's disease and related disorders may be listed as a secondary cause of death on a certification of death in any case in which: (1) the deceased person is diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder; and (2) it is determined, in accordance with currently accepted medical standards and with a reasonable degree of medical certainty, that Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder was a significant contributing cause of the person's death. b. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any person to list Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder as a secondary cause of death, and no person shall be subject to any criminal or civil liability or any professional disciplinary action under Title 45 of the Revised Statutes for listing or failing to list Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder as a secondary cause of death on a certification of death. c. As used in this section, "Alzheimer's disease and related disorders" means forms of dementia characterized by a general loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. L.2015, c.187, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-8.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-8.6 - Professionals certifying death to provide testing, related actions necessary for survivors to claim certain benefits.

26:6-8.6 Professionals certifying death to provide testing, related actions necessary for survivors to claim certain benefits.  1. The attending, covering, or resident physician, the attending advanced practice nurse, or the county medical examiner who provides the death and last sickness particulars for a death certification shall provide or offer to provide any examination, screening, test, report, or certification as shall be necessary for a survivor of the deceased person to prosecute a claim for State or federal benefits arising from the deceased person's death. The examination, screening, test, report, or certification shall be provided upon request by a survivor. L.2017, c.300, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-9 - Death occurring without medical attendance.

26:6-9 Death occurring without medical attendance.  26:6-9. In case of any death occurring without medical attendance, the funeral director shall notify the Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner or the office of the county or intercounty medical examiner, or the local registrar. In case the local registrar shall be notified, he shall immediately inform the county or intercounty medical examiner and refer the case to him for investigation. The county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner shall furnish the funeral director with the necessary data and last sickness particulars to make the death certificate, or shall enter the information directly into the NJ-EDRS. amended 1965, c.78, s.7; 1971, c.2, s.14; 2003, c.221, s.7; 2018, c.62, s.27.