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NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-24.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-24.2 - "New Jersey Electronic Death Registration Support Fund."

26:8-24.2 "New Jersey Electronic Death Registration Support Fund."  17. a. There is established the "New Jersey Electronic Death Registration Support Fund" as a nonlapsing, revolving fund to be administered by the Commissioner of Health and credited with monies received pursuant to subsection c. of R.S.26:8-62. b. The State Treasurer is the custodian of the fund and all disbursements from the fund shall be made by the treasurer upon vouchers signed by the commissioner. The monies in the fund shall be invested and reinvested by the Director of the Division of Investment in the Department of the Treasury as are other trust funds in the custody of the State Treasurer in the manner provided by law. Interest received on the monies in the fund shall be credited to the fund.  c. The monies in the fund and the interest earned thereon shall be used to meet the development and operational costs of the NJ-EDRS, including, but not limited to, costs associated with: personnel; hardware purchases and maintenance; software and communications infrastructure; website hosting; and licensing fees, royalties and transaction expenses incurred in the development, installation, maintenance and operation of electronic payment security, authentication and encryption systems, and user training and education. d. The Commissioner of Health shall, no later than 30 months after the date of enactment of P.L.2003, c.221, report to the chairs of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee, the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, the Assembly Health and Human Services Committee and the Assembly Appropriations Committee, or their successors, concerning the sources and uses of monies in the fund. The report shall include a description of the methodology used by the State registrar to set the fee imposed pursuant to subsection c. of R.S.26:8-62, a summary of the monies credited to the fund, and a summary of expenditures by category from the fund pursuant to the authority of this section and the requirements of section 16 of P.L.2003, c.221 (C.26:8-24.1), together with any recommendations by the State registrar or the commissioner for changes that either considers should be made in the law concerning the implementation of the NJ-EDRS or the fees imposed pursuant to subsection c. of R.S.26:8-62. L.2003, c.221, s.17; amended 2012, c.17, s.350.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-24.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-24.3 - Means of accessing NJ-EDRS; requirements.

26:8-24.3 Means of accessing NJ-EDRS; requirements.  18. The Chief State Medical Examiner, the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development or his designee, county or intercounty medical examiners, licensed health care facilities, other public or private institutions providing medical care, treatment or confinement to persons, funeral homes and physicians' private practice offices, as defined by the State registrar, shall acquire the electronic means prescribed by the State registrar to access the NJ-EDRS, or make such other arrangements as are necessary for that purpose, no later than six months after the date of enactment of P.L.2003, c.221. The Chief State Medical Examiner, the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development or his designee, and each county or intercounty medical examiner, health care facility, institution, funeral home or physician's office shall employ at least one person who is qualified to use the NJ-EDRS, and is registered with the State registrar as an authorized user of the system, by virtue of completing a course of instruction on the NJ-EDRS provided by the State registrar or an authorized agent thereof, or satisfying such other requirements as may be established by the State registrar for this purpose. L.2003, c.221, s.18; amended 2013, c.274, s.3; 2018, c.62, s.32.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-25.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-25.1 - Suspension of authority to participate in NJ-EDRS.

26:8-25.1 Suspension of authority to participate in NJ-EDRS.  27. The State registrar may suspend the authority of a local registrar, deputy registrar, alternate deputy registrar or subregistrar to participate in the NJ-EDRS, and thereby preclude that person from doing burial permitting or death registration, if the State registrar determines that the applicable registration district is insufficiently equipped or provides untimely service with respect to the review and final authentication of records. In that event, the State registrar may assign a local registrar, deputy registrar, alternate deputy registrar or subregistrar from another registration district to substitute for the person in question until such time as the applicable registration district meets the standards established by the State registrar. L.2003,c.221,s.27.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-26 - Duty of subregistrar.

26:8-26 Duty of subregistrar.  26:8-26. Each subregistrar shall note, on each certificate of birth or death, over his signature, the date of filing, and shall forward all certificates to the local registrar of the district within five days, with the exception that in any instance where the subregistrar accepts a certificate for a death not occurring in his district, as permitted by R.S.26:6-6, he shall forward the certificate within 12 hours to the local registrar of his district. A record created on the NJ-EDRS as prescribed by the State registrar shall be deemed to have been forwarded as required by this section. Amended 1965, c.78, s.48; 2003, c.221, s.20.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-27 - Inquiries to applicants for marriage or civil union license.

26:8-27 Inquiries to applicants for marriage or civil union license.  26:8-27. Inquiries to applicants for marriage or civil union license. The department shall issue to each local registrar and to city clerks of cities of the first class, the form and substance of the several inquiries to be made of applicants for a marriage license or a civil union license and their witnesses for the purpose of ascertaining whether any legal impediment to any proposed marriage or civil union exists. The form shall not contain any inquiries or information which concerns the race of an applicant for a marriage or civil union license. Amended 1965, c.78, s.49; 2002, c.88, s.1; 2006, c.103, s.43.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-28.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-28.1 - Contents of certificate of parentage.

26:8-28.1 Contents of certificate of parentage.  7. A Certificate of Parentage may serve to satisfy the method of collection of Social Security numbers as required pursuant to subsection c. of R.S.26:8-28 and shall serve as the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity by a father. The Certificate of Parentage shall contain, at a minimum, the following information: a. a sworn statement by the father that he is the natural father of the child; b. the Social Security numbers, except in those cases in which a person is ineligible to apply for one, and addresses of the father and mother; c. the signature of the mother and father authenticated by a witness or notary; and d. instructions for filing the Certificate of Parentage with the agency designated by the State IV-D agency. In addition, the State IV-D agency, in cooperation with birthing centers and hospitals providing maternity services and social services or health care providers as designated by the Commissioner of Human Services that may provide voluntary acknowledgment or paternity services, shall provide information orally, or through the use of video or audio equipment, and in writing to the father and mother of the child explaining the implications of signing a Certificate of Parentage, including the parental rights, responsibilities and financial obligations, as well as the availability of paternity establishment services and child support enforcement services. L.1994,c.164,s.7; amended 1998, c.1, s.43.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-29 - Contents of birth certificate

26:8-29. Contents of birth certificate  The certificate of birth shall contain such items as shall be listed on birth certificate forms provided or approved by the State registrar under authority of section 26:8-24(c) of the Revised Statutes. Amended by L.1951, c. 84, p. 476, s. 2; L.1965, c. 78, s. 51.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-30 - Execution, return of certificate of birth; availability of certificate of parentage; challenge to acknowledgment of paternity.

26:8-30 Execution, return of certificate of birth; availability of certificate of parentage; challenge to acknowledgment of paternity.  26:8-30. The attending physician, midwife or person acting as the agent of the physician or midwife, who was in attendance upon the birth shall be responsible for the proper execution and return of a certificate of birth, which certificate shall be upon the form provided or approved by the State department, and for making available to the mother and biological father a Certificate of Parentage along with related information as required by the State IV-D agency and pursuant to section 452(a)(F) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.s.652(a)(F). It shall be the responsibility of personnel at the hospital or birthing facility to offer an opportunity to the child's biological father to execute a Certificate of Parentage. Failure of the biological father or mother to execute the Certificate of Parentage and the date of the request shall be noted on the Certificate of Parentage. The Certificate of Parentage shall be filed with the State IV-D agency or its designee. Establishment and enforcement of child support matters shall not be permitted when a legal action is pending in the case, such as adoption, or State law prohibits such intervention. For the purposes of this section, "State IV-D agency" means the agency in the Department of Human Services designated to administer the Title IV-D Child Support Program. A signed voluntary acknowledgment of paternity may be challenged in court within 60 days from the date of the signing of the Certificate of Parentage or by the date of the establishment of a support order to which the signatory is a party, whichever date is earlier. The challenge may be made only on the basis of fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact, with the burden of proof upon the challenger, and the legal responsibilities of any signatory arising from the acknowledgment may not be suspended during the challenge, except for good cause shown. A signed voluntary acknowledgment of paternity shall be considered a legal finding of paternity with the same force and effect as a court order or judgment establishing paternity. No judicial or administrative proceedings are required to ratify an unchallenged acknowledgment of paternity. Amended 1965, c.78, s.52; 1994, c.164, s.4; 1998, c.1, s.44; 1998, c.20,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-31 - Certificate of birth or parentage when no physician or midwife in attendance

26:8-31. Certificate of birth or parentage when no physician or midwife in attendance  26:8-31. In case there is no physician, midwife, or person acting as the agent of the physician or midwife, in attendance upon the birth, it shall be the duty of one of the following persons in the order named to file the birth certificate with the local registrar and file the Certificate of Parentage with the State IV-D agency or its designee:  a. The father or mother of the child; b. The manager or superintendent of the public or private institution in which the birth occurred.  Amended 1994,c.164,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-32 - Completion of details by local registrar

26:8-32. Completion of details by local registrar  In case the person filing a certificate of birth is unable, by diligent inquiry, to obtain any item or items contemplated in section 26:8-29 of this Title, the local registrar shall secure from the person so reporting, or any other person having the required knowledge, such information as will enable said person to complete the certificate. Amended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 53.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-33 - Report by father or mother

26:8-33. Report by father or mother  In case the father or mother of the child does not, within one month after the date of birth, receive a notice from the local registrar that the birth of the child has been recorded, as provided in this chapter, the father or mother of the child, in the order named, shall within five days thereafter, report to the local registrar the fact of such birth.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-34 - Supplemental return of name of child

26:8-34. Supplemental return of name of child  When a certificate of birth of a living child is presented without the statement of the given name, the local registrar shall make out and deliver to the parents of the child a special blank for the supplemental report of the given name of the child, which shall be filled out as directed, and returned to the local registrar as soon as the child shall have been named.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-35 - Incomplete certificate of birth

26:8-35. Incomplete certificate of birth  No certificate of birth shall be held to be complete and correct that does not supply all of the items of information called for therein, or satisfactorily account for their omission.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-36 - Interrogation of informant

26:8-36. Interrogation of informant  Any person reporting a birth, or who may be interrogated in relation thereto, shall answer correctly and to the best of his knowledge all questions put to him by the local registrar which may be calculated to elicit any information needed to make a complete record of the birth as contemplated by this chapter, and the informant as to any statement made in accordance herewith shall verify the statement by his signature, when requested so to do by the local registrar.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-37 - Stillborn child to be registered as fetal death; birth certificate options.

26:8-37 Stillborn child to be registered as fetal death; birth certificate options.  26:8-37. a. A stillborn child shall be registered as a fetal death as required by R.S.26:6-11. b. (1) The State registrar shall establish a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth, subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection, which shall contain such items as shall be listed on a form provided or approved by the State registrar pursuant to subsection c. of R.S.26:8-24, for an unintended, intrauterine fetal death occurring in this State after a gestational period of 20 or more weeks. This certificate shall be offered to the parent of a stillborn child. (2) The certificate shall be provided by the State Registrar upon the parent's written request, which may be transmitted to the State registrar directly by the parent or, at the parent's option, by a licensed health care professional on the parent's behalf. (3) The person who prepares a certificate pursuant to this subsection shall leave blank any references to the stillborn child's name if the stillborn child's parent does not wish to provide a name for the stillborn child. (4) The certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth shall be filed with the local registrar of the district in which the birth resulting in stillbirth occurred within three days following receipt by the State registrar of the parent's request for the certificate. (5) When a birth resulting in stillbirth occurring in this State has not been registered within one year after the date of delivery, a certificate marked "delayed" may be filed and registered. Amended 1951, c.85, s.2; 2003, c.312; 2008, c.100.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-39 - Birth certificate not to disclose illegitimacy; exceptions

26:8-39. Birth certificate not to disclose illegitimacy; exceptions  No official in this state shall issue a birth certificate revealing or disclosing illegitimacy; provided, that a certificate may be issued disclosing such information in response to court process or subpoena or in response to the request of the illegitimate, his or her guardian or legal counsel.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-40 - Change of surname of child born out of wedlock; amendment of original birth record

26:8-40. Change of surname of child born out of wedlock; amendment of original birth record  a. The State registrar shall amend the original birth record of a child born out of wedlock to change its surname on the request of both natural parents or the child who is 18 years of age or older and on proof under oath of the marriage of its natural parents. If one of the parents of the child is deceased, the State registrar shall amend the record on proof under oath by the surviving parent or guardian or the child who is 18 years of age or older: (1) of the death of the other parent and (2) that the male parent was presumed to be the child's natural father pursuant to the "New Jersey Parentage Act," P.L.1983, c.17 (C.9:17-38 et seq.). b. When parentage is adjudicated by any court, the State registrar shall amend the birth record to conform it to the court decree or make any other necessary changes pursuant to a request by the parent to whom custody has been awarded, the child's guardian or the child who is 18 years of age or older. A request for amendment shall be made under oath by the parent, guardian or child and shall be accompanied by a copy of the court decree. Amended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 55; L.1983, c. 10, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-40.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-40.2 - Parentage unknown; presumption of birth within state

26:8-40.2. Parentage unknown; presumption of birth within state  Any person who, as a child of unknown parentage, heretofore was or hereafter shall be found in this State and whose parentage and the place and time of whose birth remain unknown, shall be presumed to have been born in this State until shown not to have been born herein but only upon compliance with the provisions of this act. L.1942, c. 95, p. 347, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-40.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-40.4 - Application; determination of probable date of birth; presumption

26:8-40.4. Application; determination of probable date of birth; presumption  3. Upon application by or on behalf of any such person and, if he is of the supposed age of 12 years or over, upon notice to the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, the Superior Court shall, if the person has not been guilty of any of the acts set forth in section 4 of this act, determine the probable date of the birth of the person and the place of his birth as the place where he was found in this State. Thereafter such person shall be presumed to have been born in this State at the time and the place so determined, until he shall be shown not to have been born in this State.  L.1942,c.95,s.3; amended 1953,c.26,s.57; 1966,c.43; 1991,c.91,s.300.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-40.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-40.6 - Record of birth; effect as evidence

26:8-40.6. Record of birth; effect as evidence  On the filing of a certified copy of said order with the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, the birth of said person shall be recorded by said registrar as of the date and place named in the said order, which said record shall be evidence of said person's birth as of said time and place. L.1942, c. 95, p. 350, s. 5. Amended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 57.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-40.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-40.7 - "Employer" defined

26:8-40.7. "Employer" defined  For the purposes of this act "employer" includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative or any organized group of persons acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in its relations to employees. L.1942, c. 243, p. 664, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-40.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-40.8 - Honorable discharge from armed services; acceptance by employer in lieu of birth certificate

26:8-40.8. Honorable discharge from armed services; acceptance by employer in lieu of birth certificate  Every employer who shall require as a condition of employment, continuance of employment, or promotions or advancements in employment, a birth certificate from any employee, shall accept in lieu thereof from all employees who are veterans as defined by section 11:27-1 of the Revised Statutes the honorable discharge of such veteran from the armed services of the United States. L.1942, c. 243, p. 664, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-40.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-40.9 - Violation as disorderly conduct

26:8-40.9. Violation as disorderly conduct  Any employer violating any of the provisions of this act shall be adjudged a disorderly person and shall be proceeded against and punished pursuant to the provisions of the disorderly persons law. L.1942, c. 243, p. 664, s. 3.