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NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-86.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-86.1 - Findings, declarations relative to anatomical gifts.

26:6-86.1 Findings, declarations relative to anatomical gifts.  1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. A mental or physical disability does not diminish a person's right to health care; b. The "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990" prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities, yet many individuals with disabilities still experience discrimination in accessing critical health care services; c. Individuals with mental and physical disabilities have been denied life-saving organ transplants based on assumptions that their lives are less worthy, that they are incapable of complying with complex post-transplant medical regimens, or that they lack adequate support systems to ensure such compliance; d. Although organ transplant centers must consider medical and psychosocial criteria when determining if a patient is suitable to receive an organ transplant, transplant centers that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs are required to use patient selection criteria that result in a fair and non-discriminatory distribution of organs; and e. New Jersey residents in need of organ transplants are entitled to assurances that they will not encounter discrimination on the basis of a disability. L.2013, c.80, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-86.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-86.2 - Eligibility to receive anatomical gift.

26:6-86.2 Eligibility to receive anatomical gift.  2. a. An individual who is a candidate to receive an anatomical gift shall not be deemed ineligible to receive an anatomical gift solely because of the individual's physical or mental disability, except to the extent that the physical or mental disability has been found by a physician or surgeon, following an individualized evaluation of the potential recipient, to be medically significant to the provision of the anatomical gift. If an individual has the necessary support system to assist the individual in complying with post-transplant medical requirements, an individual's inability to independently comply with those requirements shall not be deemed to be medically significant. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to each part of the organ transplant process. b. The court shall accord priority on its calendar and expeditiously proceed with an action brought to seek any remedy authorized by law for purposes of enforcing compliance with the provisions of this section. c. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to require referrals or recommendations for, or the performance of, medically inappropriate organ transplants. d. As used in this section, "disability" has the same meaning as in the federal "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990," Pub. L.101-336 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.). L.2013, c.80, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-87 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-87 - Search for potential donor, document of refusal; permitted entities.

26:6-87 Search for potential donor, document of refusal; permitted entities.  11. a. Upon the request of an organ procurement organization, the following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or whose death is imminent for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal: (1) a law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and (2) if no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital. b. If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the person responsible for conducting the search shall make the document of gift or refusal immediately available to the organ procurement organization.  c. A person shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability, but may be subject to administrative sanctions, for a failure to discharge the duties imposed pursuant to this section. L.2008, c.50, s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-88 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-88 - Delivery of document of gift or a refusal.

26:6-88 Delivery of document of gift or a refusal.  12. a. A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective. b. Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the individual or by a person to whom the gift may pass pursuant to section 10 of this act. L.2008, c.50, s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-90 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-90 - Notification of death to procurement organization.

26:6-90 Notification of death to procurement organization.  14. A person who seeks to facilitate the making of an anatomical gift, for the purposes of transplantation or therapy, from a decedent who was not a hospital patient at the time of death shall notify the procurement organization at or around the time of the person's death in order to allow the organization to at least initially evaluate the potential donation and coordinate the donation process, as applicable.  L.2008, c.50, s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-91 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-91 - Immunity from liability.

26:6-91 Immunity from liability.  15. a. A person or entity shall be immune from liability for actions taken in accordance with, or in a good faith attempt to act in accordance with, the provisions of this act or the applicable anatomical gift law of another state. b. Neither the person making an anatomical gift nor the donor's estate shall be liable for any injury or damage that results from the making or use of the gift. c. In determining whether an anatomical gift has been made, amended, or revoked pursuant to this act, a person or entity shall rely upon representations made by an individual as specified in section 9 of this act relating to the individual's relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue. L.2008, c.50, s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-92 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-92 - Valid document of gift.

26:6-92 Valid document of gift.  16. a. A document of gift shall be valid if executed in accordance with: (1) the provisions of this act; (2) the laws of the state or country in which it is executed; or (3) the laws of the state or country in which the person making the anatomical gift is domiciled, has a place of residence, or is a citizen at the time that the document of gift is executed. b. The law of this State shall govern the interpretation of a valid document of gift to which the provisions of this act apply. c. A person shall presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless the person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked. L.2008, c.50, s.16.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-93 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-93 - Requirements relative to donations from individuals having an advance directive.

26:6-93 Requirements relative to donations from individuals having an advance directive.  17. If a hospital patient who is a prospective donor has executed an advance directive for health care, or has otherwise specified by record the circumstances under which the patient would want life support to be withheld or withdrawn from that person, and the terms of the advance directive or other record are in conflict with the option of making an anatomical gift by precluding the administration of measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of a part for transplantation or therapy, the following requirements shall apply: a. If the patient is determined to have decision making capacity pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1991, c.201 (C.26:2H-53 et seq.), then the patient shall, after consultation with the patient's attending physician about the donor option and all other relevant factors in end-of-life decision making, make a determination concerning the withholding or withdrawing of treatment pursuant to existing law; b. If the patient is determined to lack decision making capacity pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1991, c.201 (C.26:2H-60), then an agent acting pursuant to the patient's advance directive or other record or, if no such agent has been designated by the patient or the agent is not reasonably available, another person authorized by law other than this act to make decisions on behalf of the patient with regard to the patient's health care shall act for the patient to resolve the conflict. The parties specified in this subsection shall seek to resolve the conflict as set forth therein as expeditiously as possible. Information relevant to the resolution of the conflict shall be obtained from the appropriate procurement organization and any other person authorized to make an anatomical gift for the patient pursuant to section 9 of this act. Measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of the part shall not be withheld or withdrawn from the patient prior to resolution of the conflict if the withholding or withdrawing is not contraindicated by the requirements of providing appropriate end-of-life care. L.2008, c.50, s.17.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-94 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-94 - Cooperation of medical examiner with procurement organization.

26:6-94 Cooperation of medical examiner with procurement organization.  18. a. Each medical examiner shall cooperate with any procurement organization to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.  b. A part shall not be removed from the body of a decedent under a medical examiner's jurisdiction for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, nor delivered to a person for research or education, unless the part is the subject of an anatomical gift. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to preclude a medical examiner from performing an investigation as provided in P.L.2018, c.62 (C.26:6B-1 et al.) of a decedent under the medical examiner's jurisdiction.  c. Upon the request of a procurement organization, the medical examiner shall release to the procurement organization the name, contact information, and available medical and social history of a decedent whose body is under the medical examiner's jurisdiction. If the decedent's body or part is medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, the medical examiner shall release the post-mortem examination results to the procurement organization. The procurement organization shall make a subsequent disclosure of the post-mortem examination results or other information received from the medical examiner only if relevant to transplantation, therapy, research, or education. L.2008, c.50, s.18; amended 2018, c.62, s.29.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-95 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-95 - Application, construction.

26:6-95 Application, construction.  19. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among the states that enact it. L.2008, c.50, s.19.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6-96 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6-96 - Acts modified, limited, superseded.

26:6-96 Acts modified, limited, superseded.  20. This act shall be deemed to modify, limit, and supersede the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. s.7001 et seq., but not to modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(a) of that act, 15 U.S.C. s.7001(a), or to authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. s.7003(b).  L.2008, c.50, s.20.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6A-1 - Short title; declarations in accord with act

26:6A-1. Short title; declarations in accord with act  a. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Declaration of Death Act."  b. The death of an individual shall be declared in accordance with the provisions of this act.  L.1991,c.90,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6A-2 - Declaration of death based on cardio-respiratory criteria

26:6A-2. Declaration of death based on cardio-respiratory criteria  An individual who has sustained irreversible cessation of all circulatory and respiratory functions, as determined in accordance with currently accepted medical standards, shall be declared dead.  L.1991,c.90,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6A-3 - Declaration of death based on neurological criteria

26:6A-3. Declaration of death based on neurological criteria  Subject to the standards and procedures established in accordance with this act, an individual whose circulatory and respiratory functions can be maintained solely by artificial means, and who has sustained irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, shall be declared dead.  L.1991,c.90,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6A-4 - Physician to declare death.

26:6A-4 Physician to declare death.  4. a. A declaration of death upon the basis of neurological criteria pursuant to section 3 of this act shall be made by a licensed physician professionally qualified by specialty or expertise, based upon the exercise of the physician's best medical judgment and in accordance with currently accepted medical standards that are based upon nationally recognized sources of practice guidelines, including, but not limited to, those adopted by the American Academy of Neurology.  b. Subject to the provisions of this act, the Department of Health, jointly with the State Board of Medical Examiners, shall adopt, and from time to time revise, regulations setting forth requirements, by specialty or expertise, for physicians authorized to declare death upon the basis of neurological criteria. The regulations shall not require the use of any specific test or procedure in the declaration of death upon the basis of neurological criteria. c. If the individual to be declared dead upon the basis of neurological criteria is or may be an organ donor, the physician who makes the declaration that death has occurred shall not be the organ transplant surgeon, the attending physician of the organ recipient, or otherwise an individual subject to a potentially significant conflict of interest relating to procedures for organ procurement. d. If death is to be declared upon the basis of neurological criteria, the time of death shall be upon the conclusion of definitive clinical examinations and any confirmation necessary to determine the irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem. L.1991, c.90, s.4; amended 2013, c.185.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6A-5 - Death not declared in violation of individual's religious beliefs

26:6A-5. Death not declared in violation of individual's religious beliefs  The death of an individual shall not be declared upon the basis of neurological criteria pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of this act when the licensed physician authorized to declare death, has reason to believe, on the basis of information in the individual's available medical records, or information provided by a member of the individual's family or any other person knowledgeable about the individual's personal religious beliefs that such a declaration would violate the personal religious beliefs of the individual. In these cases, death shall be declared, and the time of death fixed, solely upon the basis of cardio-respiratory criteria pursuant to section 2 of this act.  L.1991,c.90,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6A-6 - Immunity granted to health care practitioner, provider, hospital

26:6A-6. Immunity granted to health care practitioner, provider, hospital  A licensed health care practitioner, hospital, or the health care provider who acts in good faith and in accordance with currently accepted medical standards to execute the provisions of this act and any rules or regulations issued by the Department of Health or the Board of Medical Examiners pursuant to this act, shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct with respect to those actions. These immunities shall extend to conduct in conformity with the provisions of this act following enactment of this act but prior to its effective date.  L.1991,c.90,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6A-7 - Obligations of insurance providers unchanged

26:6A-7. Obligations of insurance providers unchanged  Changes in pre-existing criteria for the declaration of death effectuated by the legal recognition of modern neurological criteria shall not in any manner affect, impair or modify the terms of, or rights or obligations created under, any existing policy of health insurance, life insurance or annuity, or governmental benefits program. No health care practitioner or other health care provider, and no health service plan, insurer, or governmental authority, shall deny coverage or exclude from the benefits of service any individual solely because of that individual's personal religious beliefs regarding the application of neurological criteria for declaring death.  L.1991,c.90,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6A-8 - Rules, regulations, policies, practices to gather reports, data.

26:6A-8 Rules, regulations, policies, practices to gather reports, data.  8. Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) the Department of Health and Senior Services shall establish rules, regulations, policies and practices as may be necessary to collect annual reports from health care institutions, to gather additional data as is reasonably necessary, to oversee and evaluate the implementation of this act. The department shall seek to minimize the burdens of record-keeping imposed by these rules, regulations, policies and practices, and shall seek to assure the appropriate confidentiality of patient records. L.1991, c.90, s.8; amended 2007, c.39, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6B-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6B-1 - Short title.

26:6B-1 Short title.  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Revised State Medical Examiner Act." L.2018, c.62, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6B-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6B-2 - Findings, declarations relative to the "Revised State Medical Examiner Act."

26:6B-2 Findings, declarations relative to the "Revised State Medical Examiner Act."  2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The enactment of a "Revised State Medical Examiner Act" is necessary in order to reform the current decentralized and fragmented medical examiner system in this State; b. The linchpin of this reform is to be the establishment of a new Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner, to be led by a single officer known as the Chief State Medical Examiner, with significant statutory authority and operational oversight to ensure the effective and efficient operation of the entire medical examiner system in New Jersey; c. This new office is to be established in, but not of, the Department of Health in order to ensure its independent status, and the Chief State Medical Examiner is to exercise explicit supervisory authority over the entire medical examiner system, with the power to intervene at his discretion in any medicolegal death investigation in this State; d. The Chief State Medical Examiner is to be responsible for ensuring that the entire medical examiner system is adequately equipped to effectively deliver medicolegal death investigation services throughout the State, including appropriate funding for staff, equipment, and facilities for all medical examiner offices; e. The Chief State Medical Examiner is to establish operating and performance standards for every medical examiner office in New Jersey, including uniform procedures for medicolegal death investigations; and f. The reforms entailed in this act will result in a more efficient and effective medical examiner system that will better meet the needs of this State and thereby serve the public interest. L.2018, c.62, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:6B-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:6B-3 - Definitions relative to the "Revised State Medical Examiner Act."

26:6B-3 Definitions relative to the "Revised State Medical Examiner Act."  3. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health. "Compelling public necessity" means one or more of the following: a. that a dissection or autopsy is essential to the criminal investigation of a homicide of which the decedent is the victim;  b. that the discovery of the cause of death is necessary to meet an immediate and substantial threat to the public health, and that a dissection or autopsy is essential to ascertain the cause of death; c. that the death was that of an inmate of a prison, jail, or other correctional facility; d. that the death was that of a child under the age of 12 years suspected of having been abused or neglected or suspected of being a threat to public health, and the cause of whose death is not apparent after diligent investigation by the medical examiner; or e. that the need for a dissection or autopsy is established pursuant to the provisions of this act.  "Department" means the Department of Health. "Friend" means any person who, prior to the decedent's death, maintained close contact with the decedent sufficient to render that person knowledgeable of the decedent's activities, health, and religious beliefs, and who presents an affidavit stating the facts and circumstances upon which the claim that the person is a friend is based, and stating that the person will assume responsibility for the lawful disposition of the body of the deceased. "Medicolegal death investigator" means a person, other than a medical examiner, who is not a physician, but who is authorized to investigate a death that falls under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner, including all suspicious, violent, unexplained, and unexpected deaths.  "Person in interest" means the spouse, civil union partner, domestic partner, adult child, parent, adult sibling, grandparent, or guardian of the person of the deceased at the time of the deceased's death. L.2018, c.62, s.3.