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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-40.31 - Evaluation of data, report to Governor, Legislature.

26:8-40.31 Evaluation of data, report to Governor, Legislature.
5. a. The Department of Health shall evaluate the data obtained pursuant to section 3 of this act for purposes of identifying the causes of, and ways to prevent, stillbirths, and may contract with a third party, including, but not limited to, a public institution of higher education in the State or a foundation, to undertake the evaluation.
b. No later than five years after the effective date of this section, the Commissioner of Health shall report to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), on the findings of the evaluation required pursuant to this section, and shall include in the report any recommendations for legislative action that the commissioner deems appropriate.
L.2013, c.217, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-40.32 - Rules, regulations.

26:8-40.32 Rules, regulations.
6. The Commissioner of Health, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt such rules and regulations as the commissioner determines necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L.2013, c.217, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-40.33 - Provision of uncertified long-form copy of adopted person's original certificate of birth.

26:8-40.33 Provision of uncertified long-form copy of adopted person's original certificate of birth.
4. a. Upon receipt of a request pursuant to subsection c. of R.S.26:8-40.1, the State Registrar shall provide the authorized requester with an uncertified, long-form copy of the adopted person's original certificate of birth in accordance with the provisions of P.L.2014, c.9 (C.26:8-40.33 et al.).
b. The fee for the uncertified, original long-form certificate of birth preceding an adoption shall be established, by regulation, by the Commissioner of Health.
L.2014, c.9, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-40.35 - Certain cases exempt.

26:8-40.35 Certain cases exempt.
9. a. Notwithstanding the requirements of P.L.2014, c.9 (C.26:8-40.33 et al.) to the contrary, in the case of a child who was surrendered pursuant to the "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act," P.L.2000, c.58 (C.30:4C-15.5 et seq.) and upon receipt of notification from the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families in accordance with the provisions of subsection b. of this section, the State Registrar shall not provide any of the birth parent's identifying information recorded on the child's certificate of birth upon receipt of a request from an authorized requester for an uncertified, long-form copy of an adopted person's original certificate of birth in accordance with the provisions of subsection c. of R.S.26:8-40.1 and section 4 of P.L.2014, c.9 (C.26:8-40.33).
b. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families shall notify the State Registrar when a child is surrendered pursuant to P.L.2000, c.58 (C.30:4C-15.5 et seq.) to enable the State Registrar to identify the certificate of birth of the child who was so surrendered and deem that the uncertified, long-form copy of the original certificate of birth shall not be provided to the authorized requester.
c. Nothing in this act shall be construed to require the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families to provide any identifying information about the birth parents of a child who was surrendered pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2000, c.58 (C.30:4C-15.5 et seq.).
L.2014, c.9, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-40.36 - Rules, regulations.

26:8-40.36 Rules, regulations.
10. The Commissioner of Health and the Commissioner of Children and Families, as appropriate, shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to carry out the provisions of this act.
L.2014, c.9, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-40.37 - Additional regulations.

26:8-40.37 Additional regulations.
11. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the Commissioner of Health and the Commissioner of Children and Families may adopt, immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law, such regulations as the commissioners deem necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.2014, c.9 (C.26:8-40.33 et al.), which regulations shall be effective for a period not to exceed 12 months and shall, thereafter, be amended, adopted, or readopted by the commissioners in accordance with the requirements of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.).
L.2014, c.9, s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-41 - Transmission of marriage and civil union licenses and certificates, power of attorney.

26:8-41 Transmission of marriage and civil union licenses and certificates, power of attorney.
26:8-41. Transmission of marriage and civil union licenses and certificates. Every person or religious society, institution or organization solemnizing a marriage or civil union shall, within 5 days thereafter, transmit the certificate of marriage or civil union and the marriage or civil union license to the local registrar of the registration district in which the marriage or civil union occurs or to the clerk of the county board of health. In the case of marriages or civil unions performed pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2011, c.179 (C.37:1-17.3), the person or religious society, institution or organization solemnizing the marriage or civil union, in addition to transmitting the certificate of marriage or civil union and the marriage or civil union license, shall also transmit the power of attorney.
The local registrar or clerk of the county board of health shall stamp every certificate of marriage or civil union so received with the date of its receipt and the name of the registration district in which it is filed.
amended 1965, c.78, s.59; 2006, c.103, s.44; 2011, c.179, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-42 - License issued in another registration district, transmission of information on form provided.

26:8-42 License issued in another registration district, transmission of information on form provided.
26:8-42. The local registrar who receives the certificate of a marriage or the certificate of a civil union within the district under his jurisdiction, the license for which was issued in another registration district, shall, within 5 days after receipt of the marriage or civil union certificate, copy the names of the persons married or the partners in a civil union couple; the date of marriage or civil union; the place of marriage or the civil union and the marriage or civil union license number upon a form provided by the State registrar and transmit it by mail to the officer legally designated to receive certificates of marriage or civil union in the registration district in which the license was issued.
Amended 1950, c.118; 1965, c.78, s.60; 2006, c.103, s.45.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-43 - Transmission of marriage and civil union certificates and licenses to State registrar.

26:8-43 Transmission of marriage and civil union certificates and licenses to State registrar.
26:8-43. Transmission of marriage and civil union certificates and licenses to State registrar.
Each local registrar and the clerk of the county board of health shall, on or before the tenth of each calendar month, or sooner if requested by the department, transmit by mail, express or messenger to the State registrar in an envelope or package marked "vital statistics" all the certificates of marriages and civil unions, marriage and civil union licenses and consents to the marriage or civil union of minors received by them.
Amended 1965, c.78, s.61; 2006, c.103, s.46.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-44 - Indexing, tabulation and preservation of records by State registrar.

26:8-44 Indexing, tabulation and preservation of records by State registrar.
26:8-44. The State registrar shall cause all certificates of marriages and civil unions and marriage and civil union licenses received to be alphabetically indexed and shall cause to be transcribed or otherwise recorded from the certificates such of the vital facts appearing thereon as the department may deem necessary or useful.
The certificates of marriage and civil union shall be so tabulated as to present in separate and distinct classes the record of each county or registration district of over 5,000 inhabitants, which record shall be preserved as a public record and the original certificates shall be preserved in the archives of the department.
Amended 1965, c.78, s.62; 2006, c.103, s.47.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-45 - Cancellation of records of marriages and civil unions declared void.

26:8-45 Cancellation of records of marriages and civil unions declared void.
If a marriage or a civil union has been declared void by the Superior Court in an action instituted for that purpose and the court is satisfied by the proof taken before the final judgment or by affidavit or otherwise after the final judgment that a record of the marriage or civil union is filed with the State registrar, it may order the record to be canceled.
It shall not be necessary to make the custodian of the record a party to the cause.
The order need only recite that there was a ceremony of marriage or civil union between parties to the cause (naming them), performed on (date) by (naming the officer) and that by a final judgment entered on (date), the marriage or civil union was declared void and may then direct that the said record be canceled.
Amended 1948, c.322, s.1; 1953, c.26, s.58; 1965, c.78, s.63; 2006, c.103, s.48.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-46 - Indorsement of record upon cancellation.

26:8-46 Indorsement of record upon cancellation.
26:8-46. Upon presenting a certified copy of said order to the State Registrar, he shall indorse on the return of the marriage or civil union the following words: "This marriage or civil union declared void by the Superior Court. See order hereto annexed" and shall annex the certified copy to the return.
Amended 1948, c.322, s.2; 1953, c.26, s.59; 2006, c. 103, s.49.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-47 - Preparation of forms for marriage and civil union licenses, certificates.

26:8-47 Preparation of forms for marriage and civil union licenses, certificates.
26:8-47. Preparation of forms for marriage and civil union licenses, certificates.
The department shall cause to be prepared blank forms of certificates of marriages or civil unions and marriage or civil union licenses corresponding to the requirements of R.S.37:1-7 and R.S.37:1-17. The forms, together with such sections of the laws concerning marriages or civil unions and such instructions and explanations thereof as the department may deem useful to persons having duties to perform under such laws shall be printed and supplied upon request therefor to the local registrars and to the city clerks of cities of the first class.
All certificates of marriages or civil unions and marriage or civil union licenses shall be written upon the said blanks or blanks approved by the department and 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.64; 2002, c.88, s.2; 2006, c.103, s.50.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-48 - Amendments to certificate, recording, authentication.

26:8-48 Amendments to certificate, recording, authentication.
26:8-48. A certificate of birth, fetal death, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership or death heretofore or hereafter filed with the State registrar shall not be altered or changed otherwise than by amendments properly signed, dated and witnessed, or as otherwise recorded and authenticated on the NJ-EDRS as prescribed by the State registrar.
Amended 1965, c.78, s.65; 2003, c.221, s.21; 2003, c.246, s.20; 2006, c.103, s.51.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-49 - Corrections to birth and fetal death certificates.

26:8-49 Corrections to birth and fetal death certificates.
26:8-49. Corrections to birth and fetal death certificates shall be signed by the person who made the original report or by either of the parents of the child or by any other person having personal knowledge of the matters sought to be corrected which other person shall state such matters on his oath.
Corrections may also be signed by any person whose birth report is in error provided substantiating documentary proof, satisfactory to the State registrar or any local registrar, is submitted therewith and noted by said State registrar or local registrar upon the written request for correction. In the case of a correction to the birth record of a member of one of the three New Jersey tribes of American Indians, the Powhatan-Renape Nation, the Ramapough Mountain Indians, or the Nanticoke-Lenni-Lenape Indians, the substantiating documentary proof may include, but shall not be limited to, an affidavit, satisfactory to the State registrar or any local registrar and signed by the chief of the tribe that according to tribal records the person whose certificate is to be amended is a member of the tribe of the chief whose signature appears on the affidavit.
Amended 1938, c.174, s.1; 1942, c.225; 1965, c.78, s.66; 1991, c.359.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-50 - Correcting marriage or civil union licenses.

26:8-50 Correcting marriage or civil union licenses.
26:8-50. Correcting marriage or civil union licenses.
Correction to marriage or civil union licenses shall be signed by the person who issued the license or his successor in office.
Amended 2006, c.103, s.52.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-51 - Corrections to marriage, civil union, domestic partnership certificates.

26:8-51 Corrections to marriage, civil union, domestic partnership certificates.
26:8-51. Corrections to marriage, civil union, domestic partnership certificates. Corrections to marriage, civil union or domestic partnership certificates shall be signed by the person who signed the certificate or by any other person having personal knowledge of the matters sought to be corrected which other person shall state such matters on his oath.
Amended 1938, c.174, s.2; 2003, c.246, s.21; 2006, c.103, s.53.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-52 - Correcting death certificates, procedure.

26:8-52 Correcting death certificates, procedure.
26:8-52. Corrections to death certificates shall be signed by the physician, registered professional nurse, county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner, Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, funeral director or informant, whose name appears upon the certificate, or shall be otherwise recorded and authenticated on the NJ-EDRS as prescribed by the State registrar; however, any individual having personal knowledge and substantiating documentary proof of the matters sought to be corrected may apply under oath to the county or intercounty medical examiner or the Chief State Medical Examiner in a case in which the certificate was signed by the Chief State Medical Examiner or Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, to have the certificate corrected. The authority to sign or otherwise authenticate corrections or amendments to causes or duration of causes of death is restricted to the physician, Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, or county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner. Upon denial of an application for correction or amendment of a death certificate, a person who has applied to a county or intercounty medical examiner may apply to the Chief State Medical Examiner, who shall exercise discretion to review the matter and amend the certificate or to defer to the decision of the county or intercounty medical examiner. The decision of the county or intercounty medical examiner shall be deemed the final decision by a public officer in the matter unless the Chief State Medical Examiner amends or corrects the death certificate.
amended 1965, c.78, s.67; 1983, c.308, s.3; 1996, c.67; 2003, c.221, s.22; 2018, c.62, s.33.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-55 - Submitting false certificate; penalty.

26:8-55 Submitting false certificate; penalty.
26:8-55. Any person knowingly submitting a certificate pursuant to this article containing incorrect particulars relating to any birth, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership or death shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $500, which shall be recovered with costs in a summary proceeding in the name of the department.
Amended 2003, c.246, s.22; 2006, c.103, s.54.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-56 - Fee for registering birth or death.

26:8-56 Fee for registering birth or death.
26:8-56. The local registrar shall be paid $1 for each birth or death certificate properly executed, registered, recorded, and promptly returned, or otherwise transmitted through the NJ-EDRS, to the State Registrar. In the case of a death registration, the fee shall be credited to the account within the NJ-EDRS of the political subdivision comprising the registration district. A local registrar shall not receive the fee if compensated by a fixed salary as provided in R.S.26:8-59.
Amended 1948, c.285, s.1; 1963, c.81, s.7; 1983, c.275, s.14; 2003, c.221, s.23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-57 - Fee for reporting no registration of birth or death

26:8-57. Fee for reporting no registration of birth or death
In case no birth or death is registered during any month, the local registrar shall be paid the sum of twenty-five cents for each report to that effect, if such report be made promptly as required by this chapter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-59 - Payment of local registrar for certificates or reports

26:8-59. Payment of local registrar for certificates or reports
The treasurer of each incorporated political subdivision comprising a registration district shall upon certification from a local registrar of the number of certificates or reports issued by him during the preceding quarter pursuant to sections 26:8-56, 26:8-57 and 26:8-60 of this Title, make quarterly payments to the local registrar of the fees to which he may be entitled thereunder. The board of health of such political subdivision may, in lieu of such fees, provide that the local registrar shall receive a fixed compensation, to be determined by such body.
Amended by L.1954, c. 224, p. 837, s. 1; L.1965, c. 78, s. 70.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-59.1 - Persons authorized to obtain certification, certified copy of death certificate; accounting for fees.

26:8-59.1 Persons authorized to obtain certification, certified copy of death certificate; accounting for fees.
24. a. Persons authorized to obtain and receive a certification or certified copy of a death certificate from a local registrar, deputy registrar, alternate deputy registrar, subregistrar, or an incorporated political subdivision comprising a registration district, shall include those individuals who establish themselves as one of the following: the parent, legal guardian or other legal representative of the subject of that record; the subject's spouse, child, grandchild or sibling, if of legal age, or the subject's legal representative; an agency of State or federal government for official purposes; a person possessing an order of a court of competent jurisdiction; or a person who is authorized under other emergent circumstances as determined by the commissioner. For the purposes of this section, any employee of a mortuary registered pursuant to P.L.1952, c.340 (C.45:7-32 et seq.), or a funeral director licensed pursuant to that act who is affiliated with a registered mortuary, if the mortuary was recorded on the original certificate of death, shall be construed to be the subject's legal representative and entitled to obtain full and complete copies of death certificates or certifications thereof.
b. Any fee charged, by a local registrar, deputy registrar, alternate deputy registrar, subregistrar, or an incorporated political subdivision comprising a registration district, to a funeral home as the legal representative for a person in securing a certified copy of a death certificate shall be in the form of a debit against the account of the funeral home and a credit to the applicable political subdivision within the NJ-EDRS.
L.2003,c.221,s.24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-60 - Fee for transmitting certificate.

26:8-60 Fee for transmitting certificate.
26:8-60. Each local registrar shall be entitled to receive from the proper disbursing officer of the municipality or county the sum of $1 for each marriage, civil union or domestic partnership certificate properly transmitted to the State Registrar.
In any registration district, the body appointing local registrars may, in lieu of fees, provide that officers performing the above service shall receive a fixed compensation to be determined by such body.
Amended 1948, c.285, s.2; 1965, c.78, s.71; 1983, c.275, s.15; 2003, c.246, s.23; 2006, c.103, s.55.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-61 - Fee for cancellation of marriage or civil union record.

26:8-61 Fee for cancellation of marriage or civil union record.
26:8-61. Fee for cancellation of marriage or civil union record.
The person procuring the cancellation of a marriage or civil union record pursuant to R.S.26:8-45 and R.S.26:8-46 shall first pay to the State Registrar the sum of $2.00 and the State Registrar shall pay the same over to the State Treasurer. Such fee may be included in the taxable costs in the annulment suit.
Amended 1983, c.275, s.16; 2006, c.103, s.56.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-64 - Search of files, records, fee.

26:8-64 Search of files, records, fee.
26:8-64. a. For any genealogical search of the files and records of births, deaths, marriages, civil unions or domestic partnerships when information required on the application for a certification or certified copy of a vital record, and the correct year only is supplied by the applicant, whether or not a certification or a certified copy is made, the State registrar shall be entitled to a minimum fee of $4, plus a fee of $1 for each additional year searched, which fee shall be paid by the applicant, except as provided by R.S.26:8-63. The fee for each additional copy of the same record ordered at the same time shall be $2.
b. For any non-genealogical search of the files and records of births, deaths, marriages, civil unions or domestic partnerships when the exact date of the event is supplied, along with all other information required on the application for a certification or certified copy of a vital record, whether or not a certification or certified copy is made, the State Registrar shall be entitled to a minimum fee of $4, which shall be paid by the applicant, except as provided by R.S.26:8-63. The fee for each additional copy of the same record ordered at the same time shall be $2.
c. Conduct without fee upon request for administrative use by any city, state, or federal agency, a search for any New Jersey State census entry.
Amended 1952, c.26, s.2; 1957, c.200, s.3; 1965, c.78, s.74; 1983, c.275, s.17; 2003, c.246, s.26; 2006, c.103, s.59.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-66 - Investigation of violation.

26:8-66 Investigation of violation.
26:8-66. The State registrar either personally or by accredited representative, may investigate any case of irregularity or violation of R.S.26:6-1 et seq., R.S.26:8-1 et seq., R.S.37:1-1 et seq., or P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.), and every local registrar shall aid him in such investigation.
Amended 1965, c.78, s.75; 2006, c.103, s.60.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-67 - Duty of county prosecutor.

26:8-67 Duty of county prosecutor.
26:8-67. Duty of county prosecutor.
When the State registrar shall deem it necessary, he shall report any violation of any provision of R.S.26:6-1 et seq., R.S.26:8-1 et seq., R.S.37:1-1 et seq. or P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.), to the county prosecutor, with a statement of the facts and circumstances. Upon such report, the county prosecutor shall forthwith institute and prosecute the necessary proceedings for such alleged violation.
Amended 1965, c.78, s.76; 2006, c.103, s.61.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-68 - Duty of attorney general; proceedings by local registrar.

26:8-68 Duty of attorney general; proceedings by local registrar.
26:8-68. Upon request of the State registrar, the Attorney General shall assist in the enforcement of the provisions of R.S.26:6-1 et seq., R.S.26:8-1 et seq., R.S.37:1-1 et seq. or P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.), or the State registrar may direct that local registrars institute proceedings or civil actions in the name of the State department. Such a proceeding or action may be instituted in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Amended 1953, c.26, s.60; 1965, c.78, s.77; 2006, c.103, s.62.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8-69 - Penalties; recovery.

26:8-69 Penalties; recovery.
26:8-69. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter and R.S.37:1-1 et seq., any person who shall:
a. Fail or refuse to furnish correctly any information in the person's possession; or
b. Willfully and knowingly furnish false information affecting any certificate or record required by this chapter; or
c. Willfully alter, otherwise than is provided by R.S.26:8-48 et seq., or willfully or knowingly falsify, any certificate or record established by this chapter; or
d. Fail to fill out and transmit any certificate or record in the manner required by this chapter; or
e. Being a local registrar, deputy registrar, alternate deputy registrar or subregistrar, shall fail to perform the person's duty as required by this chapter and by the directions of the State registrar thereunder; or
f. Violate any of the provisions of this chapter or fail to discharge any duty required by this chapter-
Shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $250 for each first offense and not less than $250 nor more than $500 for each subsequent offense.
The penalties shall be recovered in a civil action in the name of the Department of Health or local board in any court of competent jurisdiction.
The Superior Court or municipal court shall have jurisdiction over proceedings to enforce and collect any such penalty, if the violation has occurred within the territorial jurisdiction of the court. The proceedings shall be summary and in accordance with the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.).
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, the State registrar may refer a violation of this chapter by a physician, nurse, or funeral director who is licensed pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes to the appropriate professional board in the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, which shall, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), assess the penalty provided for in this subsection and assume enforcement responsibility on the same basis as it would for a violation of the statute or regulations governing the practice of those persons regulated by that board.
amended 1953, c.26, s.61; 1965, c.78, s.78; 1991, c.91, s.301; 2003, c.221, s.26; 2012, c.17, s.353.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8A-3 - Definitions relative to domestic partners.

26:8A-3 Definitions relative to domestic partners.
3. As used in sections 1 through 9 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-1 through C.26:8A-9) and in R.S.26:8-1 et seq.:
"Affidavit of Domestic Partnership" means an affidavit that sets forth each party's name and age, the parties' common mailing address, and a statement that, at the time the affidavit is signed, both parties meet the requirements of this act for entering into a domestic partnership and wish to enter into a domestic partnership with each other.
"Basic living expenses" means the cost of basic food and shelter, and any other cost, including, but not limited to, the cost of health care, if some or all of the cost is paid as a benefit because a person is another person's domestic partner.
"Certificate of Domestic Partnership" means a certificate that includes: the full names of the domestic partners, a statement that the two individuals are members of a registered domestic partnership recognized by the State of New Jersey, the date that the domestic partnership was entered into, and a statement that the partners are entitled to all the rights, privileges and responsibilities accorded to domestic partners under the law. The certificate shall bear the seal of the State of New Jersey.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health.
"Domestic partner" or "partner" means a person who is in a relationship that satisfies the definition of a domestic partnership as set forth in this act.
"Have a common residence" means that two persons share the same place to live in this State, or share the same place to live in another jurisdiction when at least one of the persons is a member of a State-administered retirement system, regardless of whether or not: the legal right to possess the place is in both of their names; one or both persons have additional places to live; or one person temporarily leaves the shared place of residence to reside elsewhere, on either a short-term or long-term basis, for reasons that include, but are not limited to, medical care, incarceration, education, a sabbatical, or employment, but intends to return to the shared place of residence.
"Jointly responsible" means that each domestic partner agrees to provide for the other partner's basic living expenses if the other partner is unable to provide for himself.
"Notice of Rights and Obligations of Domestic Partners" means a form that advises domestic partners, or persons seeking to become domestic partners, of the procedural requirements for establishing, maintaining, and terminating a domestic partnership, and includes information about the rights and responsibilities of the partners.
L.2003, c.246, s.3; amended 2012, c.17, s.354.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8A-4 - Affidavit of Domestic Partnership; establishment, requirements.

26:8A-4 Affidavit of Domestic Partnership; establishment, requirements.
4. a. Two persons who desire to become domestic partners and meet the requirements of subsection b. of this section may execute and file an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership with the local registrar upon payment of a fee, in an amount to be determined by the commissioner, which shall be deposited in the General Fund. Each person shall receive a copy of the affidavit marked "filed."
b. A domestic partnership shall be established when all of the following requirements are met:
(1) Both persons have a common residence and are otherwise jointly responsible for each other's common welfare as evidenced by joint financial arrangements or joint ownership of real or personal property, which shall be demonstrated by at least one of the following:
(a) a joint deed, mortgage agreement or lease;
(b) a joint bank account;
(c) designation of one of the persons as a primary beneficiary in the other person's will;
(d) designation of one of the persons as a primary beneficiary in the other person's life insurance policy or retirement plan; or
(e) joint ownership of a motor vehicle;
(2) Both persons agree to be jointly responsible for each other's basic living expenses during the domestic partnership;
(3) Neither person is in a marriage recognized by New Jersey law or a member of another domestic partnership;
(4) Neither person is related to the other by blood or affinity up to and including the fourth degree of consanguinity;
(5) Both persons are of the same sex and therefore unable to enter into a marriage with each other that is recognized by New Jersey law, except that two persons who are each 62 years of age or older and not of the same sex may establish a domestic partnership if they meet the requirements set forth in this section;
(6) Both persons have chosen to share each other's lives in a committed relationship of mutual caring;
(7) Both persons are at least 18 years of age;
(8) Both persons file jointly an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership; and
(9) Neither person has been a partner in a domestic partnership that was terminated less than 180 days prior to the filing of the current Affidavit of Domestic Partnership, except that this prohibition shall not apply if one of the partners died; and, in all cases in which a person registered a prior domestic partnership, the domestic partnership shall have been terminated in accordance with the provisions of section 10 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-10).
c. A person who executes an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership in violation of the provisions of subsection b. of this section shall be liable to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $1,000. The penalty shall be sued for and collected pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.).
L.2003,c.246,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8A-4.1 - Limitation on domestic partnerships on or after February 19, 2007; effect of law establishing civil unions.

26:8A-4.1 Limitation on domestic partnerships on or after February 19, 2007; effect of law establishing civil unions.
91. On or after the effective date of this act, no domestic partnerships shall be registered under P.L.2003, c. 246 (C.26:8A-1 et al.), except that two persons who are each 62 years of age or older may establish a domestic partnership pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-1 et al.). This act shall not alter the rights and responsibilities of domestic partnerships existing before the effective date of this act, except that eligible domestic partners shall be given notice and opportunity to enter into a civil union pursuant to the provisions of this act. Entry into a civil union, when joined by both parties to an existing domestic partnership, shall operate to terminate the domestic partnership.
L.2006, c.103, s.91.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8A-5 - Notice of termination of domestic partnerships to third parties; requirements.

26:8A-5 Notice of termination of domestic partnerships to third parties; requirements.
5. a. A former domestic partner who has given a copy of the Certificate of Domestic Partnership to any third party to qualify for any benefit or right and whose receipt of that benefit or enjoyment of that right has not otherwise terminated, shall, upon termination of the domestic partnership, give or send to the third party, at the last known address of the third party, written notification that the domestic partnership has been terminated. A third party that suffers a loss as a result of failure by a domestic partner to provide this notice shall be entitled to seek recovery from the partner who was obligated to send the notice for any actual loss resulting thereby.
b. Failure to provide notice to a third party, as required pursuant to this section, shall not delay or prevent the termination of the domestic partnership.
L.2003,c.246,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8A-6 - Obligations of domestic partners.

26:8A-6 Obligations of domestic partners.
6. a. The obligations that two people have to each other as a result of creating a domestic partnership shall be limited to the provisions of this act, and those provisions shall not diminish any right granted under any other provision of law.
b. Upon the termination of a domestic partnership, the domestic partners, from that time forward, shall incur none of the obligations to each other as domestic partners that are created by this or any other act.
c. A domestic partnership, civil union or reciprocal beneficiary relationship entered into outside of this State, which is valid under the laws of the jurisdiction under which the partnership was created, shall be valid in this State.
d. Any health care or social services provider, employer, operator of a place of public accommodation, property owner or administrator, or other individual or entity may treat a person as a member of a domestic partnership, notwithstanding the absence of an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership filed pursuant to this act.
e. Domestic partners may modify the rights and obligations to each other that are granted by this act in any valid contract between themselves, except for the requirements for a domestic partnership as set forth in section 4 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-4).
f. Two adults who have not filed an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership shall be treated as domestic partners in an emergency medical situation for the purposes of allowing one adult to accompany the other adult who is ill or injured while the latter is being transported to a hospital, or to visit the other adult who is a hospital patient, on the same basis as a member of the latter's immediate family, if both persons, or one of the persons in the event that the other person is legally or medically incapacitated, advise the emergency care provider that the two persons have met the other requirements for establishing a domestic partnership as set forth in section 4 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-4); however, the provisions of this section shall not be construed to permit the two adults to be treated as domestic partners for any other purpose as provided in P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-1 et al.) prior to their having filed an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership.
g. A domestic partner shall not be liable for the debts of the other partner contracted before establishment of the domestic partnership, or contracted by the other partner in his own name during the domestic partnership. The partner who contracts for the debt in his own name shall be liable to be sued separately in his own name, and any property belonging to that partner shall be liable to satisfy that debt in the same manner as if the partner had not entered into a domestic partnership.
L.2003,c.246,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8A-7 - Preparation of forms and notices.

26:8A-7 Preparation of forms and notices.
7. a. The commissioner shall cause to be prepared, in such a manner as the commissioner determines appropriate:
(1) blank forms, in quadruplicate, of Affidavits of Domestic Partnership and Certificates of Domestic Partnership corresponding to the requirements of this act; and
(2) copies of the Notice of the Rights and Obligations of Domestic Partners.
b. The commissioner shall ensure that these forms and notices, along with such sections of the laws concerning domestic partnership and explanations thereof as the commissioner may deem useful to persons having duties to recognize domestic partners under those laws, are printed and supplied to each local registrar, and made available to the public upon request.
L.2003,c.246,s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8A-8 - Duties of local registrar.

26:8A-8 Duties of local registrar.
8. a. The local registrar shall:
(1) stamp each completed Affidavit of Domestic Partnership received with the date of its receipt and the name of the registration district in which it is filed; and
(2) immediately provide two copies of the stamped Affidavit of Domestic Partnership to the person who files that document.
b. Upon the filing of an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership and payment of the appropriate filing fee, the local registrar shall immediately complete a Certificate of Domestic Partnership with the domestic partners' relevant information and the date that the domestic partnership was established. The local registrar shall then issue to the domestic partners two copies of the certificate and two copies of the Notice of the Rights and Obligations of Domestic Partners. Copies of the Certificate of Domestic Partnership shall be prepared and recorded in the local registrar's records and with the State registrar.
c. Each local registrar shall, on or before the 10th day of each calendar month, or sooner if requested by the Department of Health and Senior Services, transmit to the State registrar the original of all the Affidavits of Domestic Partnership and Certificates of Domestic Partnership received or prepared by the local registrar for the preceding month.
L.2003,c.246,s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8A-9 - Duties of State registrar.

26:8A-9 Duties of State registrar.
9. The State registrar shall cause all Affidavits of Domestic Partnership and Certificates of Domestic Partnership received to be alphabetically indexed by the surname of one of the partners, and shall establish a cross-referencing system to allow the records to be identified by the surname of the second partner. The State registrar shall also cause to be transcribed or otherwise recorded from the certificates any of the vital facts appearing thereon as the commissioner may deem necessary or useful.
L.2003,c.246,s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8A-11 - Applicability of act.

26:8A-11 Applicability of act.
58. a. The provisions of sections 41 through 56, inclusive, of P.L.2003, c. 246 shall only apply in the case of two persons who are of the same sex and have established a domestic partnership pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-4).
b. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the provisions of subsection a. of this section shall not be deemed to be an unlawful discrimination under the "Law Against Discrimination," P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1 et seq.).
L.2003,c.246,s.58.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8A-12 - Rules, regulations; responsible agencies.

26:8A-12 Rules, regulations; responsible agencies.
59. a. The Commissioner of Health, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of sections 1 through 10 and 13 through 35 of this act.
b. The Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of sections 47 through 52, 55 and 56 of this act.
c. The New Jersey Individual Health Coverage Program Board, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of section 53 of this act.
d. The New Jersey Small Employer Health Benefits Program Board, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of section 54 of this act.
L.2003, c.246, s.59; amended 2012, c.17, s.355.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:8A-13 - Dependent health benefits for domestic partners continued after retirement from certain local public employment.

26:8A-13 Dependent health benefits for domestic partners continued after retirement from certain local public employment.
3. In cases where entities choose to provide dependent health benefits coverage to employees' domestic partners pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1979, c.391 (C.18A:16-12) or N.J.S.40A:10-16, such coverage shall continue during the employees' retirement under the provisions of sections 7 and 8 of P.L.1979, c.391 (C.18A:16-18 and C.18A:16-19), N.J.S. 40A:10-22 and N.J.S. 40A:10-23. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit an entity's right to extend benefits to, or withdraw benefits from, an employee or dependents of an employee.
L.2005,c.334,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:9-2 - Duty of director of state experiment station

26:9-2. Duty of director of state experiment station
The director of the state experiment station, or an executive officer appointed by him, shall:
a. Survey, in the order he deems desirable and to the extent that he deems necessary, all salt marsh, fresh-water swamps, or flooded areas within the state for the location of mosquito breeding areas;
b. Map each section so surveyed and indicate all mosquito breeding areas, the method adapted to their extermination, and the probable cost;
c. Investigate the mosquito life history, habits, and control, as will, in his judgment, furnish information necessary to successful mosquito extermination by any agency within the state; and
d. Distribute among the people of the state information concerning the nature and results of mosquito extermination.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:9-6 - Notice to local authorities of breeding place

26:9-6. Notice to local authorities of breeding place
Whenever, in the course of a survey, it is found that mosquitoes breed at any place within the state, the director through his executive officer, shall notify in writing the local board or the county commission, by personal service upon an officer or member thereof, of the extent and location of such place, and furnish a map indicating the character of the work to be done and its probable cost.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:9-7 - Notice to landowner to abate

26:9-7. Notice to landowner to abate
The local board or the county commission shall, within twenty days from the time such notice is served, investigate the ownership, so far as ascertainable, of the territory on which the breeding places occur, and notify the owner of such lands, if he can be found or ascertained, in the manner provided in section 26:3-49 of this title, to abate such breeding place.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:9-8 - Contents of notice

26:9-8. Contents of notice
The notice to the landowner shall include:
a. The facts contained in the communication from the director;
b. A statement that any water in which mosquito larvae breed is a nuisance and subject to abatement under article 3 of chapter 3 of this title (s. 26:3-45 et seq.); and
c. An order that unless the nuisance is abated within a stated period, not more than sixty days from the date of the notice, the same will be abated as provided in said article 3 of chapter 3 of this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics › Section 26:9-9 - Abatement by local authorities

26:9-9. Abatement by local authorities
In case the landowner fails to comply with such order, the local board or county commission shall abate such nuisance in the manner provided in article 3 of chapter 3 of this title (s. 26:3-45 et seq.).