New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 2B - CERTIFICATE OF DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 8:2B-1.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"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 chapter 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.
"Certified copy" means a copy of a vital record issued on a
				  special type of safety paper containing a variety of security features and stamped
				  with the raised seal of the State of New Jersey or the seal of the municipality or
				  county where the copies are issued, and verified by the Office of the State
				  Registrar as true and correct.
"Certification" means a document containing information obtained
				  from a vital record made available for informational purposes only. It cannot be
				  used for proof of identity or for legal purposes. It is created on plain bond paper
				  without the raised seal of the State of New Jersey or the seal of the municipality
				  where the certifications are issued.
"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 and Senior
				  Services.
"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 the New Jersey 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.
"Department" means the Department of Health and Senior
				  Services.
"Domestic partner" or "partner" means a person who is in a
				  relationship that satisfies the definition of a domestic partnership as set forth in
				  P.L.
				  2003, c. 246.
"Genealogical records" means vital records traditionally requested
				  for the purpose of obtaining the lineage of a person, family or group from a family.
				  Records of domestic partnership are considered genealogical after 50 years have
				  passed from the date of the domestic partnership.
"Identify" means to provide, by way of approved application,
				  letter, or facsimile, detailed proof of knowledge of the vital record being
				  requested and must include at a minimum, all information requested on the Vital
				  Statistics and Registration application form.
"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 or herself.
"Local registrar" means the local registrar of vital statistics of
				  any district.
"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.
"State Registrar" means the State Registrar of Vital
				  Statistics.
"Vital records" means the birth, death, fetal death, marriage, and
				  domestic partnership records from which vital statistics are produced.
"Vital statistics" means statistics concerning births, deaths,
				  fetal deaths, marriages and domestic partnerships.