New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 2A - DEATH RECORDS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 8:2A-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:
"Authentication" means the entry by the State Medical Examiner or
				  a county medical examiner, funeral director or physician into the New Jersey
				  Electronic Death Registration System of a personal identification code, digital
				  signature or other identifier unique to that user, by which the information entered
				  into the system by the user is authenticated by the user who assumes responsibility
				  for its accuracy. "Authentication" also means the process by which the State
				  Registrar or a local registrar, deputy registrar, alternate deputy registrar or
				  subregistrar indicates that person's review and approval of information entered into
				  the system by the State Medical Examiner or a county medical examiner, funeral
				  director or physician.
"Authorized users" means participants in the death registration
				  process, including, but not limited to, the State Registrar, local registrars,
				  deputy registrars, alternate deputy registrars, subregistrars, the State Medical
				  Examiner, county medical examiners, funeral directors, attending physicians and
				  resident physicians, licensed health care facilities, and other public or private
				  institutions providing medical care, treatment or confinement to persons, who have
				  established to the satisfaction of the State Registrar that they have completed the
				  State approved training in the use of the New Jersey Electronic Death Registration
				  System and who have been assigned login credentials by the State Registrar or his or
				  her designee.
"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
				  or county where the certifications are issued. "Certification" also means, within
				  the context of education and training, the official acknowledgement of a course of
				  training approved by the State Registrar.
"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.
"Certified Municipal Registrar" (CMR) means an individual who has
				  attended and successfully completed the "CMR-Basics" training course approved and
				  authorized by the State Registrar.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department
				  of Health and Senior Services.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior
				  Services.
"Electronic registration system" means any electronic method,
				  including, but not limited to, one based on Internet technology, of collecting,
				  transmitting, recording and authenticating information from one or more responsible
				  parties, which is necessary to complete a vital record, and is designed to replace a
				  manual, paper-based data collection, recordation and signature system.
"Fetal death" or "stillbirth" means death prior to the complete
				  expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of
				  the duration of pregnancy; the death is indicated by the fact that after such
				  separation, the fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of life such as
				  beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of
				  voluntary muscles. Heartbeats are to be distinguished from transient cardiac
				  contractions; respirations are to be distinguished from fleeting respiratory efforts
				  or gasps.
"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 death are considered genealogical after 40 years have passed from the
				  date of death.
"Informant" means the name of the individual providing the
				  personal particulars for the preparation of the death certificate.
"Local registrar" or "municipal registrar" means the local
				  registrar of vital statistics of any district.
"New Jersey Electronic Death Registration System" or "NJ-EDRS" is
				  an electronic registration system for completing a certification of death or fetal
				  death record that is authorized, designed and maintained by the State
				  Registrar.
"Re-certification credits" means the credits assigned by the State
				  Registrar for purposes of renewing a person's CMR certification, for courses,
				  seminars and meetings related to vital statistics attended by the person seeking
				  renewal of his or her CMR certification. The State Registrar may assign
				  re-certification credits at a rate of one credit per hour for approved meetings,
				  seminars or courses attended. The 12 re-certification credits required to renew a
				  CMR certification shall include no more than two meetings, no more than two seminars
				  and a minimum of one complete course.
"Registration district" or "district" means the district
				  established by law for the registration of vital events.
"State Registrar" means the New Jersey 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.