New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 2 - BIRTH CERTIFICATES › Subchapter 1 - CREATION OF A RECORD OF LIVE BIRTH AND A CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH RESULTING IN STILLBIRTH › Section 8:2-1.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall
				  have following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth" means a certificate
				  created from the information obtained from the fetal death certificate at the
				  request of the parent of a stillborn child where the fetal death has been registered
				  with the Department of Health and Senior Services.
"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
				  or county where the certifications are issued.
"Commissioner" means the State Commissioner of Health and Senior
				  Services.
"Department" means the New Jersey State Department of Health and
				  Senior Services.
"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 the pregnancy; the death is indicated by the fact that after such
				  expulsion, 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 birth are considered genealogical after 80 years have passed from
				  the date of birth.
"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.
"Informant" means the name of the individual providing the
				  personal particulars for the preparation of the birth certificate.
"Licensed health care professional" means a physician, physician
				  assistant, advanced practice nurse, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or
				  any other health care professional licensed under Title 45 of the New Jersey
				  Statutes or analogous statutes in other states. The licensed health care
				  professional need not be the individual who performed the delivery in order to
				  transmit the parent's written request for a Certificate of Birth Resulting in
				  Stillbirth to the State Registrar pursuant to
				  8:2-1.3.
"Live birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction from its
				  mother of a product of human conception, irrespective of the duration of the
				  pregnancy, which, after such expulsion or extraction, breathes, or shows any other
				  evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or
				  definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been
				  cut or the placenta is attached. Heartbeats are to be distinguished from transient
				  cardiac contractions; respirations are to be distinguished from fleeting respiratory
				  efforts or gasps."
"Local registrar" or "municipal registrar" means the local
				  registrar of vital statistics of any district.
"State Registrar" means the New Jersey State Registrar of Vital
				  Statistics.
"Surname" means the last complete name on a birth certificate
				  without a hyphen or both names including the hyphen if the last names on the birth
				  certificate are hyphenated.
"Vital record" 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 established pursuant to
				  P.L.
				  2003, c. 246 (
				  26:8A-1 et seq.).