New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 2A - DEATH RECORDS › Subchapter 3 - NEW JERSEY ELECTRONIC DEATH REGISTRATION SYSTEM › Section 8:2A-3.3 - Electronic submission

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) For the purposes of
				the NJ-EDRS, the death certificate shall be deemed complete when the attending,
				covering or resident physician or the county medical examiner, and the funeral
				director in charge, have completed their respective portions of the death
				registration record and have filed the record with the local registrar.
(b) A record created on the NJ-EDRS shall be
				deemed to have been transmitted to the appropriate party(ies) under the
				circumstances listed in (b)1 through 7 below, thereby satisfying the following
				requirements for submission of reports, data and certificates of notification:
1. The requirement at
				26:6-6(a)  that the
				funeral director in charge of the funeral or disposition of the body of a person
				dying in this State shall be responsible for the proper execution of a death
				certificate, filed in exchange for a burial or removal or transit permit with the
				local registrar of the district in which the death occurred or the body was found or
				with the registrar of the district in which the funeral director has his or her
				funeral home or where the burial or other disposition is to take place;
2. The requirement at
				26:6-6(a)  that in the
				event the death certificate is filed with the registrar of a district other than
				that in which the death took place or the body was found, that registrar shall,
				within 24 hours after issuing the permit, sign and forward the certificate of death
				to the registrar of the district where the death took place or the body was found,
				with a statement that the permit was issued;
3. The requirement at
				26:6-6(a)  that in
				case the death certificate is filed with the deputy registrar, alternate deputy
				registrar, or subregistrar, he or she shall within 12 hours forward the certificate
				to his or her own registrar, who in turn shall forward the certificate as directed
				by law;
4. The requirement at
				26:6-6(b)  that any
				funeral director filing a death certificate in a registration district other than
				that in which the death occurred or the body was found shall immediately send the
				State Registrar written notice by first class mail;
5. The requirement at
				26:8-25(g)  that on
				the 10th day of each month or sooner if requested by the Department, the local
				registrar transmit to the State Registrar all original death certificates received
				by him or her for the preceding month;
6. The requirement at
				26:8-26 that each subregistrar shall
				note on each certificate of death, over his or her signature, the date of filing,
				and shall forward all certificates to the local registrar of the district within
				five days, with the exception that in any instance where the subregistrar accepts a
				certificate for a death not occurring in this district, as permitted by
				26:6-6, he or she shall forward the
				certificate within 12 hours to the local registrar of his or her district;
				or
7. The requirement at
				26:6-9 that in case of any death
				occurring without medical attendance, the county medical examiner shall furnish the
				funeral director with the necessary data and last sickness particulars to make the
				death certificate.