New Jersey Statutes 26:6-8. Duty to furnish particulars; verification
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:6-8
- Authentication: means the entry by the Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, or a county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty 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. See New Jersey Statutes 26:6-1
- NJ-EDRS: is a n electronic registration system for completing a certification of death or fetal death record that is authorized, designed and maintained by the State registrar. See New Jersey Statutes 26:6-1
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- registrar: means the local registrar of vital statistics. See New Jersey Statutes 26:6-1
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Within a reasonable time, not to exceed 24 hours after the pronouncement of death, the attending, covering, or resident physician, the attending advanced practice nurse pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1991, c.377 (C. 45:11-49), or the county or intercounty medical examiner or the assistant county or intercounty medical examiner shall execute the death certification. The burial particulars shall be supplied by the funeral director. The attending, covering, or resident physician, the attending advanced practice nurse, the attending registered professional nurse, or the county or intercounty medical examiner or the assistant county or intercounty medical examiner and the funeral director shall certify to the particulars supplied by them by signing their names below the list of items furnished, or by otherwise authenticating their identities and the information that they have provided through the NJ-EDRS. If a person acting under the direct supervision of the Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, a county or intercounty medical examiner or the assistant county or intercounty medical examiner, funeral director, attending, covering, or resident physician, attending advanced practice nurse, or licensed health care facility or other public or private institution providing medical care, treatment, or confinement to persons, which is registered with the NJ-EDRS, is not authorized to authenticate the information required on a certificate of death or fetal death, that person may enter that information into the NJ-EDRS in anticipation of its authentication by the Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, or a county or intercounty medical examiner or the assistant county or intercounty medical examiner, funeral director, attending, covering, or resident physician, attending advanced practice nurse, local registrar, deputy registrar, alternate deputy registrar or subregistrar, as applicable.
amended 1965, c.78, s.6; 1971, c.2, s.13; 1983, c.308, s.2; 2003, c.221, s.5; 2015, c.38, s.1; 2018, c.62, s.25.