26:6-11. A certificate of fetal death containing such items as shall be listed on fetal death certificate forms provided or approved by the department under the authority of subsection c. of R.S.26:8-24, and a burial or removal permit, shall be required for every fetal death; provided that 20 or more weeks of gestation have elapsed before the delivery.

No midwife shall sign a certificate for a fetal death; but any fetal death occurring without attendance of a physician or an advanced practice nurse shall be treated as a death without medical attendance, as provided in R.S.26:6-9.

The department shall take appropriate action to ensure that any certificate of fetal death required by this section is prepared in accordance with, and contains information that satisfies, the provisions of P.L.2013, c.217 (C. 26:8-40.27 et seq.), designated as the “Autumn Joy Stillbirth Research and Dignity Act,” and the current federal standards for fetal death certification and fetal death reporting, as adopted, amended, and supplemented by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

amended 1951, c.85, s.1; 1965, c.78, s.8; 2017, c.104, s.1.