New Jersey Statutes 26:6-14. Issuance of burial, removal permit; correction of death certificate; completion
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:6-14
- 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 registrar: means the State Registrar of Vital Statistics. See New Jersey Statutes 26:6-1
a. If the certificate is properly executed and complete, issue a burial or removal permit when requested; and
b. If the certificate of death is incomplete and unsatisfactory, call attention to the defects in the return, and withhold the burial or removal permit until the defects are corrected. Any person certifying to any of the particulars in the certificate shall complete the same as directed by the local registrar in accordance with such terms as may be defined by the State registrar.
For the purposes of the NJ-EDRS, the death certificate shall be 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.
Amended 1965, c.78, s.10; 2003, c.221, s.9.