New Jersey Statutes 26:6-8.1. Determination, pronouncement of death
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:6-8.1
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- 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
4. a. Where there has been an apparent death that is not governed by the provisions of section 4 of P.L.1991, c.90 (C. 26:6A-4), a registered professional nurse licensed by the New Jersey Board of Nursing under P.L.1947, c.262 (C. 45:11-23 et seq.) or a physician assistant licensed pursuant to P.L.1991, c.378 (C. 45:9-27.10 et seq.) may make the actual determination and pronouncement of death and shall attest to this pronouncement by: signing in the space designated for this signature on the certificate of death under R.S.26:6-7; or, for the purposes of the NJ-EDRS, transmitting orally or in writing a report of the pronouncement to the attending, covering, or resident physician, or the county medical examiner.
b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2006, c.86).
L.1983, c.308, s.4; amended 2003, c.221, s.6; 2006, c.86; 2015, c.224, s.13.