New Jersey Statutes 26:6-8.5. Alzheimer’s disease, related disorders, listing as secondary cause of death
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- 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
1. a. Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders may be listed as a secondary cause of death on a certification of death in any case in which:
(1) the deceased person is diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder; and
(2) it is determined, in accordance with currently accepted medical standards and with a reasonable degree of medical certainty, that Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder was a significant contributing cause of the person’s death.
b. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any person to list Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder as a secondary cause of death, and no person shall be subject to any criminal or civil liability or any professional disciplinary action under Title 45 of the Revised Statutes for listing or failing to list Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder as a secondary cause of death on a certification of death.
c. As used in this section, “Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders” means forms of dementia characterized by a general loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning.
(1) the deceased person is diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder; and
(2) it is determined, in accordance with currently accepted medical standards and with a reasonable degree of medical certainty, that Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder was a significant contributing cause of the person’s death.
b. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any person to list Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder as a secondary cause of death, and no person shall be subject to any criminal or civil liability or any professional disciplinary action under Title 45 of the Revised Statutes for listing or failing to list Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder as a secondary cause of death on a certification of death.
c. As used in this section, “Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders” means forms of dementia characterized by a general loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning.
L.2015, c.187, s.1.