Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1

  • birth: means the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta attached. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
  • district: means a registration district as constituted by this article. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
  • Electronic registration system: means any electronic method, including, but not limited to, one based on Internet technology, of collecting, transmitting, recording and authenticating information from one or more responsible parties, which is necessary to complete a vital record, and is designed to replace a manual, paper-based data collection, recordation and signature system. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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 of any district. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
  • 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
  • State registrar: means the State registrar of vital statistics. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
  • Vital statistics: means statistics concerning births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, civil unions and domestic partnerships established pursuant to P. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
26:8-1. As used in this chapter:

“Vital statistics” means statistics concerning births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, civil unions and domestic partnerships established pursuant to P.L.2003, c.246 (C. 26:8A-1 et al.).

“Vital records” means the birth, death, fetal death, marriage, civil union and domestic partnership records from which vital statistics are produced.

“State registrar” means the State registrar of vital statistics; “Local registrar” or “registrar” means the local registrar of vital statistics of any district; and “registration district” or “district” means a registration district as constituted by this article.

“Live birth” or “birth” means the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta attached.

“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. “Authentication” also means the process by which the State registrar or a local registrar, deputy registrar, alternate deputy registrar or subregistrar indicates that person‘s review and approval of information entered into the system 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.

“Electronic registration system” means any electronic method, including, but not limited to, one based on Internet technology, of collecting, transmitting, recording and authenticating information from one or more responsible parties, which is necessary to complete a vital record, and is designed to replace a manual, paper-based data collection, recordation and signature system.

“New Jersey Electronic Death Registration System” or “NJ-EDRS” is an electronic registration system for completing a certification of death or fetal death record that is authorized, designed and maintained by the State registrar.

amended 1965, c.78, s.32; 2003, c.221, s.12; 2003, c.246, s.14; 2006, c.103, s.37; 2018, c.62,s.30.

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