Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 45:7-61

  • 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
  • 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
No person shall operate, maintain or use a mortuary within this State unless:

(a) He, they or it shall annually register with the board in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-four of this act;

(b) The certificate of registration issued by the board shall be conspicuously displayed within the establishment;

(c) The licenses of the individual owner, of all partners, or of the manager of the establishment in all cases where the establishment is not managed by a licensed individual owner or licensed partners, shall be conspicuously displayed within the establishment;

(d) It shall be under the immediate and personal supervision, direction, management, and control of a person duly licensed as a practitioner of mortuary science, under the provisions of this act, or of a person duly licensed as a funeral director under the provisions of this act or of any prior law of this State; and all funeral directing shall be under the immediate and personal supervision, direction, management, and control of a person duly licensed as a practitioner of mortuary science, under the provisions of this act, or of a person duly licensed as a funeral director under the provisions of this act or of any prior law of this State;

(e) Its construction, maintenance and operation shall conform to the rules and regulations of the board promulgated to safeguard and promote the public health, safety, morals and welfare.

L.1952, c. 340, p. 1111, s. 30.