No licensed practitioner of mortuary science shall permit the embalming of a dead human body where he or she has information reasonably indicating that death occurred as a result of accidental, homicidal or suicidal means or under suspicious or unnatural circumstances, until the body has been duly released to him or her for embalming or other preparation by the proper authority in accordance with the State Medical Examiners Act (52:17B-87) .
N.J. Admin. Code § 13:36-6.6
See: 26 New Jersey Register 2536(a), 26 New Jersey Register 4201(a).