N.J. Admin. Code § 8:2A-3.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024
Section 8:2A-3.1 - Participation in NJ-EDRS required
(a) The State Registrar shall establish and maintain the NJ-EDRS, which shall be the required means of death registration for any death occurring in this State.
(b) The NJ-EDRS does not alter the existing practice for the filing of a death certificate, but rather, is designed to replace the manual, paper-based data collection, recordation and signature process.
(c) No blanks or methods of registration other than those supplied or approved by the State Registrar shall be used by those registering deaths with the State Registrar or local registrars.
(d) All participants in the death registration process, including, but not limited to, the State Registrar, local registrars, deputy registrars, alternate deputy registrars, sub-registrars, the State Medical Examiner, county medical examiners, funeral directors, attending physicians and resident physicians, licensed health care facilities, and other public institutions providing medical care, treatment or confinement to persons, shall be required to utilize the NJ-EDRS to provide the information that is required of them by statute or rule.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:2A-3.1