N.J. Admin. Code § 8:2A-3.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 12, June 17, 2024

Section 8:2A-3.4 - Certifying the particulars

(a) The requirement at 26:6-8 that the attending, covering or resident physician, the attending registered professional nurse, or the county medical examiner and the funeral director shall certify to the particulars supplied by them by signing their names below the list of items furnished, shall be satisfied by authenticating their identities and the information that they have provided through the NJ-EDRS.

(b) If a person acting under the direct supervision of the State Medical Examiner, a county medical examiner, funeral director, attending, covering or resident physician, or licensed health care facility or other public or private institution providing medical care, treatment or confinement to persons, which is registered with the NJ-EDRS, is not authorized to authenticate the information required on a certificate of death, that person may enter that information into the NJ-EDRS in anticipation of its authentication by the State Medical Examiner or a county medical examiner, funeral director, attending, covering or resident physician, local registrar, deputy registrar, alternate deputy registrar or subregistrar, as applicable.