N.J. Admin. Code § 8:70-2.2

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

Section 8:70-2.2 - Collection of specimens for narcotic or dangerous drug determination

(a) Whenever the county medical examiner, or the person designated by the State Medical Examiner or county medical examiner to conduct the investigations and perform autopsies in a county, conducts an autopsy pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:17B-88et seq., that person shall collect suitable specimens for determination of the drug content of the body fluids and tissues in all cases of violent deaths or deaths under unusual circumstances where death has occurred within 48 hours of the incident suspected of being the proximate cause of death.

(b) Said samples shall be properly labeled, refrigerated, and submitted within two weeks to the New Jersey State Medical Examiner Toxicology Laboratory for the required analysis.

As amended, R.1983 d.589, effective 12/19/1983.
See: 15 N.J.R. 1351(a), 15 N.J.R. 2172(d).
In (a), added "where death has occurred within 48 hours of the incident . . . being the proximate cause of death."
In (b), added "refrigerated".
Amended by R.1989 d.110, effective 2/21/1989.
See: 20 N.J.R. 2856(b), 21 N.J.R. 447(a).
Deleted "promptly to the laboratory" and substituted "within two weeks ... Examiner Toxicology Laboratory".
Amended by R.1994 d.30, effective 1/18/1994.
See: 25 N.J.R. 5104(a), 26 N.J.R. 484(a).