N.J. Admin. Code § 8:70-4.1

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

Section 8:70-4.1 - Morgue storage; facilities

(a) The county medical examiners shall be responsible to establish and maintain refrigerated storage space for dead bodies sufficient to the needs of the population and area of the jurisdiction served. In every such morgue, there shall be kept a bound register of all bodies, their origin, and disposition.

(b) The county medical examiner shall be responsible for maintaining a regular and continuous access to facilities for the examination, dissection, and storage of dead bodies under investigation, and for such histologic, radiographic, toxicologic, microbiologic, dental, photographic, and anthropologic examinations, and other studies as may be required to establish and document the cause and manner of death, to establish the identity of the deceased, or to further the investigation of events contributing to the death.

(c) If the county medical examiner shall be unable to provide the essential facilities and services described above, it shall be the responsibility of said medical examiner to call upon the State Medical Examiner for assistance at county expense.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:70-4.1

R.1983 d.589, effective 12/19/1983.
See: 15 N.J.R. 1351(a), 15 N.J.R. 2172(d).