N.J. Admin. Code § 8:39-27.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 8:39-27.4 - Mandatory post-mortem policies and procedures

(a) Deceased residents shall be removed in a timely fashion from rooms where other residents are staying and transported within the facility in a dignified manner.

(b) A family member, guardian, or other designated person shall be promptly notified at the time of the pronouncement of the resident's death.

1. The facility shall maintain in the resident's medical record confirmation and written documentation of that notice.

(c) Deceased residents shall receive post-mortem care, including cleaning and shrouding in conformance with each resident's religious practices.

(d) The deceased shall not be removed from the facility until pronounced dead with the death documented in the resident's medical record. Prosthesis shall accompany the body out of the facility.

(e) The body of a deceased resident who, at the time of death, had a communicable disease as defined in 8:57-1.3 shall be tagged accordingly before being released from the facility.

(f) Personal effects and financial accounts of deceased residents shall be safeguarded.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:39-27.4

Amended by R.2006 d.331, effective 9/18/2006.
See: 37 N.J.R. 4150(a), 38 N.J.R. 3896(a).
Rewrote the introductory paragraph of (b); and inserted (b)1.
Amended by R.2009 d.107, effective 4/6/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 1962(a), 41 N.J.R. 1419(a).
In (e), updated the N.J.A.C. reference.