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USA Statutes : new_jersey
Title : TITLE 26 HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS
Chapter : 26:6-4
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26:6-4. Computation of death rate.
26:6-4. In computing the death rate of any municipality or health district in which there is located a hospital or other institution, any death which shall take place at such hospital or institution shall not be included among deaths occurring in said municipality or health district unless the death is of a person whose last place of residence was in said municipality or health district.
Any death occurring at any such hospital or institution, of any person whose last place of residence as shown on the death certificate was outside of the limits of said municipality or health district, shall, for the purpose of computing the death rate, be included among the deaths occurring in the municipality or health district named in the certificate as the last place of residence of the decedent.
Except where a death record is created on the NJ-EDRS, it shall be the duty of the registrar of the district in which such a death occurred promptly to notify the registrar of the district which was the last place of residence of the decedent.
Amended 1965, c.78, s.2; 2003, c.221, s.2.
26:6-4.1. Certificate of death
1. On or before the tenth day of each month, the State Department of Health shall certify to the supervisor of veterans@ interment in each of the respective counties of the State, the name of each deceased veteran and of each deceased member of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans@ benefits for whom a certificate of death, in which the place of burial, cremation or removal is stated as being within such county, has been filed with the State Department of Health during the preceding month, together with the date and place of burial, cremation or removal of such deceased veteran, and the war in which said deceased veteran served.
L.1945,c.202,s.1; amended 1946,c.232,s.1; 1991,c.389,s.6.
26:6-4.2. Undertaker to make inquiry, report, penalty for failure to report
2. Whenever a dead body is transported from outside the State into this State for burial or other final disposition in this State, the person in charge of any premises in which the interment or cremation of such dead body is made, shall make due and diligent inquiry in order to determine whether the deceased person to be interred or cremated was a veteran of any war or was a member of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and has been declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans@ benefits, and if so, the war in which said deceased veteran served. If such interment is made in a cemetery or burial ground having no person in charge thereof, then the undertaker making the interment of such dead body shall make such inquiry.
On or before the tenth day of each month the person in charge of any such premises, or if the interment is made in a cemetery or burial ground having no person in charge, then the undertaker who made any such interment, shall certify to the supervisor of veterans@ interment in the county in which such interment or cremation was made, the name of each deceased veteran who has been interred or cremated in said premises during the preceding month, together with the date and place of burial or cremation of such deceased veteran, and the war in which said deceased veteran served.
Any failure so to do on the part of the officers of any cemetery association or the undertaker shall subject the violator to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the supervisor of veterans@ interment of any county wherein the violation occurs.
L.1945,c.202,s.2; amended 1946,c.232,s.2; 1953,c.26,s.49; 1953,c.316; 1991,c.389,s.7.
26:6-4.2. Bodies transported into State for final disposition; undertaker required to make inquiry and certify information to county official registering veterans@ graves
Whenever a dead body is transported from outside the State into this State for burial or other final disposition in this State, the undertaker making the interment of such dead body shall make due and diligent inquiry in order to determine whether the deceased person to be interred or cremated was a veteran of any war, and if so, the war in which said deceased veteran served.
On or before the tenth day of each month the undertaker who made any such interment, shall certify to the supervisor of veterans@ interment in the county in which such interment or cremation was made, the name of each deceased veteran who has been interred or cremated in said premises during the preceding month, together with date and place of burial or cremation of such deceased veteran, and the war in which said deceased veteran served.
Any failure so to do on the part of the undertaker shall subject him to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) to be recovered in an action of debt in the name of the supervisor of veterans@ interment of any county wherein the violation occurs.
L.1945, c. 202, p. 697, s. 2. Amended by L.1946, c. 232, p. 842, s. 2; L.1953, c. 316, p. 1857, s. 1.
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