Title 26, Title 26: HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS

26:8-40.29 Fetal death evaluation protocol. 3. The Department of Health shall establish a fetal death evaluation protocol, which a hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) shall follow in collecting data relevant to each stillbirth. The department shall t…

26:8-40.30 Establishment, maintenance of data base. 4. a. Within two years after the effective date of this act, the Department of Health shall establish and maintain a new database, or update an existing database, that contains a confidential record of all data obtained pursuant…

26:8-40.31 Evaluation of data, report to Governor, Legislature. 5. a. The Department of Health shall evaluate the data obtained pursuant to section 3 of this act for purposes of identifying the causes of, and ways to prevent, stillbirths, and may contract with a third party, incl…

26:8-40.32 Rules, regulations. 6. The Commissioner of Health, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt such rules and regulations as the commissioner determines necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2013, c.21…

26:8-40.33 Provision of uncertified long-form copy of adopted person's original certificate of birth. 4. a. Upon receipt of a request pursuant to subsection c. of R.S.26:8-40.1, the State Registrar shall provide the authorized requester with an uncertified, long-form copy of the …

26:8-40.34 Submission of document of contact preference by birth parent. 5. a. A birth parent of an adopted person may submit a document of contact preference to the State Registrar indicating the birth parent's preference regarding contact with the adopted person. The birth pare…

26:8-40.35 Certain cases exempt. 9. a. Notwithstanding the requirements of P.L.2014, c.9 (C.26:8-40.33 et al.) to the contrary, in the case of a child who was surrendered pursuant to the "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act," P.L.2000, c.58 (C.30:4C-15.5 et seq.) and upon…

26:8-40.36 Rules, regulations. 10. The Commissioner of Health and the Commissioner of Children and Families, as appropriate, shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to carry out the provisions of this…

26:8-40.37 Additional regulations. 11. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the Commissioner of Health and the Commissioner of Children and Families may adopt, immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law, such re…

26:8-40.4. Application; determination of probable date of birth; presumption 3. Upon application by or on behalf of any such person and, if he is of the supposed age of 12 years or over, upon notice to the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, the Superior Court …

26:8-40.5. Persons not entitled to order No order shall be made under this act as to any person-- (a) Who advises, advocates, or teaches, or who is a member of or affiliated with any organization, association, society, or group that advises, advocates, or teaches opposition to al…

26:8-40.6. Record of birth; effect as evidence On the filing of a certified copy of said order with the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, the birth of said person shall be recorded by said registrar as of the date and place named in the said order, which said record shall be e…

26:8-40.7. "Employer" defined For the purposes of this act "employer" includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative or any organized group of persons acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in its relatio…

26:8-40.8. Honorable discharge from armed services; acceptance by employer in lieu of birth certificate Every employer who shall require as a condition of employment, continuance of employment, or promotions or advancements in employment, a birth certificate from any employee, sh…

26:8-40.9. Violation as disorderly conduct Any employer violating any of the provisions of this act shall be adjudged a disorderly person and shall be proceeded against and punished pursuant to the provisions of the disorderly persons law. L.1942, c. 243, p. 664, s. 3.

26:8-41 Transmission of marriage and civil union licenses and certificates, power of attorney. 26:8-41. Transmission of marriage and civil union licenses and certificates. Every person or religious society, institution or organization solemnizing a marriage or civil union shall, …

26:8-42 License issued in another registration district, transmission of information on form provided. 26:8-42. The local registrar who receives the certificate of a marriage or the certificate of a civil union within the district under his jurisdiction, the license for which was…

26:8-43 Transmission of marriage and civil union certificates and licenses to State registrar. 26:8-43. Transmission of marriage and civil union certificates and licenses to State registrar. Each local registrar and the clerk of the county board of health shall, on or before the …

26:8-44 Indexing, tabulation and preservation of records by State registrar. 26:8-44. The State registrar shall cause all certificates of marriages and civil unions and marriage and civil union licenses received to be alphabetically indexed and shall cause to be transcribed or ot…

26:8-45 Cancellation of records of marriages and civil unions declared void. If a marriage or a civil union has been declared void by the Superior Court in an action instituted for that purpose and the court is satisfied by the proof taken before the final judgment or by affidavi…

26:8-46 Indorsement of record upon cancellation. 26:8-46. Upon presenting a certified copy of said order to the State Registrar, he shall indorse on the return of the marriage or civil union the following words: "This marriage or civil union declared void by the Superior Court. S…

26:8-47 Preparation of forms for marriage and civil union licenses, certificates. 26:8-47. Preparation of forms for marriage and civil union licenses, certificates. The department shall cause to be prepared blank forms of certificates of marriages or civil unions and marriage or …

26:8-48 Amendments to certificate, recording, authentication. 26:8-48. A certificate of birth, fetal death, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership or death heretofore or hereafter filed with the State registrar shall not be altered or changed otherwise than by amendments pro…

26:8-49 Corrections to birth and fetal death certificates. 26:8-49. Corrections to birth and fetal death certificates shall be signed by the person who made the original report or by either of the parents of the child or by any other person having personal knowledge of the matter…

26:8-5. Institutional records The person in charge of a hospital, almshouse, lying-in, penal, or other institution, public or private, to which any person resorts for treatment of disease or for confinement, or is committed by process of law, shall make a record of all the person…

26:8-50 Correcting marriage or civil union licenses. 26:8-50. Correcting marriage or civil union licenses. Correction to marriage or civil union licenses shall be signed by the person who issued the license or his successor in office. Amended 2006, c.103, s.52.

26:8-51 Corrections to marriage, civil union, domestic partnership certificates. 26:8-51. Corrections to marriage, civil union, domestic partnership certificates. Corrections to marriage, civil union or domestic partnership certificates shall be signed by the person who signed th…

26:8-52 Correcting death certificates, procedure. 26:8-52. Corrections to death certificates shall be signed by the physician, registered professional nurse, county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner, Chief State Medical Examiner, …

26:8-53. Acceptance of corrections The State department or local registrars may refuse to accept corrections or amendments unless supported by adequate documentary evidence presented at the time the request for correction or amendment is made. Amended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 68.

26:8-54. Certified copies of corrected certificates For all important changes to certificates, the certified copies issued by the state department, state registrar or a local registrar shall show the information as originally given and the corrected data.

26:8-55 Submitting false certificate; penalty. 26:8-55. Any person knowingly submitting a certificate pursuant to this article containing incorrect particulars relating to any birth, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership or death shall be subject to a penalty of not more th…

26:8-56 Fee for registering birth or death. 26:8-56. The local registrar shall be paid $1 for each birth or death certificate properly executed, registered, recorded, and promptly returned, or otherwise transmitted through the NJ-EDRS, to the State Registrar. In the case of a dea…

26:8-57. Fee for reporting no registration of birth or death In case no birth or death is registered during any month, the local registrar shall be paid the sum of twenty-five cents for each report to that effect, if such report be made promptly as required by this chapter.

26:8-59. Payment of local registrar for certificates or reports The treasurer of each incorporated political subdivision comprising a registration district shall upon certification from a local registrar of the number of certificates or reports issued by him during the preceding …

26:8-59.1 Persons authorized to obtain certification, certified copy of death certificate; accounting for fees. 24. a. Persons authorized to obtain and receive a certification or certified copy of a death certificate from a local registrar, deputy registrar, alternate deputy regi…

26:8-6 Registration of midwives, funeral directors. 26:8-6. a. Every midwife and funeral director shall register annually his name, address and occupation, and his license number, with the local registrar of the district in which he resides and shall register that information wit…

26:8-60 Fee for transmitting certificate. 26:8-60. Each local registrar shall be entitled to receive from the proper disbursing officer of the municipality or county the sum of $1 for each marriage, civil union or domestic partnership certificate properly transmitted to the State…

26:8-61 Fee for cancellation of marriage or civil union record. 26:8-61. Fee for cancellation of marriage or civil union record. The person procuring the cancellation of a marriage or civil union record pursuant to R.S.26:8-45 and R.S.26:8-46 shall first pay to the State Registra…

26:8-62 Certification, certified copy of records, search fee; uniform forms for vital records. 26:8-62. a. The State registrar or local registrar shall, upon request, supply to a person who establishes himself as one of the following: the subject of the record of a birth, death, …

26:8-63 Free certified copies. 26:8-63. The State registrar shall: a. Furnish a certification or certified copy of a birth, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership, fetal death or death certificate without fee in the prosecution of any claim for public pension or for military…

26:8-64 Search of files, records, fee. 26:8-64. a. For any genealogical search of the files and records of births, deaths, marriages, civil unions or domestic partnerships when information required on the application for a certification or certified copy of a vital record, and th…

26:8-65. Account of fees received The state registrar shall keep a true and correct account of all fees received by him and turn the same over to the state treasurer.

26:8-66 Investigation of violation. 26:8-66. The State registrar either personally or by accredited representative, may investigate any case of irregularity or violation of R.S.26:6-1 et seq., R.S.26:8-1 et seq., R.S.37:1-1 et seq., or P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.), and ever…

26:8-67 Duty of county prosecutor. 26:8-67. Duty of county prosecutor. When the State registrar shall deem it necessary, he shall report any violation of any provision of R.S.26:6-1 et seq., R.S.26:8-1 et seq., R.S.37:1-1 et seq. or P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.), to the coun…

26:8-68 Duty of attorney general; proceedings by local registrar. 26:8-68. Upon request of the State registrar, the Attorney General shall assist in the enforcement of the provisions of R.S.26:6-1 et seq., R.S.26:8-1 et seq., R.S.37:1-1 et seq. or P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al…

26:8-69 Penalties; recovery. 26:8-69. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter and R.S.37:1-1 et seq., any person who shall: a. Fail or refuse to furnish correctly any information in the person's possession; or b. Willfully and knowingly furnish false information…