Title 26, HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS

26:8-26 Duty of subregistrar. 26:8-26. Each subregistrar shall note, on each certificate of birth or death, over his signature, the date of filing, and shall forward all certificates to the local registrar of the district within five days, with the exception that in any instance …

26:8-27 Inquiries to applicants for marriage or civil union license. 26:8-27. Inquiries to applicants for marriage or civil union license. The department shall issue to each local registrar and to city clerks of cities of the first class, the form and substance of the several inq…

26:8-28 Birth certificate required; information furnished. 26:8-28. a. (1) Except as provided by subsection e. of this section, within five days after each birth, there shall be filed with the local registrar of the district in which the birth occurred a certificate of the birth …

26:8-28.1 Contents of certificate of parentage. 7. A Certificate of Parentage may serve to satisfy the method of collection of Social Security numbers as required pursuant to subsection c. of R.S.26:8-28 and shall serve as the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity by a father. Th…

26:8-29. Contents of birth certificate The certificate of birth shall contain such items as shall be listed on birth certificate forms provided or approved by the State registrar under authority of section 26:8-24(c) of the Revised Statutes. Amended by L.1951, c. 84, p. 476, s. 2…

26:8-3. Consolidation of districts The state department, or the local boards having jurisdiction of the territory in question, may combine two or more registration districts when desirable to facilitate registration.

26:8-30 Execution, return of certificate of birth; availability of certificate of parentage; challenge to acknowledgment of paternity. 26:8-30. The attending physician, midwife or person acting as the agent of the physician or midwife, who was in attendance upon the birth shall b…

26:8-31. Certificate of birth or parentage when no physician or midwife in attendance 26:8-31. In case there is no physician, midwife, or person acting as the agent of the physician or midwife, in attendance upon the birth, it shall be the duty of one of the following persons in …

26:8-32. Completion of details by local registrar In case the person filing a certificate of birth is unable, by diligent inquiry, to obtain any item or items contemplated in section 26:8-29 of this Title, the local registrar shall secure from the person so reporting, or any othe…

26:8-33. Report by father or mother In case the father or mother of the child does not, within one month after the date of birth, receive a notice from the local registrar that the birth of the child has been recorded, as provided in this chapter, the father or mother of the chil…

26:8-34. Supplemental return of name of child When a certificate of birth of a living child is presented without the statement of the given name, the local registrar shall make out and deliver to the parents of the child a special blank for the supplemental report of the given na…

26:8-35. Incomplete certificate of birth No certificate of birth shall be held to be complete and correct that does not supply all of the items of information called for therein, or satisfactorily account for their omission.

26:8-36. Interrogation of informant Any person reporting a birth, or who may be interrogated in relation thereto, shall answer correctly and to the best of his knowledge all questions put to him by the local registrar which may be calculated to elicit any information needed to ma…

26:8-37 Stillborn child to be registered as fetal death; birth certificate options. 26:8-37. a. A stillborn child shall be registered as a fetal death as required by R.S.26:6-11. b. (1) The State registrar shall establish a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth, subject to…

26:8-38. Recording unrecorded births; penalty for false certificate 26:8-38. The birth of any child which has occurred or which may hereafter occur and which is not recorded with the State registrar as required by this chapter, may be recorded by filing a certificate with the Sta…

26:8-39. Birth certificate not to disclose illegitimacy; exceptions No official in this state shall issue a birth certificate revealing or disclosing illegitimacy; provided, that a certificate may be issued disclosing such information in response to court process or subpoena or i…

26:8-4 Duty to furnish information relative to birth, death, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership. 26:8-4. Duty to furnish information relative to birth, death, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership. Upon demand of the State registrar in person, by mail, by means of …

26:8-40. Change of surname of child born out of wedlock; amendment of original birth record a. The State registrar shall amend the original birth record of a child born out of wedlock to change its surname on the request of both natural parents or the child who is 18 years of age…

26:8-40.1 Adopted children, birth certificates; procedure. 26:8-40.1. a. When any person is adopted pursuant to provisions of the laws of any state or country, and the adoption has been certified to the State Registrar as required by subsection b. of section 16 of P.L.1977, c.367…

26:8-40.10. Foreign births and adoptions The birth of any child which has occurred or which may hereafter occur outside of the United States, where such child is a citizen of the United States by reason of the citizenship of a parent or the parents of such child, and which is not…

26:8-40.11. Change of surname of child born out of wedlock; amendment of original birth record Whenever the mother of a child born out of wedlock, who has the same surname as the mother, and who has no presumed natural father pursuant to the "New Jersey Parentage Act," P.L.1983, …

26:8-40.12 Gender reassignment surgery; amendment of birth certificate. 1. The State registrar shall issue an amended certificate of birth to a person born in this State who requests an amended certificate of birth which shows the gender and, if applicable, the name of the person…

26:8-40.2. Parentage unknown; presumption of birth within state Any person who, as a child of unknown parentage, heretofore was or hereafter shall be found in this State and whose parentage and the place and time of whose birth remain unknown, shall be presumed to have been born …

26:8-40.20 Legislative findings and declarations. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: major birth defects occur in approximately 1% of all births and are related to over 25% of all infant deaths; while the cause of many birth defects is unknown, there is much concern that…

26:8-40.21 Birth defects, severe neonatal jaundice registry. 2. a. The Department of Health shall establish and maintain a birth defects and severe neonatal jaundice registry, which shall contain a confidential record of all birth defects and all cases of severe hyperbilirubinemi…

26:8-40.22 Confidential reports of abortions of fetus with or infant affected by birth defect or severe neonatal jaundice. 3. a. The Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the Public Health Council, shall require the confidential reporting to the Department of Health of all…

26:8-40.23. Confidentiality of reports The confidential reports made pursuant to this act are to be used only by the Department of Health and other agencies that may be designated by the Commissioner of Health and shall not otherwise be divulged or made public so as to disclose t…

26:8-40.24. Nonliability for divulging confidential information No individual or organization providing information to the Department of Health in accordance with this act shall be deemed to be or held liable for divulging confidential information. L.1983, c. 291, s. 5.

26:8-40.25. Act not to be construed to compel submission to medical examination or to supervision by department of health Nothing in this act shall be construed to compel any individual to submit to a medical examination or to Department of Health supervision. L.1983, c. 291, s. …

26:8-40.26. Rules and regulations The Commissioner of Health shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1983, c. 291, s. 7.

26:8-40.27 Findings, declarations relative to stillbirths. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Stillbirths are unintended fetal deaths and are traditionally identified as those which occur after 20 weeks of pregnancy or involve the unintended death of fetuses weighing …

26:8-40.28 Development of comprehensive policies, procedures. 2. a. The Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the State Board of Medical Examiners, the New Jersey Board of Nursing, the State Board of Psychological Examiners, and the State Board of Social Work Examiners, sh…

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…