{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-6-10","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 26:6-10","heading":"Unavailability of attending physician, advanced practice nurse.","body":"In case the physician or the advanced practice nurse who last attended the deceased is unavailable, so that a certificate of death cannot be obtained from the physician or nurse in time for burial or removal:\na.\tthe designated covering physician shall have the primary responsibility, after examining the dead body, and being satisfied that death did not result from some unlawful means, to issue a death certificate; and\nb.\tin the absence of the designated covering physician, any other physician, after examining the dead body, and being satisfied that death did not result from some unlawful means, may issue a death certificate.\namended 2003, c.221, s.8; 2015, c.38, s.2.","path":["TITLE 26 HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"37e9e5d2a563e19c83439428e73dfd7d8e21986366cda7e4489220517084b112","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-6-9","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-6-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}