{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-6-8.1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 26:6-8.1","heading":"Determination, pronouncement of death.","body":"4. a. Where there has been an apparent death that is not governed by the provisions of section 4 of P.L.1991, c.90 (C.26:6A-4), a registered professional nurse licensed by the New Jersey Board of Nursing under P.L.1947, c.262 (C.45:11-23 et seq.) or a physician assistant licensed pursuant to P.L.1991, c.378 (C.45:9-27.10 et seq.) may make the actual determination and pronouncement of death and shall attest to this pronouncement by: signing in the space designated for this signature on the certificate of death under R.S.26:6-7; or, for the purposes of the NJ-EDRS, transmitting orally or in writing a report of the pronouncement to the attending, covering, or resident physician, or the county medical examiner.\nb.\t(Deleted by amendment, P.L.2006, c.86).\nL.1983, c.308, s.4; amended 2003, c.221, s.6; 2006, c.86; 2015, c.224, s.13.","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":"1894a3f25bc55b7a809205a8afcf02aa5e6a19fc1131e2a2b0aa69396c88c048","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-6-8","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-6-8.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}