{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-7-88","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 45:7-88","heading":"Naming of provider as beneficiary prohibited","body":"7.   No provider shall knowingly permit, in conjunction with a prepaid funeral agreement, the naming of himself or itself as beneficiary of a policy, except that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the assignment of proceeds to a provider as payment for a funeral bill, or such other mechanism that provides payments to providers for the goods or services rendered, and that provides for any excess proceeds to be paid to a named beneficiary or beneficiaries.\nL.1993,c.147,s.7.","path":["TITLE 45 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS"],"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":"fbb42baa317fa41ca357881adc990be1ef1d29c1afee1c7607b266359b8acde6","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-7-87","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-7-89"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}