26:6-11 - Fetal death; certificate; burial or removal permit - New Jersey Statutes

26:6-11.  Fetal death;  certificate;  burial or removal permit    A certificate of fetal death containing such items as shall be listed on fetal death certificate forms provided or approved by the department under authority of section 26:8-24(c) of the Revised Statutes and a burial or removal  permit shall be required for every fetal death;  provided, 20 or more weeks of  gestation elapsed before the delivery.

    No midwife shall sign a certificate for a fetal death;  but any fetal death  occurring without attendance of a physician shall be treated as a death without  medical attendance, as provided in section 26:6-9 of this Title.

     Amended by L.1951, c. 85, p. 477, s. 1;  L.1965, c. 78, s. 8.