26:6-8.2 - Notification - New Jersey Statutes

26:6-8.2.    Notification
     If the attending physician, registered professional nurse or State or county medical examiner who makes the actual determination and pronouncement of death determines or has knowledge that the deceased person was infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis B virus or that the deceased person suffered from acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), AIDS related complex (ARC) or any of the contagious, infectious or communicable diseases as shall be determined by the Commissioner of the Department of Health, the attending physician, registered professional nurse or State or county medical examiner shall immediately place with the remains written notification of the condition and shall provide written notification of the condition to the funeral director who is responsible for the handling and the disposition of the body.

    L. 1988, c. 125, s. 1.