New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 36 - STATE BOARD OF MORTUARY SCIENCE
Subchapter 6 - EMBALMING PROCEDURE
Section 13:36-6.1 - Privacy of burial preparation
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:36-6.1
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The preparation for burial or other disposition of all dead human bodies shall be performed in privacy. No one shall be permitted to be present in the embalming, operating or preparation room while a dead human body is being embalmed, washed, or otherwise prepared for burial or other disposition except the following:
1.
Licensed practitioners of mortuary science and their employees;
2. Duly authorized instructors of funeral directing schools;
3. Interns;
4. Public officials
or representatives in the discharge of their duties;
5. Duly
accredited doctors or nurses;
6. Members of the immediate family
of the deceased and their designated representatives; and
7.
Persons who perform religious and/or ritual preparations.
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