New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES
Subchapter 17 - PREGNANT JUVENILES AND CRITICAL INJURY OR DEATH OF JUVENILES
Section 13:95-17.10 - Security procedures upon the death of a juvenile
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The appropriate state child protective services agency shall be notified promptly of the death of any juvenile under the age of 18.
(b) If death is confirmed other than in a hospital, the body cannot be moved to a hospital without the approval of the county medical examiner.
(c) Prior to release of a body from the secure facility, hospital or medical examiner, photographs and fingerprints shall be obtained by the Office of Investigations for the records.
(d) Subject to any religious tenets of the juvenile or intervening rights of a parent or guardian, an autopsy shall be performed when regulations by the county medical examiner so require and/or when requested by the medical or surgical staff of the medical facility where the juvenile expired.
