New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 70 - CHIEF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER RULES
Subchapter 1 - AUTOPSIES
Section 8:70-1.2 - Discretionary autopsies
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 8:70-1.2
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) In the absence of an objection based on the religious beliefs of the decedent, autopsies may be performed when it appears in the discretion of the county medical examiner to be in the public interest to do so in all cases of human deaths occurring in the following circumstances:
1. All cases of violent deaths which are apparently suicidal or accidental, including but not limited to deaths due to thermal, chemical, electrical or radiation injury, except as enumerated in N.J.A.C. 8:70-1.1, Mandatory autopsies;
2. All deaths caused by disease, disability or infirmity which are not readily recognizable;
3. All deaths of inmates as defined in N.J.S.A. 52:17B-86(f)occurring in institutions maintained in whole or in part at the expense of the State or county when the inmate was not hospitalized therein for organic disease;
4. All deaths related to diseases resulting from employment or from accidents while employed;
5. All deaths from motor vehicle collisions to include drivers, occupants, and pedestrians.
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