Section 26:8-24.3 - Means of accessing NJ-EDRS; requirements.

NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-24.3 (2019) (N/A)

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26:8-24.3 Means of accessing NJ-EDRS; requirements.

18. The Chief State Medical Examiner, the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development or his designee, county or intercounty medical examiners, licensed health care facilities, other public or private institutions providing medical care, treatment or confinement to persons, funeral homes and physicians' private practice offices, as defined by the State registrar, shall acquire the electronic means prescribed by the State registrar to access the NJ-EDRS, or make such other arrangements as are necessary for that purpose, no later than six months after the date of enactment of P.L.2003, c.221.

The Chief State Medical Examiner, the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development or his designee, and each county or intercounty medical examiner, health care facility, institution, funeral home or physician's office shall employ at least one person who is qualified to use the NJ-EDRS, and is registered with the State registrar as an authorized user of the system, by virtue of completing a course of instruction on the NJ-EDRS provided by the State registrar or an authorized agent thereof, or satisfying such other requirements as may be established by the State registrar for this purpose.

L.2003, c.221, s.18; amended 2013, c.274, s.3; 2018, c.62, s.32.

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