{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-029","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department) with the State Medical Examiner","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Judith Persichilli, Commissioner of Health","authority":"N.J.S.A. 26:13-12 and 26:13-18 (recited: \u0027to direct or issue and enforce orders requiring [the disposition of remains]\u0027)","instrument":"Executive Directive No. 20-010 (Revised)","title":"Disposition of Remains (funeral homes, cemeteries, hospitals and medical examiners: viewings and graveside services subject to gathering limits; pouching and labeling of remains; release and identification procedures; original Apr. 22, 2020, revised Aug. 20, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-08-20","effective":"immediately","end":"duration of the Public Health Emergency (June 4, 2021)","startDate":"2020-08-20","endDate":"2021-06-04","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["GATH","HC","EMP","OTHER"],"addressees":["licensed mortuary practitioners and funeral homes","cemeteries","hospitals and health care facilities","county medical examiners"],"clause":"hereby ORDER and DIRECT [the following]:... Viewings, visitations or ceremonies must comply with the current limitations on gatherings, as set forth in Executive Orders and/or Administrative Orders... 4. Cemeteries shall ensure that all graveside services comply with current limitations on gatherings as set forth in Executive Orders and/or Administrative Orders... 6. To the extent possible, licensed mortuary practitioners shall take into consideration [the wishes of the family]... all human remains, regardless of cause of death, shall be placed into non-porous, [leak-proof pouches]... 11. Human remains prepared for transportation shall be accompanied by available [identification]... This Directive shall take effect immediately.","enforcement":"N.J.S.A. 26:13-19; mortuary science licensure (N.J.S.A. 45:7-32 et seq.)","functions":["FH funeral homes (viewings, services, handling and transport of remains)","GATH gatherings (funerals and graveside services capped by the Executive Orders)","CB families and hospitals as counterparties","OF administration"],"notes":"The New Jersey death-care instrument; it carries the gathering caps of the Executive Orders into every funeral and graveside service.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nj.gov/health/legal/covid19/4-22-20_ExecutiveDirectiveNo20-010DispositionofRemains.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":195320,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-029","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-029","citation":"Judith Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Executive Directive No. 20-010 (Revised) (Aug. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-029)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-054"]}