40A:9-52 - Morgue keepers;  duties;  burial certificates;  fees and expenses

40A:9-52.  Morgue keepers;  duties;  burial certificates;  fees and expenses
    The morgue keepers shall be required to provide suitable rooms for the holding of necessary examinations or autopsies.  They shall dispose of the dead  bodies as directed by the county medical examiner.  The said county medical  examiner shall grant burial certificates for the unknown or unclaimed dead only  to the morgue keepers.  The board of chosen freeholders shall fix and pay the  fees and expenses incurred by the morgue keepers in the performance of their  duties as such.

     L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.