New Jersey Revised Statutes § 52:17b-88.2 - Dissection Or Autopsy; Contrary To Decedents' Religious Beliefs

52:17B-88.2. Dissection or autopsy; contrary to decedents' religious beliefs
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no dissection or autopsy shall be performed, in the absence of a compelling public necessity, over the objection of a member of the deceased's immediate family or in the absence thereof, a friend of the deceased that the procedure is contrary to the religious belief of the decedent or if there is an obvious reason to believe that a dissection or autopsy is contrary to the decedent's religious beliefs.

L.1983, c. 535, s. 2.


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