N.J.S.A. 45:7-61 — Operating and maintaining mortuary; conditions.

45:7-61. Operating and maintaining mortuary; conditions. 30. No person shall operate, maintain or use a mortuary within this State unless: (a) He, they or it shall annually register with the board in accordance with the provisions of section 24 of P.L.1952, c.340 (C.45:7-55); (b) The certificate of registration issued by the board shall be conspicuously displayed within the establishment; (c) The licenses of the individual owner, of all partners, or of the manager of the establishment in all cases where the establishment is not managed by a licensed individual owner or licensed partners, shall be conspicuously displayed within the establishment; (d) It shall be under the immediate and personal supervision, direction, management, and control of a person duly licensed as a practitioner of mortuary and embalming science under the provisions of P.L.1952, c.340 (C.45:7-32 et seq.) or of any prior law of this State, or of a person duly licensed as a practitioner of mortuary science under the provisions of P.L.1952, c.340 (C.45:70-32 et seq.) or P.L.2025, c.52 (C.45:7-32.1 et al.); and all funeral directing shall be under the immediate and personal supervision, direction, management, and control of a person duly licensed as a practitioner of mortuary and embalming science, under the provisions of P.L.1952, c.340 (C.45:7-32 et seq.) or of any prior law of this State, or of a person duly licensed as a practitioner of mortuary science under the provisions of P.L.1952, c.340 (C.45:7-32 et seq.); (e) Its construction, maintenance and operation shall conform to the rules and regulations of the board promulgated to safeguard and promote the public health, safety, morals and welfare. L.1952, c. 340, p. 1111, s. 30; amended 2025, c.52, s.13.

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