New Jersey Statutes Title 26. Health and Vital Statistics 26 § 8-21

Every provision of this chapter, of chapter 6 of this Title (R.S.26:6-1 et seq.), as well as chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Revised Statutes, and of the rules and regulations of the State department applicable to local registrars in the registration of vital records, and the issuance of burial or removal, and transit permits, shall apply to deputy registrars, alternate deputy registrars, and subregistrars with the exception that the prohibitions in section 26:6-16 1 against appointment of physicians or funeral directors need not apply to subregistrars if their appointment would be advantageous for efficient registration of vital records.