Fact Sheet – The NJ-EDRS
Effective January 1, 2016
It is required that all new registrar users of the EDRS receive webinar training in the system prior to being granted access regardless of CMR status. The EDRS production site is accessed at https://edrs.nj.gov The Local Registrar must contact the OVSR Outreach Manager in order to obtain log in credentials for themselves and any of their staff that they want to utilize EDRS.
The NJ-EDRS
Applies to all local offices regardless if there is not a funeral home, hospital, hospice, long term care facility or nursing home as the potential for a home death situation can occur anywhere within the State.
Financial Information
Registrars must verify with your finance Office that up to date banking information is on file for your municipality. The Credit Authorization Agreement for Automatic Deposits form is used to update bank account information if necessary. This form can be obtained from Treasury.
Municipality profile report
Registrars must ensure the most up to date information appears in this section for your municipality.
Personal Profile
Registrars have the ability to make updates, changes and corrections to personal information as well as view recertification credits earned to date and the expiration of CMR certification. It is vital that email addresses are kept current.
Determination of pronouncement
It is required that a registered professional nurse or licensed medical resident who makes the actual determination of death and pronouncement must also record it with the decedent’s medical records; therefore, pronouncement is not a requirement of the EDRS.
Suspension of participation in NJEDRS
The State Registrar may suspend the authority of a registrar to participate in NJ-EDRS and preclude the registrar from issuing burial permits or registration, if the State Registrar determines that the municipality is insufficiently equipped or provides untimely service with respect to the review and final authentication of records. In the event of a registrar suspension, the State Registrar may assign a registrar from another municipality to substitute until the municipality meets the standards established by the State Registrar.
May 2016