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22-19-182
Section 22-19-182 Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction
of coroner or medical examiner. (a) Upon request of a procurement organization, a coroner
or medical examiner shall release to the procurement organization the name, contact information,
and available medical and social history of a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction
of the coroner or medical examiner. Specific operational details regarding visitation, referral
methods, recovery logistics, and efforts to minimize interruptions to the operations of the
coroner and/or medical examiner will be established in the protocols referenced in Section
22-19-181 (d). Section 164.512 of the Health Information Portability and Protection Act, enacted
1996, specifies that a covered entity may use or disclose protected health information to
organ procurement organizations or other entities engaged in the procurement, banking, or
transplantation of cadaveric organs, eyes, or tissues for the...
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22-19-181
Section 22-19-181 Cooperation between coroner, medical examiner, and procurement organization.
(a) A coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or local public health official or
a designee shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover
anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education when
it has been determined that the recovery will not interfere with a death investigation. The
organ procurement organization, tissue bank, and eye bank will make every reasonable effort
to seek approval and release from the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or
designee prior to proceeding with consent approaches to the authorized parties as described
in this article. The request for release process will begin with the coroner or designee,
who may defer to the medical examiner or designee, who may subsequently defer to the district
attorney or designee. At the time of coroner or medical examiner or district...
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22-19-161
Section 22-19-161 Definitions. In this article: (1) "Adult" means an individual who
is at least 18 years of age. (2) "Agent" means an individual: (A) authorized to
make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care;
or (B) expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by any other
record signed by the principal. (3) "Anatomical gift" means a donation of all or
part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation,
therapy, research, or education. (4) "Coroner" means an elected or appointed official
who determines, with the assistance of other forensic scientists and investigators, the cause,
manner, and circumstances surrounding death. (5) "Decedent" means a deceased individual
whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. The term includes a stillborn
infant and, subject to restrictions imposed by law other than this article, a fetus. (6) "Disinterested...
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22-19-173
Section 22-19-173 Rights and duties of procurement organization and others. (a) When a hospital
refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall
make a reasonable search of the records of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and any
donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the individual resides
to ascertain whether the individual has made an anatomical gift. (b) A procurement organization
must be allowed reasonable access to information in the records of the Alabama State Law Enforcement
Agency to ascertain whether an individual at or near death is a donor. (c) When a hospital
refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization may
conduct any reasonable examination necessary to ensure the medical suitability of a part that
is or could be the subject of an anatomical gift for transplantation, therapy, research, or
education from a donor or a prospective donor. During the...
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22-19-169
Section 22-19-169 Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body
or part. (a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 22-19-168 may make
an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's
oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record
and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication. (b) Subject to subsection (c),
an anatomical gift by a person authorized under Section 22-19-168 may be amended or revoked
orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is reasonably available. If more
than one member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized
under Section 22-19-168 may be: (1) amended only if a majority of the reasonably available
members agree to the amending of the gift; or (2) revoked only if a majority of the reasonably
available members agree to the revoking of the gift or if they...
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22-19-170
Section 22-19-170 Persons that may receive anatomical gift; purpose of anatomical gift. (a)
An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document of gift: (1)
a hospital; accredited medical school, dental school, college, or university; organ procurement
organization; or other appropriate person, for research or education; (2) subject to subsection
(b), an individual designated by the person making the anatomical gift if the individual is
the recipient of the part; (3) an eye bank or tissue bank. (b) If an anatomical gift to an
individual under subsection (a)(2) cannot be transplanted into the individual, the part passes
in accordance with subsection (g) in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the
person making the anatomical gift. (c) If an anatomical gift of one or more specific parts
or of all parts is made in a document of gift that does not name a person described in subsection
(a) but identifies the purpose for which an anatomical gift may be...
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41-16-72
Section 41-16-72 Procurement of professional services. Any other provision of law notwithstanding,
the procurement of professional services by any agency, department, board, bureau, commission,
authority, public corporation, or instrumentality of the State of Alabama shall be conducted
through the following selection process: (1)a. Except as otherwise provided herein, attorneys
retained to represent the state in litigation shall be appointed by the Attorney General in
consultation with the Governor from a listing of attorneys maintained by the Attorney General.
All attorneys interested in representing the State of Alabama may apply and shall be included
on the listing. The selection of the attorney or law firm shall be based upon the level of
skill, experience, and expertise required in the litigation and the fees charged by the attorney
or law firm shall be taken into consideration so that the State of Alabama receives the best
representation for the funds paid. Fees shall be...
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22-18-50
Section 22-18-50 Enactment and text of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate
Compact. The Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact is hereby enacted
into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially
as follows: SECTION 1. PURPOSE In order to protect the public through verification of competency
and ensure accountability for patient care related activities all states license emergency
medical services (EMS) personnel, such as emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs
and paramedics. This Compact is intended to facilitate the day to day movement of EMS personnel
across state boundaries in the performance of their EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate
authority and authorize state EMS offices to afford immediate legal recognition to EMS personnel
licensed in a member state. This Compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in
protecting the public's health and safety...
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45-49-171.77
Section 45-49-171.77 Cornea tissue transplants. (a) The medical examiner or forensic science
pathologist in Mobile County is hereby authorized to provide a cornea to any patient in need
of corneal tissue for a transplant upon request of a certified eye bank, certified by the
Eye Bank Association of America under all of the following conditions: (1) If a decedent who
may provide a suitable cornea for the transplant is under the jurisdiction of the medical
examiner or forensic science pathologist and an autopsy will be required in accordance with
state law. (2) If no objection by the next of kin is known by the medical examiner or forensic
science pathologist. (3) If the cornea for transplant will not interfere with the subsequent
course of an investigation or autopsy or will alter the postmortem facial appearance. (b)
Upon compliance with this section, the medical examiner or forensic science pathologist or
the certified eye bank shall not have any civil or criminal liability. (Act...
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45-2-61.04
Section 45-2-61.04 Postmortem examination and autopsies. When the Baldwin County Coroner determines
a death under investigation is one described in Section 45-2-61.03, the coroner may, and upon
request, shall be assisted by a state medical examiner in the Alabama Department of Forensic
Sciences, as necessary, to help determine the cause and manner of death or to provide other
information to the coroner or investigating law enforcement agency. The state medical examiner
may upon request, assist by reviewing the coroner's case file and the circumstances of the
death, by conducting an external examination of the body, or by conducting an autopsy on the
body under the following circumstances: (1) An autopsy or postmortem examination shall be
performed by a state medical examiner at the written direction of the district attorney or
his or her authorized representative in any case in which the district attorney is conducting
a criminal investigation. (2) In a death where the Baldwin County...
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