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22-9A-16
Section 22-9A-16 Authorization for final disposition. (a) The funeral director or person acting
as the funeral director who first assumes custody of a dead body shall, prior to final disposition
of the body, or prior to removal of the dead body from the state, obtain authorization for
final disposition of the body or removal of the body from the state. The completion of the
medical certification of cause of death on the death certificate by the physician, county
medical examiner, state medical examiner, or coroner shall constitute authorization. If the
body is to be cremated or buried at sea, additional authorization shall be obtained from the
county medical examiner, state medical examiner, or coroner. (b) With the consent of the physician,
county medical examiner, state medical examiner, or coroner who is to certify the cause of
death, a dead body may be moved from the place of death for the purpose of being prepared
for final disposition. Prior to removing a dead body from the place...
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22-9A-1
Section 22-9A-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) DEAD BODY. A human
body or parts of the human body from the condition of which it reasonably may be concluded
that death occurred. (2) FETAL DEATH. Death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction
from the mother of a product of human conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy
and which is not an induced termination of pregnancy. The death is indicated by the fact that
after the expulsion or extraction the fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of
life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement
of voluntary muscles. Heartbeats are to be distinguished from transient cardiac contractions;
respirations are to be distinguished from fleeting respiratory efforts or gasps. (3) FILE.
The presentation of a vital record provided for in this chapter for...
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22-9A-24
Section 22-9A-24 Persons required to keep records and to furnish information. (a)(1) Every
person in charge of an institution shall keep a record of personal data concerning each person
admitted or confined to the institution. This record shall include information as required
for the certificates of birth and death and the reports of fetal death required by this chapter.
The record shall be made at the time of admission from information provided by the person
being admitted or confined, but when it cannot be obtained, the information shall be obtained
from relatives or other persons acquainted with the facts. The name and address of the person
providing the information shall be part of the record. (2) When a dead body or dead fetus
is released or disposed of by an institution, the person in charge of the institution shall
keep a record as provided for in subsection (e) of Section 22-9A-16. (3) Not later than the
fifth day of the month following the month of occurrence, the person in...
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34-13-121
Section 34-13-121 Cremation procedures; authorization; identification of remains; records.
(a) Human remains shall not be cremated under either of the following circumstances: (1) Within
24 hours after the time of death, unless death was a result of an infectious, contagious,
or communicable disease and unless the disease is verified and the time requirement waived
by a medical examiner, county health director, county coroner, or attending physician where
the death occurred. (2) Without a completed cremation authorization form approved by the board
and signed by the authorizing agent and a completed state identification form. A copy of the
cremation authorization shall be presented with the body to the crematory before any cremation
process may be initiated. (b) All cremations of human remains performed in this state shall
be arranged through a funeral establishment licensed by the board pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Whenever a crematory is unable or unauthorized to cremate human...
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45-27-60.06
Section 45-27-60.06 Execution of death certificate; circumstances requiring notice to Department
of Forensic Sciences. (a) After investigating a death, if the county medical examiner or the
designated assistant is satisfied that the death was not caused by criminal act or omission
and that there are no suspicious circumstances about the death, then the county medical examiner,
or designated assistant, may execute a death certificate as required by law, and authorize
release of the body for final disposition on a certificate as prescribed by the State Health
Department. (b) The county medical examiner shall contact the State Medical Examiner of Alabama
Forensic Sciences under the following circumstances: (1) If the deceased is unidentified.
(2) If the county medical examiner suspects a death was caused by a criminal act or omission.
(3) If the cause of death is obscure. (c) The State Medical Examiner shall further examine
the body, take, retain, and examine or have examined whatever...
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45-49-171.65
Section 45-49-171.65 Issuance of death certificate. If after investigating a death, the county
medical examiner or his or her designated assistant, who shall be a physician licensed to
practice medicine in Alabama, is satisfied that the death was not caused by criminal act or
omission and that there are no suspicious circumstances about the death, then the county medical
examiner, or his or her designated assistant, may execute a death certificate in the form
required by law and authorize release of the body for final disposition on a certificate as
prescribed by the State Health Department. If the deceased is unidentified, or if the county
medical examiner suspects a death was caused by a criminal act or omission, or if the cause
of death is obscure, he, she, or a qualified pathologist, licensed to practice medicine in
Alabama and under his or her direction, shall further examine the body and take, retain, and
examine or have examined whatever tissues, biological fluids, or other...
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45-2-61.06
Section 45-2-61.06 Responsibility to certify deaths. If after conducting a coroner's investigation
of a death, the Baldwin County Coroner or the designated deputy coroner is satisfied that
the death was not caused by a criminal act or omission, that there are no suspicious circumstances
about the death, that the law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction has no questions about
the death, and that he or she knows to a reasonable certainty the cause of death, then he
or she or the designated deputy coroner may execute a death certificate in the form required
by law and authorize release of the body for final disposition on a certificate as prescribed
by the State Health Department. If the deceased is unidentified or if the Baldwin County Coroner
suspects a death was caused by a criminal act or omission or if the cause of death is obscure
or if the law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction has questions about the death, the coroner
shall ask a medical examiner for assistance in the death...
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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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45-2-61.05
Section 45-2-61.05 County coroner or state medical examiner may take charge of bodies. While
conducting a coroner's investigation of a death hereunder, the Baldwin County Coroner or state
medical examiner shall be authorized to take charge of the dead body, and he or she or a law
enforcement officer having jurisdiction may take possession and examine or have examined related
physical evidence on or about the body at the scene as may be useful in establishing identity
of the deceased or the cause, manner, and circumstances of death. The Baldwin County Coroner
is authorized to take or order the taking of certain tissues and fluids under Section 22-19-80.
When a state medical examiner takes charge of a body, he or she is authorized to take, retain,
and examine or have examined whatever tissues, biological fluids, or other evidence from the
body he or she deems necessary to determine the cause, manner, and circumstances of death
and the identity of the deceased. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess.,...
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34-13-117
Section 34-13-117 Disposition of remains. Disposition of human remains shall occur within 48
hours after the time of death or the time the body is released by the coroner or a medical
examiner, unless the body has been embalmed by a licensed embalmer in this state, with permission
from the authorizing agent, or the body is kept under refrigeration. No public viewing of
unembalmed bodies shall be permitted 24 hours after death has occurred. Nothing is this section
shall prevent a licensed establishment from requiring identification before disposition. (Act
2017-433, ยง2.)...
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