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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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