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22-9A-14
Section 22-9A-14 Death registration. (a) A certificate of death for each death which
occurs in this state shall be filed with the Office of Vital Statistics, or as otherwise directed
by the State Registrar, within five days of the death and shall be registered if it has been
completed and filed in accordance with this section. (1) If the place of death is not
known, but the dead body is found in this state, the certificate of death shall be completed
and filed in accordance with this section. The county where the body is found shall
be shown on the certificate as the county of death. If the date of death is unknown, the date
the dead body was found shall be shown on the certificate as the date of death. (2) When death
occurs in a moving conveyance in the United States and the body is first removed from the
conveyance in this state, the death shall be registered in this state and the county where
it is first removed shall be considered as the county of death. When a death occurs on a...
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22-9A-15
Section 22-9A-15 Delayed registration of death. (a) When a death occurring in this state
has not been registered within the time period prescribed by subsection (a) of Section
22-9A-14, a certificate of death may be registered on a regular certificate of death as follows:
(1) If the attending physician, county medical examiner, state medical examiner, or coroner
at the time of death and the attending funeral director or person who acted as the funeral
director are available to complete and sign the certificate of death, it may be completed
without additional evidence and filed with the State Registrar. For those certificates filed
one year or more after the date of death, the physician, county medical examiner, state medical
examiner, coroner, or the funeral director shall state in accompanying affidavits that the
information on the certificate is based on records kept in their files. (2) In the absence
of the attending physician, county medical examiner, state medical examiner,...
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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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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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45-49-171.65
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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22-9A-13
Section 22-9A-13 Reports of fetal death; reports of induced termination of pregnancy.
(a) A report of fetal death shall be filed with the Office of Vital Statistics, or as otherwise
directed by the State Registrar, within five days after the occurrence is known if the fetus
has advanced to, or beyond, the twentieth week of uterogestation. (1) When a fetal death occurs
in an institution, the person in charge of the institution or his or her designated representative
shall prepare and file the report. (2) When a fetal death occurs outside an institution, the
physician in attendance shall prepare and file the report. (3) When a fetal death occurs without
medical attendance, the county medical examiner, the state medical examiner, or the coroner
shall determine the cause of fetal death and shall prepare and file the report. (4) When a
fetal death occurs in a moving conveyance and the fetus is first removed from the conveyance
in this state or when a dead fetus is found in this state and...
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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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26-16-93
Section 26-16-93 State Child Death Review Team - Created. (a) There is hereby created
the State Child Death Review Team, referred to in this article as the state team. (b) The
state team shall be situated within the Alabama Department of Public Health for administrative
and budgetary purposes. (c) The state team shall be a multidisciplinary, multiagency review
team, composed of 28 members, the first 7 of whom are ex officio. The ex officio members may
designate representatives from their particular departments or offices to represent them on
the state team who may vote and exercise all other prerogatives of the appointment. The members
of the state team shall include all of the following: (1) The Jefferson County Coroner, Medical
Examiner. (2) The State Health Officer who shall serve as chair. (3) One member appointed
by the Alabama Sheriff's Association. (4) The Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic
Sciences. (5) The Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Human Resources....
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26-16-96
Section 26-16-96 Local child death review teams. (a) There are hereby created local
child death review teams. (b) Each county of the state shall be included in a local multidisciplinary,
multiagency child death review team's jurisdiction. The district attorney shall initiate the
establishment of local teams by convening a meeting of potential team members within 60 days
of September 11, 1997. In the absence of the initiation of a child death review team by the
district attorney within 60 days of September 11, 1997, the local public health representative
will initiate the first team meeting. During this meeting, participants shall recommend whether
to establish a team for that county alone or to establish a team with and for the counties
within that judicial circuit. (c) The local team shall include, but not be limited to, all
of the following members, the first five of whom are ex officio. The ex officio members may
designate representatives from their particular departments or offices...
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11-5-31
Section 11-5-31 Alabama Coroner's Training Commission. (a) There is created the Alabama
Coroner's Training Commission to be appointed as herein provided. Appointments to the commission
shall be made as follows: (1) The President of the Alabama Coroner's Association shall appoint
one county coroner to serve an initial term of two years. (2) The Attorney General shall appoint
one district attorney to serve for an initial term of one year. (3) The Governor shall appoint
one county coroner to serve for an initial term of three years. (4) The Director of the Alabama
Department of Forensic Sciences shall appoint one person who is either a state medical examiner
or a forensic scientist to serve for an initial term of two years. (5) The Board of Directors
of the Alabama Coroner's Association shall appoint three county coroners to serve for initial
terms of two years each. (b) The membership of the commission shall be inclusive and reflect
the racial, gender, geographic, urban\rural, and...
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