45-2-61.01
Section 45-2-61.01 Qualifications. The county coroner must have a high school education or
an equivalent degree. The county coroner prior to beginning his or her first term and all
deputy coroners prior to their first such appointment shall complete at least a 20-hour coroner's
death investigation course comparable to the standard course designed for death investigators
by the National Association of Medical Examiners. After their first year of service, all coroners
and deputy coroners shall attend not less than 20 hours of coroner's death investigation training
during each calendar year that they serve and certification made and recorded in the Probate
Office of Baldwin County. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 78, §2.)...
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45-2-61.12
Section 45-2-61.12 No liability incurred for proper performance. Neither the Baldwin County
Coroner nor any member of his or her staff, the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic
Sciences, the state medical examiners or any member of the department's staff or agents, shall
incur any civil or criminal liability for the proper and reasonable performance of their duties
under this part. (Act 90-704, p. 1364, §12.)...
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26-16-114
Section 26-16-114 Investigations; training; protocol and reporting forms. (a) An investigation
shall be performed utilizing protocol and forms approved by the Alabama Sudden Unexplained
Infant Death Investigation (SUIDI) Team in all incidents of infant deaths. (b) All law enforcement
agencies within this state are responsible to ensure that all personnel who investigate infant
deaths obtain training developed by the SUIDI Team on investigation protocol and completing
reporting forms. (c) All elected and appointed coroners and deputy coroners are responsible
for obtaining training on investigation protocol and completing reporting forms in cases of
infant deaths. (d) The training, which shall be developed by the SUIDI Team, shall include
a focus on the importance of being sensitive to the grief of family members and shall be consistent
with the death scene investigation protocol approved by the SUIDI Team. (e) The Alabama Department
of Public Health shall be responsible for developing a...
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45-2-61.08
Section 45-2-61.08 Duty to report deaths; alteration of body evidence prohibited. It shall
be the duty and responsibility of any person in the county having knowledge concerning a death
occurring under the categories defined in Section 45-2-61.03 to report such death promptly
to the Baldwin County Coroner or to any law enforcement agency who, in turn, shall promptly
report the same to the Baldwin County Coroner. Deaths reportable to the Baldwin County Coroner
shall be reported whether the cause is known or suspected, primary or contributory, or recent,
delayed, or remote. No one shall disturb or remove the body or human remains or evidence on
the body until authorized by the Baldwin County Coroner or his or her designee except for
the purpose of preserving such body or remains from loss or destruction. No person shall knowingly
fail to make such report or withhold related medical or other evidence, or willfully alter
the body or related evidence without the authority of the county...
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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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26-16-112
Section 26-16-112 Definitions. For purposes of this arciclet, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST. A pathologist trained or with experience
in forensic pathology, licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and
surgery in the State of Alabama and board certified by the American Board of Pathology, or
under the direct supervision of a physician with these qualifications. (2) INFANT DEATH. The
sudden death of an person less than one year of age whose death occurs outside the direct
care of a physician in a hospital or other health care setting. (3) SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED INFANT
DEATH (SUID). The sudden death of an infant less than one year of age whose death occurs outside
the direct care of a physician in a hospital or other health care setting and whose cause
of death is not reasonably ascertainable after a thorough investigation and examination by
the person signing the death certificate. (Act 2011-705, p. 2184, §3.)...
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45-37-60.01
Section 45-37-60.01 Office of coroner abolished. In Jefferson County the office of coroner
is abolished and all powers, rights, and duties now or hereafter authorized or required by
law to be performed by coroners shall be exercised and performed by the governing body through
appointed coroners-medical examiners, representatives, or agents, for the performance of such
duties in the entire county or in a designated portion thereof, pursuant to this part and
the rules promulgated by the herein established Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission. (Act
79-454, p. 739, §2.)...
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11-5-52
Section 11-5-52 Itemization of expenses; statement. (a) To obtain reimbursement of expenses
as authorized in this article, the coroner shall itemize the necessary expenses incurred for
the storage of the body prior to transportation and for transportation of the body from its
location to the designated forensic sciences laboratory and transportation from the designated
forensics laboratory to a designated funeral home or other appropriate location. The itemized
statement shall be delivered to the county commission by the coroner within 10 days of the
date the body is delivered to the designated forensic sciences laboratory. (b) Upon receipt
of the statement from the coroner, the county commission shall prepare and send an itemized
statement for reimbursement of expenses to the entity responsible for reimbursement as provided
in Section 11-5-51. Payment shall be remitted to the county commission by the responsible
entity within 30 days of the date of receipt of the itemized statement....
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45-43-60
Section 45-43-60 Compensation; expense allowances. (a) In Lowndes County, the coroner shall
be entitled to receive remuneration in the amount of fifteen dollars ($15) in each case for
holding an inquest, when ordered by the judge of a court of record or for investigation and
certification of the cause of death when no jury is summoned or postmortem examination made
by a physician or surgeon as provided by Section 12-19-193. In addition to the amounts listed
herein, the coroner shall receive an expense allowance in the amount of four hundred dollars
($400) per month. The compensation provided for by this subsection shall be paid from the
county general fund. The expense allowance provided by this subsection shall be in addition
to any other compensation or expense allowance provided by law. (b)(1) In Lowndes County,
the coroner shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of
ten dollars ($10) per body examined to be paid out of the county general fund. This...
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45-2-61.10
Section 45-2-61.10 Cost of assistance. The assistance provided by the Alabama Department of
Forensic Sciences through its state medical examiners or other scientists, employees, or agents
shall be provided without fee to Baldwin County unless otherwise provided for by the law or
agreement between the county governing body and the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences.
(Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 78, §11.)...
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