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26-16-94
Section 26-16-94 State Child Death Review Team - Purpose; duties. The purpose of the state
team is to decrease the risk and incidence of unexpected/unexplained child injury and
death by undertaking all of the following duties: (1) Identifying factors which make a child
at risk for injury or death. (2) Collecting and sharing information among state team
members and agencies which provide services to children and families or investigate child
deaths. (3) Making suggestions and recommendations to appropriate participating agencies regarding
improving coordination of services and investigations. (4) Identifying trends relevant to
unexpected/unexplained child injury and death. (5) Reviewing reports from local child
death teams and, upon request of a local team, individual cases of child deaths. (6) Providing
training and written materials to the local teams to assist them in carrying out their duties.
Such written materials shall include model protocols for the operation of the local teams....
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26-16-96
may succeed themselves but shall not serve more than two consecutive terms. Terms for these
members shall be staggered. (f) The initial meeting of the local team shall be held within
60 days of September 11, 1997. (g) A quorum for conducting all activities shall be determined
by the local team. A simple majority of members present constituting a quorum shall be required
for any affirmative vote. (h) The purpose of the local team is to decrease the incidence of
unexpected/unexplained child injury and death by the following means: (1) Identifying
factors which make a child at risk of injury or death. (2) Sharing information among
the agencies which provide services to children and families or which investigate child deaths
or provide services. (3) Improving local investigations of unexpected/unexplained child deaths
by participating agencies. (4) Improving existing services and systems and assisting in the
establishment of additional services and systems to fill in gaps in the...
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16-44B-1
Commission may deem appropriate. The executive director shall serve as secretary to the Interstate
Commission, but shall not be a Member of the Interstate Commission. The executive director
shall hire and supervise such other persons as may be authorized by the Interstate Commission.
D. The Interstate Commission's executive director and its employees shall be immune from suit
and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for a claim for damage to
or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused or arising
out of or relating to an actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred, or that
such person had a reasonable basis for believing occurred, within the scope of Interstate
Commission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided, that such person shall not be
protected from suit or liability for damage, loss, injury, or liability caused by the
intentional or willful and wanton misconduct of such person. 1. The liability of...
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12-15-208
witness or for return to their lawful residence or country of citizenship shall be reported
as violations of the deinstitutionalization of status offender requirement. (3) NONOFFENDERS.
Nonoffenders, as defined in this article, shall not be detained or confined in secure custody.
(4) CHILDREN 10 YEARS OF AGE AND YOUNGER. Children 10 years of age and younger shall not be
detained or confined in secure custody, unless the children are charged with offenses causing
death or serious bodily injury to persons or offenses that would be classified as Class
A felonies if committed by adults. Children 11 or 12 years of age may only be detained or
confined in secure custody by orders of juvenile courts, unless the children are charged with
offenses causing death or serious bodily injury to persons or offenses that would be
classified as Class A felonies if committed by adults. (b) Persons who may be detained or
confined in secure custody include all of the following: (1) Persons who violate...
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41-15B-2.2
5. Provision of other forensic services for children when requested by the council. b. The
Department of Forensic Sciences shall prepare an annual accounting of the distribution of
monies received and the effectiveness of programs implemented pursuant to this chapter and
shall file the accounting with the council before July 1. Sufficient safeguards shall be implemented
to ensure that the new monies increase and not supplant or decrease existing state support.
(12) One-half of one percent of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Rehabilitation
Services for distribution to one or more of the following: a. Early intervention services
for children from birth through age three and services for children who have traumatic brain
injury. b. Child death review teams pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 16 of Title 26.
The Department of Rehabilitation Services shall work in cooperation with the Department of
Public Health to administer this paragraph. (Act 99-390, p. 628, ยง3.)...
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31-11-2
the state pursuant to this compact and while going to and returning from duty pursuant to this
compact. (5) Each party state providing for the payment of compensation and death benefits
to injured members and the representatives of deceased members of the National Guard forces
in case its members sustain injuries or are killed within their own state shall provide for
the payment of compensation and death benefits in the same manner and on the same terms in
the event the members sustain injury or are killed while rendering assistance or support
pursuant to this compact. The benefits and compensation shall be deemed items of expense reimbursable
pursuant to subdivision (3) of this article. ARTICLE VI This compact shall not be construed
to prevent the Governor of a party state from delegating any of his or her responsibility
or authority respecting the National Guard, provided that the delegation is in accordance
with law; for purposes of this compact, however, the Governor shall...
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26-16-113
Section 26-16-113 Alabama Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation Team. (a) There is
established the Alabama Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation (SUIDI) Team which for
administrative purposes shall be organized within the Department of Public Health as a subcommittee
of the State Child Death Review Team. The team is charged with the development, maintenance,
and provision of SUIDI training curricula for the State of Alabama. The development and approval
of infant death investigation protocol and reporting forms are not subject to the rule-making
requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act. (b) In order to implement this article,
the SUIDI Team shall do all of the following: (1) Establish infant death scene investigation
protocol. (2) Develop and maintain the training standards, policies, and procedures related
to investigating and reporting SUID in Alabama. (3) Approve a standardized reporting form
to be used in conjunction with the above procedures. (Act 2011-705,...
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26-16-97
Section 26-16-97 Meetings; disclosure of information; violation; penalties. (a) Meetings of
the state team and of local teams shall be closed to the public and not subject to the State
Sunshine Law when the state team or local team is discussing a specific child death. (b) Information
identifying a deceased child, a family member, guardian or caretaker of a deceased child,
or an alleged or suspected perpetrator of abuse or neglect upon a child, may not be disclosed
during a meeting which is open to the public. (c) Information regarding the involvement of
any agency with the deceased child or family may not be disclosed during a public meeting.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the state team or a local team
from requesting the attendance at a team meeting of a person who has information relevant
to the team's exercise of its purpose and duties. (e) Any person who intentionally violates
any portion of this section commits a Class C misdemeanor and shall be...
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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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26-16-91
Section 26-16-91 Definitions. The following words and phrases have the following meanings unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTOPSY. An external and internal examination,
medical history, and record review. (2) CHILD. A person who has not yet reached his or her
eighteenth birthday. (3) CHILD DEATHS TO BE REVIEWED. Those deaths which are unexpected or
unexplained. (4) COMMUNITY. The people and area within the local team jurisdiction. (5) COUNTY.
The county in which a deceased child resided prior to his or her death. (6) INVESTIGATION.
In the context of child death, includes all of the following: a. A postmortem examination
which may be limited to an external examination or may include an autopsy. b. An inquiry by
law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction into the circumstances of the death, including
a scene investigation and interview with the child's parents, guardians, or caretakers and
the person who reported the child's death. c. A review of information...
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