36-18-9
Section 36-18-9 Costs of services provided by department. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, in any county in which the Department of Forensic Sciences performs the duties of
the county coroner or county medical examiner pursuant to local law, the county commission
shall pay to the department each year the cost of the services provided by the department,
as determined by the department. Payments from the county shall be made by the tenth day of
each month to the department and shall be deposited into the Alabama Forensic Services Trust
Fund. In the event a county does not pay the amounts required by this section, the department
shall not be required to perform the duties or responsibilities of the coroner or medical
examiner for that county. (Act 2012-398, p. 1091, §1.)...
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45-27-60.01
Section 45-27-60.01 County medical examiner. The county medical examiner shall be a physician
licensed to practice medicine in Alabama. The Escambia County Medical Examiner shall be appointed
by the senior state medical examiner in Region IV of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences.
The appointment shall be made, with the approval of the Director of the Alabama Department
of Forensic Sciences, from a list of qualified physicians submitted by the Escambia County
Medical Society after review by the district attorney of the county. The appointment shall
establish the Escambia County Medical Examiner as a contract employee of the Alabama Department
of Forensic Sciences with the same liability coverage as provided to Merit System employees
of the State of Alabama. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §2.)...
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45-37-61
Section 45-37-61 Authority to take corneal tissue during autopsy. Pursuant to rules and regulations
recommended by the Jefferson County Medical Examiner and adopted by the Coroner-Medical Examiners'
Commission, the coroner-medical examiner and any associate coroner-medical examiner shall
be authorized to take corneal tissue on behalf of any eye bank located in Jefferson County
which makes such corneal tissue for transplants available to all medical facilities in Jefferson
County authorized to perform such transplants, when such tissue would otherwise be destroyed
during the course of the examination. There shall be no charge to the patient recipient for
the corneal tissue provided by the eye bank. (Act 87-524, p. 793, §1; Act 91-711, p. 1384,
§1.)...
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45-49-171.63
Section 45-49-171.63 Investigation of deaths. It shall be the duty of the county medical examiner
to investigate any death in Mobile County when the death may fall within one or more of the
following categories: (1) Any death that occurs suddenly and unexpectedly, that is, when the
person has not been under medical care for significant heart, lung, or other disease. (2)
Any death suspected to be due to violence, resulting, that is, from suicidal, accidental,
homicidal, or undetermined injury, regardless of when or where the injury occurred. (3) Any
death suspected to be due to alcohol or drugs or exposure to toxic agents. (4) Deaths due
to poisoning. (5) All deaths of persons in the custody of law enforcement officers or in penal
institutions. (6) Deaths suspected to be involved with the decedent's occupation. (7) Deaths
unattended by a physician. (8) Any death due to neglect. (9) Any stillbirth of 20 or more
weeks' gestation unattended by a physician. (10) Deaths due to criminal...
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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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45-27-60.04
Section 45-27-60.04 Duty to investigate certain deaths. It shall be the duty of the county
medical examiner, or designated assistant medical examiner, to investigate any death in Escambia
County when the death falls within one or more of the following categories: (1) Deaths that
occur suddenly and unexpectedly, that is, when the person has not been under medical care
for significant disease of the heart or lung, or other disease. (2) Deaths suspected to be
due to violence, resulting from anyone of the following: Suicide, accident, homicide, or undetermined
injury, regardless of when or where the injury occurred. (3) Deaths suspected to be due to
alcohol, or drugs, or exposure to toxic agents. (4) Deaths due to poisoning. (5) Deaths of
persons in the custody of law enforcement officers or in penal institutions. (6) Deaths suspected
to be involved with the occupation of the decedent. (7) Deaths unattended by a physician.
(8) Deaths due to neglect. (9) Any stillbirth of 20 or more weeks...
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45-27-60.05
Section 45-27-60.05 Medical examiner's investigative authority. While investigating a death
pursuant to this article, the County Medical Examiner of Escambia County shall be authorized
to take charge of the dead body, and the medical examiner or a law enforcement officer having
jurisdiction, or the legal designee of the medical examiner, 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 county medical examiner shall examine the body externally and take, retain, and examine
or have examined whatever 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 97-571, p. 1010, §6.)...
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45-27-60.09
Section 45-27-60.09 Persons in county having knowledge of certain deaths. Any person in the
county having knowledge concerning a death occurring under the categories defined in Section
45-27-60.04 shall promptly report the death to the County Medical Examiner of Escambia County
or to any law enforcement agency that in turn shall promptly report the death to the County
Medical Examiner of Escambia County. Each death reportable to the county medical examiner
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 until authorized
by the county medical examiner except for the purpose of preserving the body or remains from
loss or destruction. Except as otherwise provided by law, any person who knowingly fails to
make the report or withholds related medical or other evidence, or willfully alters the body
or related evidence without authority of the county medical examiner...
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45-49-171.68
Section 45-49-171.68 Reporting of death; violations. It shall be the duty of any person in
the county having knowledge concerning a death occurring under the categories defined in Section
45-49-171.63 to report such death promptly to the County Medical Examiner of Mobile County
or to any law enforcement agency who, in turn, shall promptly report the same to the County
Medical Examiner of Mobile County. Deaths reportable to the county medical examiner must 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 until authorized by the
county medical examiner except for the purpose of preserving such body or remains from loss
or destruction. Any person who knowingly fails to make such report or withholds related medical
or other evidence, or willfully alters the body or related evidence without authority of the
county medical examiner and outside the exceptions stated, shall be...
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45-49-171.73
Section 45-49-171.73 Compensation. The state medical examiner shall serve as county medical
examiner for Mobile County with no personal compensation from Mobile County. (Act 87-525,
p. 794, § 14.)...
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