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36-21-13
Section 36-21-13 Compensation for injury to police officer utilized by state department
or agency; injury review boards. (a) For purposes of this section, a "state police
officer" is a full-time law enforcement officer of any state agency, department, board,
commission, or institution, including full-time correctional officers of the Department of
Corrections, who is certified by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission
and who has no limited authority within the state except as otherwise provided by law. (b)
When a state police officer being utilized by a state department or agency is injured while
on duty for the department or agency and his or her injury or injuries were not the result
of his or her willful conduct, and the injury resulted when the state police officer was in
conflict, pursuit, or observation of a person or persons suspected or under suspicion of breaking
the law, or has broken the law, or is in the process of breaking the law, or when the state...
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40-18-19.2
Section 40-18-19.2 Exemption of certain death benefit payments for peace officer or
fireman killed in line of duty. (a) Effective for the 2006 state income tax year and each
year thereafter, any death benefit payments listed in subsection (e) that are paid to the
designated beneficiary of a peace officer or fireman killed in the line of duty, as determined
by the awarding authority, shall be exempt from any state income tax. (b) For purposes of
this section, the terms peace officer and fireman are defined in the same manner as
provided in Section 36-30-1. For purposes of this section, the term awarding
authority shall mean an entity or body authorized by law to award any of the death benefit
payments listed in subsection (e). (c) Any determinations made by an awarding authority pursuant
to this section shall apply only to death benefit payments made by that awarding authority.
(d)(1) For purposes of this section, the phrase line of duty shall mean arising out
of and in the course of...
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6-5-332
Section 6-5-332 Persons rendering emergency care etc., at scene of accident, etc. (a)
When any doctor of medicine or dentistry, nurse, member of any organized rescue squad, member
of any police or fire department, member of any organized volunteer fire department, Alabama-licensed
emergency medical technician, intern, or resident practicing in an Alabama hospital with training
programs approved by the American Medical Association, Alabama state trooper, medical aidman
functioning as a part of the military assistance to safety and traffic program, chiropractor,
or public education employee gratuitously and in good faith, renders first aid or emergency
care at the scene of an accident, casualty, or disaster to a person injured therein, he or
she shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions
in rendering first aid or emergency care, nor shall he or she be liable for any civil damages
as a result of any act or failure to act to provide or arrange for...
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16-25-14
Section 16-25-14 Retirement of members; benefits generally. (a)(1) Any Tier I plan member
who withdraws from service upon or after attainment of age 60 and any Tier II plan member
who withdraws from service upon or after attainment of age 62, or in the case of a Tier II
plan member who is a correctional officer, firefighter, or law enforcement officer as defined
in Section 36-27-59, who withdraws from service upon or after attainment of age 56
with at least ten years of creditable service as a correctional officer, firefighter, or law
enforcement officer may retire upon written application to the Board of Control setting forth
at what time, not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days subsequent to the execution and
filing thereof, he or she desires to be retired; provided, that any such member who became
a member on or after October 1, 1963, shall have completed 10 or more years of creditable
service. (2) Any Tier I plan member who has attained age 60 and any Tier II plan member who...
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36-21-14
Section 36-21-14 Communications by emergency responders with peer support members. (a)
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1)
CERTIFIED PEER SUPPORT MEMBER. A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, emergency
dispatcher, emergency medical technician of an emergency service agency or entity, or a person
who is assigned to be a chaplain by an emergency service agency, who has received training
in critical incident stress management and who is certified as a peer support member by the
Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to provide emotional and moral support to an emergency
responder who needs emotional or moral support as a result of job-related stress or an incident
in which the emergency responder was involved while acting in his or her official capacity.
(2) EMERGENCY RESPONDER. A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, emergency dispatcher,
or emergency medical technician of an emergency service agency or entity. (3)...
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22-18-40
Section 22-18-40 State Emergency Medical Control Committee. (a) The board shall be assisted
in formulating rules and policy pertaining to emergency medical services by the State Emergency
Medical Control Committee (SEMCC). Each member of the SEMCC shall have voting privileges.
Members of the SEMCC shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement
for expenses incurred in the performance of the duties of their office at the same rate paid
state employees. The chair of SEMCC may establish subcommittees of SEMCC comprised of representatives
from ambulance, fire, rescue, and other EMS groups, as needed. (b) The SEMCC shall be composed
as follows: (1) The medical directors of each EMS region designated by the board as ex officio
members. (2) One member who shall be a physician appointed by the Alabama Chapter of the American
College of Emergency Physicians. (3) One member who shall be a physician appointed by the
State Committee on Trauma of the American College of...
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25-5-66
Section 25-5-66 Disposition of compensation upon remarriage of widow of employee who
has another dependent. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2019-445 IN THE 2019 REGULAR
SESSION, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) In case
of the remarriage of the surviving spouse of an employee who has another dependent, the unpaid
balance of compensation, which would otherwise become due, shall be paid to the dependent
or may, on approval by the court, be paid to some suitable person designated by the court
for the use and benefit of the dependent. Payment to that person shall discharge the employer
from any further liability. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the surviving spouse of a
law enforcement officer or firefighter who dies on or after January 1, 2018, as a result of
injuries received while engaged in the performance of his or her duties. (Code 1923, §7555;
Acts 1939, No. 661, p. 1036, §4; Code 1940, T. 26, §284; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082,...
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25-5-60
Section 25-5-60 Compensation for death. In death cases, where the death results proximately
from the accident within three years, compensation payable to dependents shall be computed
on the following basis and shall be paid to the persons entitled thereto without administration,
or to a guardian or other person as the court may direct, for the use and benefit of the person
entitled thereto. (1) PERSONS ENTITLED TO BENEFITS; AMOUNT OF BENEFITS. a. If the deceased
employee leaves one dependent, there shall be paid to the dependent 50 percent of the average
weekly earnings of the deceased. b. If the deceased employee leaves two or more dependents,
there shall be paid to the dependents 66 2/3 percent of the average weekly earnings of the
deceased. c. If one of two or more dependents is a widow or widower, the compensation may
be paid to the widow or widower for the benefit of herself or himself and the dependent child
or children. In its discretion and when it considers appropriate to do...
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36-21-60
Section 36-21-60 Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) ALABAMA SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Sheriff's Association, as now or hereafter
constituted. (2) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Peace Officers' Association, as now or hereafter
constituted. (3) ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE. The Alabama Association of Chiefs of Police,
as now or hereafter constituted. (4) BOARD. The board of commissioners of the fund and any
successors thereto. (5) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. The executive director of the board. (6) FUND.
The Alabama Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund created in Section 36-21-66. (7)
MEMBER. Any peace officer who is a member of the fund and who is in good standing by virtue
of having paid all sums required by this article to be paid by him. (8) MEMBERSHIP SERVICE.
The period of employment of a member as a peace officer from the date he or she...
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6-5-338
Section 6-5-338 Immunity of peace officers and tactical medics from tort liability for
conduct in the line of duty; certain employers of off-duty officers to maintain liability
coverage. (a) Every peace officer and tactical medic, except constables, who is employed or
appointed pursuant to the Constitution or statutes of this state, whether appointed or employed
as a peace officer or tactical medic by the state or a county or municipality thereof, or
by an agency or institution, corporate or otherwise, created pursuant to the Constitution
or laws of this state and authorized by the Constitution or laws to appoint or employ police
officers or other peace officers or tactical medics, and whose duties prescribed by law, or
by the lawful terms of their employment or appointment, include the enforcement of, or the
investigation and reporting of violations of, the criminal laws of this state, and who is
empowered by the laws of this state to execute warrants, to arrest and to take into...
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