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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45-37-60.02
Section 45-37-60.02 Staffing requirements; coroner-medical examiner qualifications. (a) The
employment and compensation of all members of the staff shall be governed by any applicable
civil service law. (b) Each coroner-medical examiner shall be a physician licensed to practice
medicine in Alabama and recognized and trained in forensic medicine and pathology; provided,
however, that the county governing body may waive this requirement temporarily whenever a
vacancy exists in the position which the county governing body is seeking to fill. (Act 79-454,
p. 739, §3.)...
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45-37-60.04
Section 45-37-60.04 Direction of staff. The chief coroner-medical examiner shall direct the
staff, subject to the supervision of the county governing body and pursuant to this part and
any rules and regulations promulgated by the Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission. (Act 79-454,
p. 739, §5.)...
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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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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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45-27-60.04
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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45-49-171.68
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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11-5-51
Section 11-5-51 Reimbursement of expenses. The actual expenses incurred by the coroner in performing
the duties set out herein shall be reimbursed as follows: If the autopsy or any other postmortem
examination is ordered as provided in Section 36-18-2, the costs incurred for storage and
transportation of the body to a facility operated by the Department of Forensic Sciences for
the purpose of performing the autopsy or any other postmortem examination shall be paid by
the law enforcement agency, excluding the office of the district attorney or grand jury, with
primary jurisdiction over the investigation surrounding the death. (Act 2010-542, p. 943,
§2.)...
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11-5-54
Section 11-5-54 Assistance rendered upon request for autopsy or postmortem examination. In
the event an autopsy or any other postmortem examination is requested for purposes other than
in the course of an investigation, the coroner shall not be responsible for the storage or
transportation of the body. The coroner may provide assistance to the person or entity requesting
the autopsy or any other postmortem examination if the person or entity pays all expenses
incurred by the coroner prior to the services being rendered. Payment shall be made payable
to the county general fund and expended as provided in Section 11-5-53. (Act 2010-542, p.
943, §5.)...
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45-49-171.71
Section 45-49-171.71 Admissibility of reports of death investigations. The reports of death
investigations conducted by the county medical examiner or by the Alabama Department of Forensic
Sciences, or true copies thereof duly certified by the county medical examiner or the director
of the department, are admissible in evidence in any court in Mobile County, with or without
testimony by the county medical examiner or Department of Forensic Sciences officials. Provided,
however, any person preparing a report given in evidence under this subpart may be summoned
as a witness in any civil or criminal case by either party to the cause. (Act 87-525, p. 794,
§ 12.)...
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