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45-27-60.15
Section 45-27-60.15 Transfer of title to property to county medical examiner and Department
of Forensic Sciences. Upon January 15, 1998, title and control of all equipment in the office
of the Escambia County Coroner shall be transferred by Escambia County to the county medical
examiner and to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. The Escambia County Commission
shall establish a Medical Examiner Fund. Thereafter, all funds previously appropriated by
the county commission to the office of coroner shall be appropriated to the Medical Examiner
Fund. The appropriation shall be in the amount agreed to between the county commission and
the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences each year, but the amount shall not be less than
the amount appropriated to the office of the coroner in the Escambia County 1997-98 fiscal
year budget. The senior state medical examiner in Region IV of the Alabama Department of Forensic
Sciences, in conjunction with the Escambia County Medical Examiner, shall...
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22-19-181
Section 22-19-181 Cooperation between coroner, medical examiner, and procurement organization.
(a) A coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or local public health official or
a designee shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover
anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education when
it has been determined that the recovery will not interfere with a death investigation. The
organ procurement organization, tissue bank, and eye bank will make every reasonable effort
to seek approval and release from the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or
designee prior to proceeding with consent approaches to the authorized parties as described
in this article. The request for release process will begin with the coroner or designee,
who may defer to the medical examiner or designee, who may subsequently defer to the district
attorney or designee. At the time of coroner or medical examiner or district...
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34-13-121
unless the cremation container is metal and the authorizing agent has been informed in writing
that the crematory does not cremate metal containers. (e) A cremation container shall be all
of the following: a. Composed of readily combustible materials suitable for cremation. b.
Able to be closed in order to provide a complete covering for the human remains. c. Resistant
to leakage or spillage. d. Rigid enough for handling with ease. e. Able to provide protection
for the health, safety, and personal integrity of crematory personnel. f. Equipped
with a covering that clearly identifies the name and date of death of the decedent. (f) It
shall be disclosed to the family member serving as the authorizing agent that he or she, or
his or her designee, may witness the transportation of the human remains to be cremated to
the crematory. Every funeral establishment performing cremation services that prohibits relatives
or the responsible party from viewing the cremation process shall disclose...
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45-28-170
Section 45-28-170 Death certificates. (a) Any Etowah County health officer or administrator
is authorized to issue an official death certificate in any case within the county, except
where an autopsy is required. Data obtained from the attending physician or funeral director
shall be kept on file for one year following the death for the purpose of issuing such death
certificate. Such certificate shall be in all particulars the same as those issued by the
State Department of Public Health in any court or for insurance purposes. Nothing in this
section shall affect any existing duty of any person to gather and transmit data to the local
registrar or to the State Health Department. (b) The county health officer shall not later
than 10 days from the date of death, make such official death certificate available to the
surviving spouse or next of kin of the deceased at a fee not greater than that charged by
the State Health Department for the same service. The county health officer shall...
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45-37-82.20
Section 45-37-82.20 Deputy district attorneys - Appointment; compensation. (a) In the Tenth
Judicial Circuit of Alabama, Birmingham Division, the district attorney of the circuit may
appoint 43 deputy district attorneys. The deputy district attorneys appointed pursuant to
this section shall be qualified to practice law in the courts of this state and shall serve
at the pleasure of the appointing district attorney. The deputy district attorneys shall be
state officers and shall perform the duties in the circuit as the district attorney may require.
(b) The district attorney may designate one deputy district attorney to serve as chief deputy
district attorney, seven deputy district attorneys to serve as Level I deputy district attorneys,
15 deputy district attorneys to serve as Level II deputy district attorneys, and 20 deputy
district attorneys to serve as Level III deputy district attorneys. (c) The total annual compensation
to be received by each deputy district attorney shall be...
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45-5-170
Section 45-5-170 Issuance; fees. (a) Any Blount County health officer or administrator is authorized
to issue an official death certificate in any case within the county, except where an autopsy
is required. Data obtained from the attending physician or funeral director shall be kept
on the file for one year following the death for the purpose of issuing such death certificate.
Such certificate shall be in all particulars the same as those issued by the State Department
of Public Health in any court or for insurance purposes. Nothing in this section shall affect
any existing duty of any person to gather and transmit data to the local registrar or to the
State Health Department. (b) The county health officer shall not later than 10 days from the
date of death, make such official death certificate available to the surviving spouse or next
of kin of the deceased at a fee not greater than that charged by the State Health Department
for the same service. The county health officer shall...
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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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41-8A-4
Section 41-8A-4 Powers and duties of director. (a) The ALEPA Director shall: (1) Supervise
and be responsible for the administration of the policies established by the state supervisory
board in accordance with the Safe Streets Act and LEAA regulations and guidelines. (2) Establish,
consolidate or abolish any administrative subdivision within the Alabama Law Enforcement Planning
Agency and appoint and remove for cause the heads thereof, and delegate appropriate powers
and duties to them. (3) Establish and administer programs and projects for the operation of
ALEPA. (4) Appoint and remove employees of ALEPA as provided by law and delegate appropriate
powers and duties. (5) Make rules and regulations for the management and the administration
of policies of ALEPA and the conduct of employees under his jurisdiction. (6) Collect, develop
and maintain statistical information, records and reports as the state supervisory board may
determine relevant to the functions of ALEPA. (7) Execute and...
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45-49-171.66
Section 45-49-171.66 Autopsy or postmortem examination. (a) An autopsy or postmortem examination
may be performed by a county medical examiner, at the written direction of the district attorney
or his or her authorized representative, in any case in which the district attorney is conducting
a criminal investigation. (b) An autopsy or postmortem examination may be performed by a county
medical examiner, or his or her designated pathologist, when he or she suspects the death
was caused by a criminal act or omission, or the cause of death is obscure or in his or her
opinion, an autopsy is advisable and in the public interest. (c) In a death where the county
medical examiner does not deem it advisable and in the public interest that an autopsy be
performed, but the next of kin of the deceased requests that an autopsy be performed, the
state medical examiner, or a designated pathologist, may perform the autopsy and the cost
therefor shall be paid by the next of kin. (Act 87-525, p. 794, §...
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22-8B-2
Section 22-8B-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds all of the following: (1) In almost
every state, it is a crime to assist a suicide. These bans are long-standing expressions of
the commitment of the states to protect and preserve all human life. (2) The state has an
interest in protecting vulnerable groups, including the impoverished, the elderly, and disabled
persons from abuse, neglect, and mistakes. A ban on assisted suicide reflects and reinforces
our belief that the lives of those in vulnerable groups are no less valued than the lives
of the young and healthy. (3) The state has an interest in protecting the integrity and ethics
of the medical profession, including its obligation to serve its patients as healers and adhere
to the principles articulated in the Hippocratic Oath. (4) The state recognizes the close
link between physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia where a right to die can easily become
a duty to die. A prohibition against assisted suicide is the only...
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