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22-9A-13
Section 22-9A-13 Reports of fetal death; reports of induced termination of pregnancy. (a) A
report of fetal death shall be filed with the Office of Vital Statistics, or as otherwise
directed by the State Registrar, within five days after the occurrence is known if the fetus
has advanced to, or beyond, the twentieth week of uterogestation. (1) When a fetal death occurs
in an institution, the person in charge of the institution or his or her designated representative
shall prepare and file the report. (2) When a fetal death occurs outside an institution, the
physician in attendance shall prepare and file the report. (3) When a fetal death occurs without
medical attendance, the county medical examiner, the state medical examiner, or the coroner
shall determine the cause of fetal death and shall prepare and file the report. (4) When a
fetal death occurs in a moving conveyance and the fetus is first removed from the conveyance
in this state or when a dead fetus is found in this state and...
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45-37-60.07
Section 45-37-60.07 Duty to investigate certain deaths. Pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated
by the Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission, it shall be the duty of the chief and associate
coroner-medical examiners to review or investigate and determine, the cause and manner of
any death, when such death may fall within one or more of the following categories subject
to the commission's power to change the categories: (1) Criminal violence or criminal neglect.
(2) Criminal abortion. (3) When a body is to be cremated, dissected, or buried at sea. (4)
Unclaimed bodies. (5) When a dead body is brought into this state without proper medical certification.
(6) Accident, when requested by surviving spouse, if any, or next of kin. (7) Unexpected death
while under anesthesia or within 24 hours following anesthesia, or any other diagnostic or
therapeutic procedure with the written permission of the surviving spouse or next of kin.
(8) In any prison or penal institution. (9) When in...
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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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11-5-30
Section 11-5-30 Legislative findings; construction. (a) The Legislature hereby finds, determines,
and declares all of the following: (1) An unattended and sudden death is one of society's
most tragic events and should receive the appropriate caring, competent, and thorough attention
of all levels of government. (2) A suspicious, sudden, or violent death is very difficult
to investigate and to accurately determine the cause and manner of death for the death certificate.
(3) Medical examiners and coroners determine the cause of death and with other forensic scientists
and investigators determine the manner of death. (4) Death certificates issued on unattended,
sudden, and violent deaths greatly impact government spending decisions, the living loved
ones, and insurance decisions so that the accuracy of the death certificate is of great concern
to the Legislature. (5) There are currently no minimum standards of training for county coroners.
(6) Local coroners or non-physician death...
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45-2-61.08
Section 45-2-61.08 Duty to report deaths; alteration of body evidence prohibited. It shall
be the duty and responsibility of any person in the county having knowledge concerning a death
occurring under the categories defined in Section 45-2-61.03 to report such death promptly
to the Baldwin County Coroner or to any law enforcement agency who, in turn, shall promptly
report the same to the Baldwin County Coroner. Deaths reportable to the Baldwin County Coroner
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 or evidence on
the body until authorized by the Baldwin County Coroner or his or her designee except for
the purpose of preserving such body or remains from loss or destruction. No person shall knowingly
fail to make such report or withhold related medical or other evidence, or willfully alter
the body or related evidence without the authority of the county...
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26-16-93
Section 26-16-93 State Child Death Review Team - Created. (a) There is hereby created the State
Child Death Review Team, referred to in this article as the state team. (b) The state team
shall be situated within the Alabama Department of Public Health for administrative and budgetary
purposes. (c) The state team shall be a multidisciplinary, multiagency review team, composed
of 28 members, the first 7 of whom are ex officio. The ex officio members may designate representatives
from their particular departments or offices to represent them on the state team who may vote
and exercise all other prerogatives of the appointment. The members of the state team shall
include all of the following: (1) The Jefferson County Coroner, Medical Examiner. (2) The
State Health Officer who shall serve as chair. (3) One member appointed by the Alabama Sheriff's
Association. (4) The Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. (5) The Commissioner
of the Alabama Department of Human Resources....
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11-2-1
Section 11-2-1 Bonds requirements. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following words
have the following meanings: (1) COUNTY EMPLOYEE. An employee or clerk, deputy, or employee
in any county office, but shall not mean an employee of the county board of education. (2)
COUNTY OFFICIAL or COUNTY OFFICER. A county commissioner, county taxing official, judge of
probate, sheriff, coroner, or constable. (3) COUNTY TAXING OFFICIAL. A tax assessor, tax collector,
revenue commissioner, license commissioner, or other person charged by law in a county with
the assessing or collecting of taxes. (b) All county officials of all counties in this state
and any county employee designated by law or the county commission shall be required to execute
official bonds for the faithful performance of their duties and such additional official bonds
as from time to time the public interest may demand and as may be required by the provisions
of law. Except for a local taxing official executing bond...
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45-41-60
Section 45-41-60 Compensation; deputies and employees; powers and duties; office space and
equipment. (a) Pursuant to Amendment 362 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the coroner
serving Lee County shall receive an annual salary of seventeen thousand eight hundred dollars
($17,800) on June 1, 2001. (b) The annual salary of the chief deputy coroner shall be six
thousand dollars ($6,000) on June 1, 2001. (c) The annual salaries provided for in this section
shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the county treasurer and shall be paid in
lieu of any other salaries heretofore provided by law for the officials. (d) The Lee County
Commission may adjust the salaries, benefits, and any other compensation of the coroner and
any deputy coroners by resolution. (e) The Lee County Coroner shall be entitled to a vehicle
allowance in an amount to be determined by the Lee County Commission. The vehicle allowance
shall be in lieu of any expense allowance. The vehicle allowance shall be...
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45-9-171
Section 45-9-171 Issuance of death certificates. (a) In Chambers County any county health officer
or administrator is hereby 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 office
shall not later than 10 days from the date of death, make such official death certificate
available to the surviving spouse or next or kin of the deceased at a fee not greater than
that charged by the State Health Department for the same service. The...
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13A-5-49
Section 13A-5-49 Aggravating circumstances. Aggravating circumstances shall be any of the following:
(1) The capital offense was committed by a person under sentence of imprisonment. (2) The
defendant was previously convicted of another capital offense or a felony involving the use
or threat of violence to the person. (3) The defendant knowingly created a great risk of death
to many persons. (4) The capital offense was committed while the defendant was engaged or
was an accomplice in the commission of, or an attempt to commit, or flight after committing,
or attempting to commit, rape, robbery, burglary, or kidnapping. (5) The capital offense was
committed for the purpose of avoiding or preventing a lawful arrest or effecting an escape
from custody. (6) The capital offense was committed for pecuniary gain. (7) The capital offense
was committed to disrupt or hinder the lawful exercise of any governmental function or the
enforcement of laws. (8) The capital offense was especially heinous,...
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