26-16-99
Section 26-16-99 Duties of coroner/medical examiner. The duties of the coroner/medical examiner
shall include the following: (1) Except in locations where a county medical examiner has jurisdiction,
the coroner or a person acting in a professional capacity shall report the death of a child
by telecommunications to the medical examiner or his or her representative as soon as possible
upon discovery. (2) Upon receipt of a report of a child death, the county medical examiner
or state medical examiner shall determine whether the death appears to be unexpected/unexplained.
If the death appears to be unexpected/unexplained, the county medical examiner or state medical
examiner shall commence an investigation of the death consisting of a postmortem examination
conducted by a state or county medical examiner. Upon the recommendation of the state medical
examiner, with authorization from a district attorney, an autopsy may be conducted. A county
medical examiner may conduct an autopsy at his or...
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45-2-61.05
Section 45-2-61.05 County coroner or state medical examiner may take charge of bodies. While
conducting a coroner's investigation of a death hereunder, the Baldwin County Coroner or state
medical examiner shall be authorized to take charge of the dead body, and he or she or a law
enforcement officer having jurisdiction 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 Baldwin County Coroner
is authorized to take or order the taking of certain tissues and fluids under Section 22-19-80.
When a state medical examiner takes charge of a body, he or she is authorized to take, retain,
and examine or have examined whatever tissues, 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 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess.,...
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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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45-49-171.77
Section 45-49-171.77 Cornea tissue transplants. (a) The medical examiner or forensic science
pathologist in Mobile County is hereby authorized to provide a cornea to any patient in need
of corneal tissue for a transplant upon request of a certified eye bank, certified by the
Eye Bank Association of America under all of the following conditions: (1) If a decedent who
may provide a suitable cornea for the transplant is under the jurisdiction of the medical
examiner or forensic science pathologist and an autopsy will be required in accordance with
state law. (2) If no objection by the next of kin is known by the medical examiner or forensic
science pathologist. (3) If the cornea for transplant will not interfere with the subsequent
course of an investigation or autopsy or will alter the postmortem facial appearance. (b)
Upon compliance with this section, the medical examiner or forensic science pathologist or
the certified eye bank shall not have any civil or criminal liability. (Act...
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45-37-60.03
Section 45-37-60.03 Chief coroner-medical examiner. When there is only one coroner-medical
examiner on the staff, he or she shall be the chief coroner-medical examiner. When there is
more than one coroner-medical examiner on the staff, the governing body shall designate one
of them as the chief coroner-medical examiner. Until such designation, the person who has
been longest in the continuous service of the county as coroner-medical examiner shall be
the chief coroner-medical examiner. (Act 79-454, p. 739, §4.)...
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45-27-60.04
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 gestation unattended by
a physician. (10) Deaths due to criminal abortion. (11) Any death of an infant or child
under 19 years of age where the medical history has not established some preexisting medical
condition to clearly explain the death and the preterminal circumstances. (12) Deaths which
are possibly directly or indirectly attributable to environmental exposure not otherwise specified.
(13) Deaths suspected to be caused by infectious or contagious disease wherein the diagnosis
and extent of disease at the time are undetermined. (14) Deaths occurring under...
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45-27-60.13
Section 45-27-60.13 Duties of medical examiner. In addition to the duties and authority described
above, the County Medical Examiner of Escambia County shall also have all duties and authority
now or hereafter vested in coroners by law. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §14.)...
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36-18-35
Section 36-18-35 Unlawful influence; conflict of interest; penalties. (a) Any person who confers,
offers, or agrees to confer anything of value upon any director, agent, or employee of the
Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences with the intent that such director's, agent's, or
employee's vote, opinion, judgment, or exercise of discretion or other official action will
thereby be influenced, shall be guilty of a Class B felony. (b) Any director, agent, or employee
of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences who shall solicit, accept, or agree to accept
anything of value upon any agreement or understanding that such director's, agent's, or employee's
vote, opinion, judgment, or exercise of discretion or other action as such director, agent,
or employee will thereby be influenced, shall be guilty of a Class B felony. (c) A director,
agent, or employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences commits the crime of failing
to disclose a conflict of interest if the director, agent,...
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45-27-60.08
Section 45-27-60.08 Personal effects of deceased; notice to next of kin. The county medical
examiner and assistant medical examiners of Escambia County, or any law enforcement officer
having jurisdiction and the approval of the county medical examiner, shall take possession
of personal effects on or about the dead body and notify the next of kin in regard to the
death. The personal effects may either be retained as evidence if deemed necessary or be returned
forthwith to the next of kin. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §9.)...
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