45-37-61
Section 45-37-61 Authority to take corneal tissue during autopsy. Pursuant to rules and regulations recommended by the Jefferson County Medical Examiner and adopted by the Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission, the coroner-medical examiner and any associate coroner-medical examiner shall be authorized to take corneal tissue on behalf of any eye bank located in Jefferson County which makes such corneal tissue for transplants available to all medical facilities in Jefferson County authorized to perform such transplants, when such tissue would otherwise be destroyed during the course of the examination. There shall be no charge to the patient recipient for the corneal tissue provided by the eye bank. (Act 87-524, p. 793, §1; Act 91-711, p. 1384, §1.)...
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45-27-60.07
Section 45-27-60.07 Autopsies or postmortem examinations. (a) An autopsy or postmortem examination may be performed by a state medical examiner at the written direction of the Escambia County District Attorney or his or her authorized representative in any case in which the district attorney is conducting a criminal investigation. (b) The county medical examiner or the State Medical Examiner may authorize an autopsy or postmortem examination, or the autopsy may be performed by the State Medical Examiner when the county medical examiner 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...
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45-37-60.06
Section 45-37-60.06 Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission - Composition. (a) The Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission shall be composed of the following: (1) The county health officer. (2) The District Attorney of Jefferson County, or his or her designated representative. (3) A representative of the Jefferson County Medical Society selected by the society. (4) A representative of the Birmingham Bar Association selected by the association. (5) A representative of the Medical Center of the University of Alabama in Birmingham selected by the center. (6) Two members of the Jefferson County Legislative Delegation, one from the Senate and one from the House. (7) A Jefferson County law enforcement officer appointed by the Sheriff of Jefferson County. (8) Two licensed funeral directors who are residents of Jefferson County, actively engaged in the funeral business in the county, who shall be appointed by the Alabama Board of Funeral Service. (9) A citizen of Jefferson County appointed by the...
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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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36-21-2
Section 36-21-2 Subsistence allowance for certain law enforcement officers. (a)(1) Any law enforcement officer of the State of Alabama who is employed by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, Alabama Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board, the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, the Alabama Securities Commission, the State Port Authority and probation and parole officers of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles, fire marshals of the Department of Insurance, any investigator employed by the Alabama Ethics Commission, any investigator employed by a district attorney on a full-time basis, any investigator employed by the Office of the Attorney General, the marshal or any deputy marshal of the state appellate court, or correctional officers of the Department of Corrections shall receive a subsistence allowance of twelve dollars ($12) for each working day of a pay period while...
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45-49-171.60
Section 45-49-171.60 Office of coroner abolished. In Mobile County, Alabama, the office of coroner is hereby abolished and all powers, rights, and duties now or hereafter authorized or required by law to be performed by such coroner shall be exercised and performed by the county medical examiner as hereinafter provided for in this subpart. (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 1.)...
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45-49-171.65
Section 45-49-171.65 Issuance of death certificate. If after investigating a death, the county medical examiner or his or her designated assistant, who shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama, is satisfied that the death was not caused by criminal act or omission and that there are no suspicious circumstances about the death, then the county medical examiner, or his or her designated assistant, may execute a death certificate in the form required by law and authorize release of the body for final disposition on a certificate as prescribed by the State Health Department. If the deceased is unidentified, or if the county medical examiner suspects a death was caused by a criminal act or omission, or if the cause of death is obscure, he, she, or a qualified pathologist, licensed to practice medicine in Alabama and under his or her direction, shall further examine the body and take, retain, and examine or have examined whatever tissues, biological fluids, or other...
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11-5-52
Section 11-5-52 Itemization of expenses; statement. (a) To obtain reimbursement of expenses as authorized in this article, the coroner shall itemize the necessary expenses incurred for the storage of the body prior to transportation and for transportation of the body from its location to the designated forensic sciences laboratory and transportation from the designated forensics laboratory to a designated funeral home or other appropriate location. The itemized statement shall be delivered to the county commission by the coroner within 10 days of the date the body is delivered to the designated forensic sciences laboratory. (b) Upon receipt of the statement from the coroner, the county commission shall prepare and send an itemized statement for reimbursement of expenses to the entity responsible for reimbursement as provided in Section 11-5-51. Payment shall be remitted to the county commission by the responsible entity within 30 days of the date of receipt of the itemized statement....
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36-18-21
Section 36-18-21 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words, phrases or terms shall have the following meanings, respectively unless the context thereof clearly indicates otherwise: (a) DIRECTOR. Shall mean the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. (b) PERSON. A human being, and where appropriate, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a government or a governmental instrumentality. (c) DNA. Deoxyribonucleic acid. (d) DNA SAMPLE. Any biological sample containing DNA. (e) DNA RECORD. An objective form of scientific analysis or tests which contain genetic identification characteristics of DNA samples. (f) DNA POPULATION FREQUENCY. The frequency of occurrence of a particular DNA trait or fragment in a particular population. (g) DNA DATABASE. That system established by the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for the purposes of collecting, storing and maintaining DNA records. (h) DNA POPULATION...
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36-18-32
Section 36-18-32 DNA Database Fund. (a) There is hereby established a special fund to be known as the Alabama DNA Database Fund. (b) The fund shall be placed under the management or administration of the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for the exclusive purposes of implementing the provisions of this article. (c) The fund shall consist of all moneys received by the director pursuant to the provisions of this section. (d) The director shall have control of those funds as shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this article and with the laws of the State of Alabama. (e) Monies deposited in the Alabama DNA Database Fund may be expended by the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in accordance with the provisions of this article. The investment of monies in the fund by the State Treasurer shall remain in the Alabama DNA Database Fund. At the end of each fiscal year any unexpended or unencumbered monies shall remain in the fund. However,...
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