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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36-18-9
Section 36-18-9 Costs of services provided by department. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any county in which the Department of Forensic Sciences performs the duties of the county coroner or county medical examiner pursuant to local law, the county commission shall pay to the department each year the cost of the services provided by the department, as determined by the department. Payments from the county shall be made by the tenth day of each month to the department and shall be deposited into the Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund. In the event a county does not pay the amounts required by this section, the department shall not be required to perform the duties or responsibilities of the coroner or medical examiner for that county. (Act 2012-398, p. 1091, §1.)...
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11-5-31
Section 11-5-31 Alabama Coroner's Training Commission. (a) There is created the Alabama Coroner's Training Commission to be appointed as herein provided. Appointments to the commission shall be made as follows: (1) The President of the Alabama Coroner's Association shall appoint one county coroner to serve an initial term of two years. (2) The Attorney General shall appoint one district attorney to serve for an initial term of one year. (3) The Governor shall appoint one county coroner to serve for an initial term of three years. (4) The Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences shall appoint one person who is either a state medical examiner or a forensic scientist to serve for an initial term of two years. (5) The Board of Directors of the Alabama Coroner's Association shall appoint three county coroners to serve for initial terms of two years each. (b) The membership of the commission shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban\rural, and...
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22-19-161
Section 22-19-161 Definitions. In this article: (1) "Adult" means an individual who is at least 18 years of age. (2) "Agent" means an individual: (A) authorized to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care; or (B) expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by any other record signed by the principal. (3) "Anatomical gift" means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. (4) "Coroner" means an elected or appointed official who determines, with the assistance of other forensic scientists and investigators, the cause, manner, and circumstances surrounding death. (5) "Decedent" means a deceased individual whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. The term includes a stillborn infant and, subject to restrictions imposed by law other than this article, a fetus. (6) "Disinterested...
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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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45-2-61.04
Section 45-2-61.04 Postmortem examination and autopsies. When the Baldwin County Coroner determines a death under investigation is one described in Section 45-2-61.03, the coroner may, and upon request, shall be assisted by a state medical examiner in the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, as necessary, to help determine the cause and manner of death or to provide other information to the coroner or investigating law enforcement agency. The state medical examiner may upon request, assist by reviewing the coroner's case file and the circumstances of the death, by conducting an external examination of the body, or by conducting an autopsy on the body under the following circumstances: (1) An autopsy or postmortem examination shall be performed by a state 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. (2) In a death where the Baldwin County...
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45-27-60.12
Section 45-27-60.12 Death investigation reports. The county medical examiner shall maintain the reports of death investigations conducted by the Escambia County Medical Examiner and a copy shall be forwarded to the Region IV Laboratory of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. These reports, 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 Escambia County, with or without testimony by the county medical examiner or Department of Forensic Sciences officials, provided, any person preparing a report given in evidence pursuant to this article may be summoned as a witness in any civil or criminal case by either party to the cause. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §13.)...
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45-2-61.07
Section 45-2-61.07 Hospital and medical records. While conducting a coroner's investigation of a death hereunder, the Baldwin County Coroner or a state medical examiner or the director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences is authorized to issue subpoenas for the production of pertinent medical records, radiographs, and biological tissues and fluids as may be required by his or her investigation to determine the cause and manner of death. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 78, §8.)...
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45-27-60.14
Section 45-27-60.14 Reimbursement for services. The County Medical Examiner of Escambia County shall be reimbursed for his or her services by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences through a contract that shall be negotiable and renewable each year. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §15.)...
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45-27-60.02
Section 45-27-60.02 Appointment of assistant county medical examiners. The Escambia County Medical Examiner shall appoint one or more assistant county medical examiners to assist the investigation and certification of deaths from the list of qualified physicians provided by the Escambia County Medical Society. Each assistant county medical examiner shall also have approval of the senior medical examiner of Region IV and the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences and also shall be a contract employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §3.)...
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