22-19-80
Section 22-19-80 Authority of coroners, deputy coroners, State Toxicologist and law enforcement
officers; purpose of taking samples. (a) Each duly elected or appointed coroner in the State
of Alabama is authorized to withdraw and retain or direct the withdrawal and retention of
blood and/or urine from the dead body of a person who died unattended by a physician, or who
died under suspicious circumstances, or where there is reasonable cause to believe the person
died from unnatural and/or unlawful causes. (b) Each duly elected or appointed deputy coroner
shall have the same authority to withdraw and retain or direct the withdrawal and retention
of a blood and/or urine sample when acting for the coroner. (c) The State Toxicologist and
his designated or appointed assistants are authorized to withdraw and retain or direct the
withdrawal and retention of blood and/or urine from the dead body of a person who died unattended
by a physician, or who died under suspicious circumstances, or where...
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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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22-9A-16
Section 22-9A-16 Authorization for final disposition. (a) The funeral director or person acting
as the funeral director who first assumes custody of a dead body shall, prior to final disposition
of the body, or prior to removal of the dead body from the state, obtain authorization for
final disposition of the body or removal of the body from the state. The completion of the
medical certification of cause of death on the death certificate by the physician, county
medical examiner, state medical examiner, or coroner shall constitute authorization. If the
body is to be cremated or buried at sea, additional authorization shall be obtained from the
county medical examiner, state medical examiner, or coroner. (b) With the consent of the physician,
county medical examiner, state medical examiner, or coroner who is to certify the cause of
death, a dead body may be moved from the place of death for the purpose of being prepared
for final disposition. Prior to removing a dead body from the place...
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45-37-123.01
RETIREMENT BENEFIT. A benefit payable pursuant to the terms of subsection (a) of Section 45-37-123.100.
(52) SYSTEM or PLAN. The General Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County, which
system or plan may sue or be sued, and in such name all of its business shall be transacted.
(53) SPOUSE. The legal wife or husband of a member as determined in accordance with federal
law. (54) TOTAL DISABILITY. A permanent physical or mental condition of a member resulting
from bodily injury, disease, or mental disorder which renders such member incapable
of continuing usual and customary employment with the county. The disability of a member shall
be determined by a licensed medical advisor. (55) TRUSTEE. The pension board or the person
or entity appointed by the pension board and named as trustee herein or in any separate trust
forming a part of the plan, and any successors. (56) TRUST FUND. The tax-qualified trust in
which certain plan funds are held, disbursed, transferred,...
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11-65-10
believes that it would be prudent to obtain the fingerprints of such persons. (16) A commission
shall report annually to the governing body of its sponsoring municipality and to such state
and federal authorities as shall be required by law. (17) Except as otherwise provided in
subdivisions (10) and (12), all books, records, maps, documents, and papers of a commission,
including those filed with such commission as well as those prepared by or for it, shall at
all times be open for the personal inspection of any officer of the state, the sponsoring
municipality or the host county or any official investigative body or committee of any thereof,
and no person having charge or custody thereof shall refuse this right to any officer or investigative
body or committee, and it shall be the express duty of such person to assist such officer
or committee in locating records or information. If any member of a commission violates the
provisions of this subdivision, he or she shall be subject...
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22-22-9
Section 22-22-9 Powers and duties; enforcement of orders; permits; civil penalties for violations.
(a) It shall be the duty of the commission to control pollution in the waters of the state,
and it shall specifically have the following powers: (1) To study and investigate all problems
concerned with the improvement and conservation of the waters of the state; (2) To conduct,
independently and in cooperation with others, studies, investigation and research and to prepare,
or in cooperation with others prepare, a program or programs, any or all of which shall pertain
to the purity and conservation of the waters of the state or to the treatment and disposal
of pollutants or other wastes, which studies, investigations, research and program or programs
shall be intended to result in the reduction of pollution of the waters of the state according
to the conditions and particular circumstances existing in the various communities throughout
the state; and (3) To propose remedial measures...
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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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45-49-171.64
Section 45-49-171.64 Authority of medical examiner in death investigations. While investigating
a death hereunder, the County Medical Examiner of Mobile County shall be authorized to take
charge of the dead body, and he, she, or a law enforcement officer having jurisdiction, or
the medical examiner's legal designee, 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, or both. The county medical
examiner shall examine the body and 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 87-525,
p. 794, § 5.)...
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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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45-2-61.06
Section 45-2-61.06 Responsibility to certify deaths. If after conducting a coroner's investigation
of a death, the Baldwin County Coroner or the designated deputy coroner is satisfied that
the death was not caused by a criminal act or omission, that there are no suspicious circumstances
about the death, that the law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction has no questions about
the death, and that he or she knows to a reasonable certainty the cause of death, then he
or she or the designated deputy coroner 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 Baldwin County Coroner
suspects a death was caused by a criminal act or omission or if the cause of death is obscure
or if the law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction has questions about the death, the coroner
shall ask a medical examiner for assistance in the death...
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