45-37-60.09
Section 45-37-60.09 Authority of coroner-medical examiner. There shall be vested in coroners-medical
examiners all the authority now or hereafter vested in coroners by the laws of Alabama, including
the authority which Section 15-4-1, vests in coroners and to make inquiry of the facts and
circumstances of the death of any person who has been killed or has suddenly died under such
circumstances as to afford a reasonable ground for belief that such death has been occasioned
by the act of another by unlawful means, and the authority of the section vests in coroners
to submit to a judge of a court of record or a district attorney, sworn written statements
of witnesses having personal knowledge of such circumstances, and to summon, upon direction
of such judge or district attorney, a jury to inquire into the cause and manner of such person's
death. (Act 79-454, p. 739, §10.)...
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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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22-19-182
Section 22-19-182 Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction
of coroner or medical examiner. (a) Upon request of a procurement organization, a coroner
or medical examiner shall release to the procurement organization the name, contact information,
and available medical and social history of a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction
of the coroner or medical examiner. Specific operational details regarding visitation, referral
methods, recovery logistics, and efforts to minimize interruptions to the operations of the
coroner and/or medical examiner will be established in the protocols referenced in Section
22-19-181 (d). Section 164.512 of the Health Information Portability and Protection Act, enacted
1996, specifies that a covered entity may use or disclose protected health information to
organ procurement organizations or other entities engaged in the procurement, banking, or
transplantation of cadaveric organs, eyes, or tissues for the...
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22-19-161
assistant by the State Board of Medical Examiners to remove or process a part. (35) "Technician"
means an individual determined to be qualified to remove or process parts by an appropriate
organization that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law. The term
includes an enucleator. (36) "Tissue" means a portion of the human body other than
an organ or an eye. The term does not include blood unless the blood is donated for the purpose
of research or education. (37) "Tissue bank" means a person that is licensed, accredited,
or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing,
storage, or distribution of tissue. (38) "Transplant hospital" means a hospital
that furnishes organ transplants and other medical and surgical specialty services required
for the care of transplant patients. (39) "Will" means a disposition of real and
personal property to take effect after the death of a testator. (Act 2008-453, p. 867,
§1.)...
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45-37-60.08
Section 45-37-60.08 Investigative powers of coroner-medical examiner. In investigating a death
hereunder, the coroner-medical examiner shall be authorized to take charge of the dead body,
to investigate the circumstances of the death, to conduct or have conducted an autopsy, and
whether or not there is an autopsy, to take and retain whatever tissues and biological samples,
including blood or urine, or both, as he or she deems necessary from the body of a person
which he or she deems necessary to establish the cause and manner of such person's death,
and to take possession of any object or article which in his or her opinion would be useful
in establishing the identity of the deceased or the cause and manner of death, or both. (Act
79-454, p. 739, §9.)...
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22-19-181
Section 22-19-181 Cooperation between coroner, medical examiner, and procurement organization.
(a) A coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or local public health official or
a designee shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover
anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education when
it has been determined that the recovery will not interfere with a death investigation. The
organ procurement organization, tissue bank, and eye bank will make every reasonable effort
to seek approval and release from the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or
designee prior to proceeding with consent approaches to the authorized parties as described
in this article. The request for release process will begin with the coroner or designee,
who may defer to the medical examiner or designee, who may subsequently defer to the district
attorney or designee. At the time of coroner or medical examiner or district...
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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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45-2-61.04
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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15-4-1
Duty of coroner to take sworn statement on death; direction to summon jury; service, compensation,
and oath of jurors. (a) When a coroner has been informed that a person has been killed or
suddenly died under such circumstances as to afford a reasonable ground for belief that such
death has been occasioned by the act of another by unlawful means, he must forthwith make
inquiry of the facts and circumstances of such death by taking the sworn statement in writing
of the witnesses having personal knowledge thereof and submit the same to a judge of
a court of record or a district attorney. (b) If, upon such preliminary inquiry, the judge
or district attorney is satisfied from the evidence that there is reasonable ground for believing
that such death has been occasioned by the act of another by unlawful means, he must direct
the coroner to forthwith summon a jury of six qualified jurors of the county to appear before
him forthwith at a specified place and inquire into the cause of...
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34-13-121
unless the cremation container is metal and the authorizing agent has been informed in writing
that the crematory does not cremate metal containers. (e) A cremation container shall be all
of the following: a. Composed of readily combustible materials suitable for cremation. b.
Able to be closed in order to provide a complete covering for the human remains. c. Resistant
to leakage or spillage. d. Rigid enough for handling with ease. e. Able to provide protection
for the health, safety, and personal integrity of crematory personnel. f. Equipped
with a covering that clearly identifies the name and date of death of the decedent. (f) It
shall be disclosed to the family member serving as the authorizing agent that he or she, or
his or her designee, may witness the transportation of the human remains to be cremated to
the crematory. Every funeral establishment performing cremation services that prohibits relatives
or the responsible party from viewing the cremation process shall disclose...
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