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45-2-61.11
Section 45-2-61.11 Reports as evidence. The reports of death investigations conducted by the
county coroner or by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, or true copies thereof duly
certified by the county coroner or the director of the department, respectively, are admissible
in any court in the county with or without testimony by the county coroner or Department of
Forensic Sciences' officials. However, any person preparing a report given in evidence under
this part may be summoned as a witness in any civil or criminal case by either party to the
case. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 78, §12.)...
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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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45-49-171.66
Section 45-49-171.66 Autopsy or postmortem examination. (a) An autopsy or postmortem examination
may be performed by a county 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. (b) An autopsy or postmortem examination may be performed by a county
medical examiner, or his or her designated pathologist, when he or she 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 autopsy and the cost
therefor shall be paid by the next of kin. (Act 87-525, p. 794, §...
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22-9A-14
the county of death. When a death occurs on a moving conveyance while in international waters
or air space or in a foreign country and the body is first removed from the conveyance in
this state, the death shall be registered in this state but the certificate shall show the
actual place of death if it can be determined. (b) The funeral director or person acting as
the funeral director who first assumes custody of the dead body shall file the certificate
of death. He or she shall obtain the personal and statistical data from the next of
kin or the best qualified person or source available and shall forward the certificate to
the person responsible for completion of the medical certification. (c) The physician in charge
of the care of the patient for the illness or condition that resulted in death shall complete
and sign the medical certification and transmit the certificate to the Office of Vital Statistics
in the manner directed by the State Registrar, within 48 hours after receipt of...
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36-18-1
Section 36-18-1 Appointment; removal. There shall be a Director of the Department of Forensic
Sciences who shall be appointed by the Attorney General upon certification by the Director
of State Personnel as meeting job qualifications specified for this position in the state
service. The director may be removed by the Governor only upon such proof as would authorize
the impeachment of a district attorney under the laws of this state. (Acts 1935, No. 225,
p. 616, §2; Code 1940, T. 14, §387; Acts 1980, No. 80-591, p. 945, §1.)...
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32-5A-194.1
Section 32-5A-194.1 Effect of certification permits issued by State Board of Health; effect
of rules and regulations enacted by State Board of Health. All certification permits issued
by the State Board of Health shall remain in effect until their termination date or reissued
by the Department of Forensic Sciences. All rules and regulations enacted under the authority
of this chapter by the State Board of Health shall remain in force until rescinded, modified,
or adopted by the Department of Forensic Sciences. (Acts 1988, No. 88-660, p. 1058, §2.)...
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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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36-18-36
Section 36-18-36 Director to have powers of corporation; powers of department. For the purposes
of implementing the provisions of this article or to defray the costs thereof, the Director
of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences shall have all the powers and privileges of
a corporation and all of his or her business shall be transacted in the name of the Alabama
Department of Forensic Sciences. In addition to any other powers and duties specified elsewhere
in this article, the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences shall have power to: (a) Regulate
its own procedures except as otherwise provided in this article. (b) Define any term not defined
in this section. (c) Prescribe forms necessary to carry out the purposes of this article.
(d) Take judicial notice of general, technical and scientific facts within the director's
specialized knowledge. (e) Collect all moneys provided by this article to be collected by
the director. (f) Provide for and maintain all necessary administrative...
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36-18-8
Section 36-18-8 Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund - Fees charged for use of department personnel
in private lawsuits; proceeds and earnings credited to fund. (a) Beginning October 1, 1995,
the Director of the Department of Forensic Sciences shall charge and collect three hundred
dollars ($300) per hour for the use of department personnel in private lawsuits arising from
death investigations and other criminal investigations the department conducts pursuant to
Section 36-18-2. (b) The fee shall be applied to time spent for any or all of the following:
(1) Preparation for trial. (2) Testimony. (3) Depositions. (4) Travel. (5) Consultations.
(6) Time spent in any additional actions imposed by private lawsuits arising from criminal
investigations. (c) Proceeds from the fees shall be forwarded by the department, no later
than 30 days after collection, to the State Treasurer. All amounts received by the State Treasurer
shall be credited to the Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund and...
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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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