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45-35-71.03
Section 45-35-71.03 Vacancies. (a) In Houston County, vacancies on the Houston County Commission
occurring due to death, disability, resignation, or nonresidency shall be filled by special
elections called to fill any unexpired term and called by the judge of probate. Notice of
such special elections shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the county
for a period of four weeks prior to any such elections. (b) The provisions of this section
shall be curative and retroactive and any filling of a vacancy on the commission heretofore
made by any special election is hereby validated and shall be deemed to be valid under the
authority of this section. (Act 86-174, p. 203, §4; Act 2012-455, p. 1271, §§1, 2.)...
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12-21-5
Section 12-21-5 Copy of hospital records - Admissibility. When the original would be admissible
in any case or proceeding in a court in the state, a certified copy of the hospital records
of any hospital organized or operated under or pursuant to the laws of Alabama, including
records of admission, medical, hospital, occupational, disease, injury and disability histories,
temperature and other charts, X rays and written interpretations thereof, pictures, photographs,
files, written orders, directions, findings and reports and interpretations of physicians,
doctors, surgeons, pathologists, radiologists, specialists, dentists, technicians and nurses,
as well as of all employees of such hospital, forming a part of such hospital records as to
the health, condition, state, injuries, sickness, disease, mental, physical and nervous disorders,
duration and character of disabilities, diagnosis, prognosis, progress, wounds, cuts, contusions,
lacerations, breaks, loss of blood, incisions,...
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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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22-6-13
Section 22-6-13 Medicaid benefits for county inmates and certain juveniles. (a) For the purposes
of this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) COUNTY INMATE. Any person
being held in a public institution under the administrative control and responsibility of
the county sheriff and for whom the county is responsible for the provision of medical care.
The term includes a person in custody while awaiting arraignment or bond, a pretrial detainee,
a convicted person who is awaiting transfer to but has not otherwise become the responsibility
of the Department of Corrections, or a person serving his or her sentence in the county jail.
(2) INPATIENT. This term as defined in 42 C.F.R. § 435.1010, as may be amended. (3) JUVENILE.
Any child under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court who is detained in a public institution
and for whom the county is responsible for the provision of medical care pursuant to Section
12-15-108. (4) MEDICAL INSTITUTION. This term as defined...
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34-13-117
Section 34-13-117 Disposition of remains. Disposition of human remains shall occur within 48
hours after the time of death or the time the body is released by the coroner or a medical
examiner, unless the body has been embalmed by a licensed embalmer in this state, with permission
from the authorizing agent, or the body is kept under refrigeration. No public viewing of
unembalmed bodies shall be permitted 24 hours after death has occurred. Nothing is this section
shall prevent a licensed establishment from requiring identification before disposition. (Act
2017-433, §2.)...
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15-4-1
Section 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...
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43-8-6
Section 43-8-6 Rules of evidence; evidence as to death or status; presumption of death. In
proceedings under this chapter the rules of evidence in courts of general jurisdiction including
any relating to simultaneous deaths, are applicable unless specifically displaced by the chapter.
In addition, the following rules relating to determination of death and status are applicable:
(1) A certified or authenticated copy of a death certificate purporting to be issued by an
official or agency of the place where the death purportedly occurred is prima facie proof
of the fact, place, date and time of death and the identity of the decedent; (2) A certified
or authenticated copy of any record or report of a governmental agency, domestic or foreign,
that a person is missing, detained, dead, or alive is prima facie evidence of the status and
of the dates, circumstances and places disclosed by the record or report; (3) A person who
is absent for a continuous period of five years, during which he has...
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6-5-754
Section 6-5-754 Choice of forum. (a) If a claim under the common or statutory law of another
state, the United States, or a foreign country or under international treaty for death or
injury to person or damage to property arises against a manufacturer out of an accident that
occurred outside this state, such claim may be brought in the courts of this state in any
county in which jurisdiction of the defendant can be legally obtained in the same manner in
which jurisdiction could have been obtained if the claim had arisen in this state. (b) The
courts of this state shall apply the doctrine of forum non conveniens in determining whether
to accept or decline to take jurisdiction of an action asserting a claim arising out of an
accident occurring outside this state. (c) In applying the doctrine of forum non conveniens,
the court shall take into account each of the following considerations: (1) The state in which
the claimant resides, giving deference to the claimant's choice of forum only...
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26-16-91
Section 26-16-91 Definitions. The following words and phrases have the following meanings unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTOPSY. An external and internal examination,
medical history, and record review. (2) CHILD. A person who has not yet reached his or her
eighteenth birthday. (3) CHILD DEATHS TO BE REVIEWED. Those deaths which are unexpected or
unexplained. (4) COMMUNITY. The people and area within the local team jurisdiction. (5) COUNTY.
The county in which a deceased child resided prior to his or her death. (6) INVESTIGATION.
In the context of child death, includes all of the following: a. A postmortem examination
which may be limited to an external examination or may include an autopsy. b. An inquiry by
law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction into the circumstances of the death, including
a scene investigation and interview with the child's parents, guardians, or caretakers and
the person who reported the child's death. c. A review of information...
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6-5-753
Section 6-5-753 Commencement of action. (a) All actions against a manufacturer in tort, contract,
or otherwise for death or injury to person or damage to property arising out of an accident
shall be commenced within two years next after a cause of action accrues, and not thereafter.
Causes of action for wrongful death accrue upon the death of the testator or intestate. (b)
Notwithstanding subsection (a), and except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), no action
for death or injury to a person or damage to property arising out of an accident may be brought
against a manufacturer if any of the following circumstances apply: (1) The accident occurred
after the applicable repose period beginning on either: a. The date of delivery of the aircraft
to its first purchaser or lessee, if delivered directly from the manufacturer. b. The date
of first delivery of the aircraft to a person engaged in the business of selling or leasing
such aircraft. (2) The accident occurred with respect to any...
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