45-27-60
Section 45-27-60 Office of coroner abolished. In Escambia County, Alabama, the office of coroner
is abolished and all powers, rights, and duties now or hereafter authorized, or required by
law to be performed by the coroner shall be exercised and performed by the county medical
examiner as provided for by this article. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §1.)...
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45-49-171.70
Section 45-49-171.70 Immunity form civil or criminal liability. Neither the county medical
examiner nor any member of his or her staff, nor the Director of the Alabama Department of
Forensic Sciences nor any member of the department's staff or agents, shall incur any civil
or criminal liability for the proper performance of their duties under this subpart. (Act
87-525, p. 794, § 11.)...
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45-49-171.72
Section 45-49-171.72 Powers and duties of coroners. In addition to the duties and authority
described above, the County Medical Examiner of Mobile County shall also have all duties and
authority now or hereafter vested in coroners by the law of Alabama. (Act 87-525, p. 794,
§ 13.)...
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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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45-37-60.03
Section 45-37-60.03 Chief coroner-medical examiner. When there is only one coroner-medical
examiner on the staff, he or she shall be the chief coroner-medical examiner. When there is
more than one coroner-medical examiner on the staff, the governing body shall designate one
of them as the chief coroner-medical examiner. Until such designation, the person who has
been longest in the continuous service of the county as coroner-medical examiner shall be
the chief coroner-medical examiner. (Act 79-454, p. 739, §4.)...
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45-37-60.05
Section 45-37-60.05 Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission - Creation; powers. There shall be
established the Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission, with the following powers: (1) To consult
with the county governing body on the selection, appointment, and retention of the coroner-medical
examiner, and such associate coroner-medical examiners as may be necessary and appropriate
to appoint. (2) To obtain such opinions from the county attorney and Attorney General and
to rely thereon as the Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission may determine to be necessary
to interpret any statutes that pertain to the operation of the coroner-medical examiner function.
(3) To promulgate rules and regulations governing the reviews and investigations of the coroner-medical
examiners' office including the conditions upon which such investigations shall be conducted.
(4) To receive all questions and inquiries concerning the operation of the coroner-medical
examiners' function which may be submitted by the...
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45-49-171.60
Section 45-49-171.60 Office of coroner abolished. In Mobile County, Alabama, the office of
coroner is hereby abolished and all powers, rights, and duties now or hereafter authorized
or required by law to be performed by such coroner shall be exercised and performed by the
county medical examiner as hereinafter provided for in this subpart. (Act 87-525, p. 794,
§ 1.)...
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45-49-171.77
Section 45-49-171.77 Cornea tissue transplants. (a) The medical examiner or forensic science
pathologist in Mobile County is hereby authorized to provide a cornea to any patient in need
of corneal tissue for a transplant upon request of a certified eye bank, certified by the
Eye Bank Association of America under all of the following conditions: (1) If a decedent who
may provide a suitable cornea for the transplant is under the jurisdiction of the medical
examiner or forensic science pathologist and an autopsy will be required in accordance with
state law. (2) If no objection by the next of kin is known by the medical examiner or forensic
science pathologist. (3) If the cornea for transplant will not interfere with the subsequent
course of an investigation or autopsy or will alter the postmortem facial appearance. (b)
Upon compliance with this section, the medical examiner or forensic science pathologist or
the certified eye bank shall not have any civil or criminal liability. (Act...
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45-8-171
Section 45-8-171 Issuance of death certificates. (a) In Calhoun County, any county health officer
or administrator is hereby authorized to issue an official death certificate in any case within
the county, except where an autopsy is required. Data obtained from the attending physician
or funeral director shall be kept on file for one year following the death for the purpose
of issuing such death certificate. The certificate shall be in all particulars the same as
those issued by the State Department of Public Health in any court or for insurance purposes.
Nothing in this section shall affect any existing duty of any person to gather and transmit
data to the local registrar or to the State Health Department. (b) The county health officer
shall, not later than 10 days from the date of death, make such official death certificate
available to the surviving spouse or next of kin of the deceased at a fee not greater than
that charged by the State Health Department for the same service. Any...
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34-24-61
Section 34-24-61 Controlled substance registration certificate; continuing medical education;
dismissal of revocation, etc. (a) The State Board of Medical Examiners, when acting in the
capacity of a certifying board under the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Section
20-2-1, et seq., may, within its discretion and for cause, order, and direct that a physician
or osteopath holding a registration certificate successfully complete a course or courses
of continuing medical education on subjects related to the prescribing, dispensing, administering,
or furnishing of controlled substances. The course or courses of continuing medical education
ordered by the board under this section may not exceed 50 credit hours of instruction within
the calendar year in which the order is entered. Failure or refusal to comply with an order
or directive of the board entered pursuant to this section shall constitute grounds, after
notice and hearing, for the suspension of the controlled substance...
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