45-49-171.65
Section 45-49-171.65 Issuance of death certificate. If after investigating a death,
the county medical examiner or his or her designated assistant, who shall be a physician licensed
to practice medicine in Alabama, is satisfied that the death was not caused by criminal act
or omission and that there are no suspicious circumstances about the death, then the county
medical examiner, or his or her designated assistant, 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 county
medical examiner suspects a death was caused by a criminal act or omission, or if the cause
of death is obscure, he, she, or a qualified pathologist, licensed to practice medicine in
Alabama and under his or her direction, shall further examine the body and take, retain, and
examine or have examined whatever tissues, biological fluids, or other...
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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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45-49-171.69
Section 45-49-171.69 Issuance of subpoenas. While investigating a death hereunder, the
county medical examiner or the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences is
authorized to issue subpoenas for the production of medical documents, radiographs, tis- sues,
or fluids as may be required by the investigation. (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 10.)...
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22-6-153
Section 22-6-153 Contract to provide medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries; enrollment;
grievance procedures; duties of Medicaid Agency. (a) Subject to approval of the federal Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Medicaid Agency shall enter into a contract in each
Medicaid region for at least one fully certified regional care organization to provide, pursuant
to a risk contract under which the Medicaid Agency makes a capitated payment, medical care
to Medicaid beneficiaries. However, the Medicaid Agency may enter into a contract pursuant
to this section only if, in the judgment of the Medicaid Agency, care of Medicaid beneficiaries
would be better, more efficient, and less costly than under the then existing care delivery
system. The Medicaid Agency may contract with more than one regional care organization in
a Medicaid region. Pursuant to the contract, the Medicaid Agency shall set capitation payments
for the regional care organization. (b) The Medicaid Agency shall...
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45-2-61.07
Section 45-2-61.07 Hospital and medical records. While conducting a coroner's investigation
of a death hereunder, the Baldwin County Coroner or a state medical examiner or the director
of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences is authorized to issue subpoenas for the production
of pertinent medical records, radiographs, and biological tissues and fluids as may be required
by his or her investigation to determine the cause and manner of death. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp.
Sess., p. 78, §8.)...
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45-27-60.06
Section 45-27-60.06 Execution of death certificate; circumstances requiring notice to
Department of Forensic Sciences. (a) After investigating a death, if the county medical examiner
or the designated assistant is satisfied that the death was not caused by criminal act or
omission and that there are no suspicious circumstances about the death, then the county medical
examiner, or designated assistant, may execute a death certificate as required by law, and
authorize release of the body for final disposition on a certificate as prescribed by the
State Health Department. (b) The county medical examiner shall contact the State Medical Examiner
of Alabama Forensic Sciences under the following circumstances: (1) If the deceased is unidentified.
(2) If the county medical examiner suspects a death was caused by a criminal act or omission.
(3) If the cause of death is obscure. (c) The State Medical Examiner shall further examine
the body, take, retain, and examine or have examined whatever...
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45-27-60.11
Section 45-27-60.11 Immunity from civil or criminal liability. Neither the county medical
examiner nor any member of the staff, nor the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic
Sciences, nor any member of the staff or agent of the department, shall incur any civil or
criminal liability for duties performed pursuant to this article. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §12.)...

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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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26-16-112
Section 26-16-112 Definitions. For purposes of this arciclet, the following words shall
have the following meanings: (1) FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST. A pathologist trained or with experience
in forensic pathology, licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and
surgery in the State of Alabama and board certified by the American Board of Pathology, or
under the direct supervision of a physician with these qualifications. (2) INFANT DEATH. The
sudden death of an person less than one year of age whose death occurs outside the direct
care of a physician in a hospital or other health care setting. (3) SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED INFANT
DEATH (SUID). The sudden death of an infant less than one year of age whose death occurs outside
the direct care of a physician in a hospital or other health care setting and whose cause
of death is not reasonably ascertainable after a thorough investigation and examination by
the person signing the death certificate. (Act 2011-705, p. 2184, §3.)...
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36-18-9
Section 36-18-9 Costs of services provided by department. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, in any county in which the Department of Forensic Sciences performs the
duties of the county coroner or county medical examiner pursuant to local law, the county
commission shall pay to the department each year the cost of the services provided by the
department, as determined by the department. Payments from the county shall be made by the
tenth day of each month to the department and shall be deposited into the Alabama Forensic
Services Trust Fund. In the event a county does not pay the amounts required by this section,
the department shall not be required to perform the duties or responsibilities of the coroner
or medical examiner for that county. (Act 2012-398, p. 1091, §1.)...
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