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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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22-19-161
Section 22-19-161 Definitions. In this article: (1) "Adult" means an individual
who is at least 18 years of age. (2) "Agent" means an individual: (A) authorized
to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health
care; or (B) expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by
any other record signed by the principal. (3) "Anatomical gift" means a donation
of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation,
therapy, research, or education. (4) "Coroner" means an elected or appointed official
who determines, with the assistance of other forensic scientists and investigators, the cause,
manner, and circumstances surrounding death. (5) "Decedent" means a deceased individual
whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. The term includes a stillborn
infant and, subject to restrictions imposed by law other than this article, a fetus. (6) "Disinterested...
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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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26-16-115
Section 26-16-115 Duties of county coroner or medical examiner. (a) In every case of
SUID, the county coroner or medical examiner shall be notified and cooperate and assist law
enforcement with the death investigation. (b) The county coroner or medical examiner shall
obtain legal authorization to send the infant to a forensic pathologist for examination. (c)
The county coroner or medical examiner shall contact the appropriate law enforcement personnel
to conduct a death investigation according to the protocol developed by the SUIDI Team. The
investigation shall be initiated within 24 hours of the time the appropriate law enforcement
personnel is contacted. (d) The county coroner or medical examiner shall send a copy of the
SUIDI Team approved investigative form to the forensic pathologist conducting the autopsy.
(Act 2011-705, p. 2184, §6.)...
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45-27-60.12
Section 45-27-60.12 Death investigation reports. The county medical examiner shall maintain
the reports of death investigations conducted by the Escambia County Medical Examiner and
a copy shall be forwarded to the Region IV Laboratory of the Alabama Department of Forensic
Sciences. These reports, or true copies thereof duly certified by the county medical examiner
or the director of the department, are admissible in evidence in any court in Escambia County,
with or without testimony by the county medical examiner or Department of Forensic Sciences
officials, provided, any person preparing a report given in evidence pursuant to this article
may be summoned as a witness in any civil or criminal case by either party to the cause. (Act
97-571, p. 1010, §13.)...
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45-27-60.07
Section 45-27-60.07 Autopsies or postmortem examinations. (a) An autopsy or postmortem
examination may be performed by a state medical examiner at the written direction of the Escambia
County District Attorney or his or her authorized representative in any case in which the
district attorney is conducting a criminal investigation. (b) The county medical examiner
or the State Medical Examiner may authorize an autopsy or postmortem examination, or the autopsy
may be performed by the State Medical Examiner when the county medical examiner 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...
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45-49-171.71
Section 45-49-171.71 Admissibility of reports of death investigations. The reports of
death investigations conducted by the county medical examiner or by the Alabama Department
of Forensic Sciences, or true copies thereof duly certified by the county medical examiner
or the director of the department, are admissible in evidence in any court in Mobile County,
with or without testimony by the county medical examiner or Department of Forensic Sciences
officials. Provided, however, any person preparing a report given in evidence under this subpart
may be summoned as a witness in any civil or criminal case by either party to the cause. (Act
87-525, p. 794, § 12.)...
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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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45-27-60.03
Section 45-27-60.03 Death investigation training. The county medical examiners shall
complete eight hours of training in death investigation each year. The Department of Forensic
Sciences state medical examiners shall provide the training, or the county medical examiners
may attend other training in death investigation with prior approval of the senior medical
examiner of Region IV of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. All training shall be
approved for continuing medical education credits. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §4.)...
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26-16-93
Section 26-16-93 State Child Death Review Team - Created. (a) There is hereby created
the State Child Death Review Team, referred to in this article as the state team. (b) The
state team shall be situated within the Alabama Department of Public Health for administrative
and budgetary purposes. (c) The state team shall be a multidisciplinary, multiagency review
team, composed of 28 members, the first 7 of whom are ex officio. The ex officio members may
designate representatives from their particular departments or offices to represent them on
the state team who may vote and exercise all other prerogatives of the appointment. The members
of the state team shall include all of the following: (1) The Jefferson County Coroner, Medical
Examiner. (2) The State Health Officer who shall serve as chair. (3) One member appointed
by the Alabama Sheriff's Association. (4) The Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic
Sciences. (5) The Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Human Resources....
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