11-47-60
Section 11-47-60 Declaration for abandonment of cemetery and removal of human remains interred
therein - Adoption, etc. (a) Any cemetery corporation or association, including religious
bodies, owning or controlling any cemetery within this state may, with the consent and approval
of the governing body of the city or town in which such cemetery is located or with the consent
and approval of the governing body of the county if such cemetery is located outside the limits
of an incorporated municipality, by resolution of its board of directors or other governing
body, when assented to in writing filed with the secretary by at least three fourths of the
lot owners and holders of such corporation or association or ratified and approved by like
vote thereof at any regular meeting of the cemetery corporation or association or at a meeting
specially called for that purpose, declare for the abandonment in whole or in part of such
cemetery as a burial place for the human dead and for the removal...
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11-47-66
Section 11-47-66 Purchase and sale of lands, etc., for reinterment of remains from abandoned
cemeteries; reservation of lands in abandoned cemeteries for erection of memorial mausoleum,
etc. (a) Whenever any such cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole or other person
owning or controlling any such cemetery lands from which the bodies interred therein are to
be removed in accordance with the provisions of this division shall have purchased or otherwise
acquired lands or a mausoleum or columbarium or the possession or use thereof for the purpose
of providing a place for the reinterment or depositing of any human remains which may be removed
from any such abandoned cemetery or part thereof, such new lands may be surveyed and subdivided
into lots and plats and avenues and walks for cemetery purposes, and any such mausoleum or
columbarium or any part thereof may be divided into niches, compartments, or receptacles for
the receipt of such remains as may be therein deposited....
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11-47-71
Section 11-47-71 Sale, etc., of lands in abandoned cemeteries by corporations, etc.; confirmation
of sales by probate court. (a) Whenever such a cemetery or part thereof has been abandoned
as a cemetery or place of burial for the human dead as provided for in Section 11-47-60 by
the cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling
the same, the parts or portions thereof in which no interments had been made and such parts
and portions thereof from which all human remains have been removed may be sold by the cemetery
corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling such cemetery
land or may be mortgaged or otherwise pledged as security for any loan or loans made to such
cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling
such cemetery lands. No order of any court shall be required prior to the making of any such
sale, mortgage, pledge, or other encumbrance of such lands...
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45-2-61.08
Section 45-2-61.08 Duty to report deaths; alteration of body evidence prohibited. It shall
be the duty and responsibility of any person in the county having knowledge concerning a death
occurring under the categories defined in Section 45-2-61.03 to report such death promptly
to the Baldwin County Coroner or to any law enforcement agency who, in turn, shall promptly
report the same to the Baldwin County Coroner. Deaths reportable to the Baldwin County Coroner
shall be reported whether the cause is known or suspected, primary or contributory, or recent,
delayed, or remote. No one shall disturb or remove the body or human remains or evidence on
the body until authorized by the Baldwin County Coroner or his or her designee except for
the purpose of preserving such body or remains from loss or destruction. No person shall knowingly
fail to make such report or withhold related medical or other evidence, or willfully alter
the body or related evidence without the authority of the county...
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45-27-60.09
Section 45-27-60.09 Persons in county having knowledge of certain deaths. Any person in the
county having knowledge concerning a death occurring under the categories defined in Section
45-27-60.04 shall promptly report the death to the County Medical Examiner of Escambia County
or to any law enforcement agency that in turn shall promptly report the death to the County
Medical Examiner of Escambia County. Each death reportable to the county medical examiner
shall be reported whether the cause is known or suspected, primary or contributory, or recent,
delayed, or remote. No one shall disturb or remove the body or human remains until authorized
by the county medical examiner except for the purpose of preserving the body or remains from
loss or destruction. Except as otherwise provided by law, any person who knowingly fails to
make the report or withholds related medical or other evidence, or willfully alters the body
or related evidence without authority of the county medical examiner...
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45-49-171.68
Section 45-49-171.68 Reporting of death; violations. It shall be the duty of any person in
the county having knowledge concerning a death occurring under the categories defined in Section
45-49-171.63 to report such death promptly to the County Medical Examiner of Mobile County
or to any law enforcement agency who, in turn, shall promptly report the same to the County
Medical Examiner of Mobile County. Deaths reportable to the county medical examiner must be
reported whether the cause is known or suspected, primary or contributory, or recent, delayed,
or remote. No one shall disturb or remove the body or human remains until authorized by the
county medical examiner except for the purpose of preserving such body or remains from loss
or destruction. Any person who knowingly fails to make such report or withholds related medical
or other evidence, or willfully alters the body or related evidence without authority of the
county medical examiner and outside the exceptions stated, shall be...
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34-13-120
Section 34-13-120 License required; crematory requirements; application and inspection; records;
violations; rulemaking authority. (a) No person, firm, corporation, association, entity, or
funeral establishment, or branch thereof, may operate a crematory for the purpose of cremating
dead human bodies, unless licensed by the board as a funeral establishment and the crematory
being registered with the board and inspected by the board before any cremations of human
remains are performed. (b) A crematory shall satisfy all of the following requirements and
have the following minimum equipment, facilities, and personnel: (1) Registered with the board.
(2) Inspected by the board before performing any cremations. (3) Fixed on the premises of
a funeral establishment. For the purposes of this subdivision, fixed means permanently attached
to the real property where the establishment is situated. (4) Owned by the same individual,
partnership, or corporation as the funeral establishment. (5) Under...
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34-13-121
Section 34-13-121 Cremation procedures; authorization; identification of remains; records.
(a) Human remains shall not be cremated under either of the following circumstances: (1) Within
24 hours after the time of death, unless death was a result of an infectious, contagious,
or communicable disease and unless the disease is verified and the time requirement waived
by a medical examiner, county health director, county coroner, or attending physician where
the death occurred. (2) Without a completed cremation authorization form approved by the board
and signed by the authorizing agent and a completed state identification form. A copy of the
cremation authorization shall be presented with the body to the crematory before any cremation
process may be initiated. (b) All cremations of human remains performed in this state shall
be arranged through a funeral establishment licensed by the board pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Whenever a crematory is unable or unauthorized to cremate human...
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22-19-173
Section 22-19-173 Rights and duties of procurement organization and others. (a) When a hospital
refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall
make a reasonable search of the records of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and any
donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the individual resides
to ascertain whether the individual has made an anatomical gift. (b) A procurement organization
must be allowed reasonable access to information in the records of the Alabama State Law Enforcement
Agency to ascertain whether an individual at or near death is a donor. (c) When a hospital
refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization may
conduct any reasonable examination necessary to ensure the medical suitability of a part that
is or could be the subject of an anatomical gift for transplantation, therapy, research, or
education from a donor or a prospective donor. During the...
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34-13-113
Section 34-13-113 Application for license; inspection of establishment; issuance of license.
(a) Application for a license to operate a funeral establishment shall be made in writing
on a form provided by the board. The application shall be verified by the applicant or, if
the applicant is a corporation, firm, or other organization, by an officer or member thereof,
and shall be accompanied by an application fee established by the board not to exceed five
hundred dollars ($500). The application shall disclose all of the following: (1) The name
and address of the establishment. (2) That the establishment is operated by a managing funeral
director and a managing embalmer or a person licensed both as a funeral director and embalmer.
(3) A description and photographs of the buildings, equipment, and facilities of the establishment.
(4) That the establishment has a sanitary, properly equipped embalming room, a room suitable
for public viewing or other funeral services that is able to...
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