|
45-27-60.04
Section 45-27-60.04 Duty to investigate certain deaths. It shall be the duty of the county
medical examiner, or designated assistant medical examiner, to investigate any death in Escambia
County when the death falls within one or more of the following categories: (1) Deaths that
occur suddenly and unexpectedly, that is, when the person has not been under medical care
for significant disease of the heart or lung, or other disease. (2) Deaths suspected to be
due to violence, resulting from anyone of the following: Suicide, accident, homicide, or undetermined
injury, regardless of when or where the injury occurred. (3) Deaths suspected to be due to
alcohol, or drugs, or exposure to toxic agents. (4) Deaths due to poisoning. (5) Deaths of
persons in the custody of law enforcement officers or in penal institutions. (6) Deaths suspected
to be involved with the occupation of the decedent. (7) Deaths unattended by a physician.
(8) Deaths due to neglect. (9) Any stillbirth of 20 or more weeks...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-27-60.04.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
45-27-60.15
Section 45-27-60.15 Transfer of title to property to county medical examiner and Department
of Forensic Sciences. Upon January 15, 1998, title and control of all equipment in the office
of the Escambia County Coroner shall be transferred by Escambia County to the county medical
examiner and to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. The Escambia County Commission
shall establish a Medical Examiner Fund. Thereafter, all funds previously appropriated by
the county commission to the office of coroner shall be appropriated to the Medical Examiner
Fund. The appropriation shall be in the amount agreed to between the county commission and
the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences each year, but the amount shall not be less than
the amount appropriated to the office of the coroner in the Escambia County 1997-98 fiscal
year budget. The senior state medical examiner in Region IV of the Alabama Department of Forensic
Sciences, in conjunction with the Escambia County Medical Examiner, shall...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-27-60.15.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
45-28-170
Section 45-28-170 Death certificates. (a) Any Etowah County health officer or administrator
is 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. Such 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. The county health officer shall...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-28-170.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
45-5-170
Section 45-5-170 Issuance; fees. (a) Any Blount County health officer or administrator is 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 the file for one year following the death for the purpose of issuing such death certificate.
Such 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. The county health officer shall...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-5-170.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
45-15-171.01
Section 45-15-171.01 Issuance of death certificates; fees. (a) In Cleburne 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. Such 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, not later than 10 days from the date of death, shall 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...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-15-171.01.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
45-9-171
Section 45-9-171 Issuance of death certificates. (a) In Chambers 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. Such 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 office
shall not later than 10 days from the date of death, make such official death certificate
available to the surviving spouse or next or kin of the deceased at a fee not greater than
that charged by the State Health Department for the same service. The...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-9-171.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
45-10-171
Section 45-10-171 Persons authorized to issue death certificates; availability to next of kin;
fees; violations. (a) In Cherokee 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.
Such 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...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-10-171.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
22-19-181
Section 22-19-181 Cooperation between coroner, medical examiner, and procurement organization.
(a) A coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or local public health official or
a designee shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover
anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education when
it has been determined that the recovery will not interfere with a death investigation. The
organ procurement organization, tissue bank, and eye bank will make every reasonable effort
to seek approval and release from the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or
designee prior to proceeding with consent approaches to the authorized parties as described
in this article. The request for release process will begin with the coroner or designee,
who may defer to the medical examiner or designee, who may subsequently defer to the district
attorney or designee. At the time of coroner or medical examiner or district...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/22-19-181.htm - 4K - Match Info - Similar pages
22-9A-24
Section 22-9A-24 Persons required to keep records and to furnish information. (a)(1) Every
person in charge of an institution shall keep a record of personal data concerning each person
admitted or confined to the institution. This record shall include information as required
for the certificates of birth and death and the reports of fetal death required by this chapter.
The record shall be made at the time of admission from information provided by the person
being admitted or confined, but when it cannot be obtained, the information shall be obtained
from relatives or other persons acquainted with the facts. The name and address of the person
providing the information shall be part of the record. (2) When a dead body or dead fetus
is released or disposed of by an institution, the person in charge of the institution shall
keep a record as provided for in subsection (e) of Section 22-9A-16. (3) Not later than the
fifth day of the month following the month of occurrence, the person in...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/22-9A-24.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
30-9-1
Section 30-9-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter the term domestic violence fatality review
team means an organization that includes, but is not limited to, representatives from the
following agencies or organizations: (1) Law enforcement agencies. (2) The Alabama State Law
Enforcement Agency, the Attorney General, and the President of the Alabama District Attorney's
Association, for state level teams or the district attorney of each judicial circuit for local
or regional teams. (3) The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. (4) Certified domestic
violence centers. (5) Child protection service providers. (6) The Administrative Office of
Courts. (7) The municipal and circuit clerks of the court. (8) Victim service programs. (9)
Providers of civil legal assistance to victims. (10) Child death review teams. (11) Members
of the business community. (12) County probation or corrections agencies. (13) Any other persons
who have knowledge regarding domestic violence fatalities, nonlethal...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/30-9-1.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
|