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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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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45-27-60.01
Section 45-27-60.01 County medical examiner. The county medical examiner shall be a physician
licensed to practice medicine in Alabama. The Escambia County Medical Examiner shall be appointed
by the senior state medical examiner in Region IV of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences.
The appointment shall be made, with the approval of the Director of the Alabama Department
of Forensic Sciences, from a list of qualified physicians submitted by the Escambia County
Medical Society after review by the district attorney of the county. The appointment shall
establish the Escambia County Medical Examiner as a contract employee of the Alabama Department
of Forensic Sciences with the same liability coverage as provided to Merit System employees
of the State of Alabama. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §2.)...
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45-37-60.02
Section 45-37-60.02 Staffing requirements; coroner-medical examiner qualifications. (a) The
employment and compensation of all members of the staff shall be governed by any applicable
civil service law. (b) Each coroner-medical examiner shall be a physician licensed to practice
medicine in Alabama and recognized and trained in forensic medicine and pathology; provided,
however, that the county governing body may waive this requirement temporarily whenever a
vacancy exists in the position which the county governing body is seeking to fill. (Act 79-454,
p. 739, §3.)...
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34-24-361
Section 34-24-361 Investigations; reporting offenses; proceedings and actions; privileged information.
(a)(1) The State Board of Medical Examiners on its own motion may investigate any evidence
which appears to show that a physician or osteopath holding a certificate of qualification
to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Alabama is or may be guilty of any of the
acts, offenses, or conditions set out in Section 34-24-360. As part of its investigation,
the board may require a criminal history background check of the physician or osteopath. In
such event, the physician or osteopath shall submit a complete set of fingerprints to the
State Board of Medical Examiners. The board shall submit the fingerprints provided by the
physician or osteopath to the Alabama Bureau of Investigation (ABI). The fingerprints shall
be forwarded by the ABI to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a national criminal
history record check. Costs associated with conducting a criminal history...
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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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45-27-60.10
Section 45-27-60.10 Subpoenas. The county medical examiner, or the State Medical Examiner,
or the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences may issue subpoenas for the
production of medical documents, radiographs, tissues, fluids, or any other material thing
as may be required while investigating the death. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §11.)...
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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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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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45-2-61.01
Section 45-2-61.01 Qualifications. The county coroner must have a high school education or
an equivalent degree. The county coroner prior to beginning his or her first term and all
deputy coroners prior to their first such appointment shall complete at least a 20-hour coroner's
death investigation course comparable to the standard course designed for death investigators
by the National Association of Medical Examiners. After their first year of service, all coroners
and deputy coroners shall attend not less than 20 hours of coroner's death investigation training
during each calendar year that they serve and certification made and recorded in the Probate
Office of Baldwin County. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 78, §2.)...
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