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22-9A-14
Section 22-9A-14 Death registration. (a) A certificate of death for each death which occurs
in this state shall be filed with the Office of Vital Statistics, or as otherwise directed
by the State Registrar, within five days of the death and shall be registered if it has been
completed and filed in accordance with this section. (1) If the place of death is not known,
but the dead body is found in this state, the certificate of death shall be completed and
filed in accordance with this section. The county where the body is found shall be shown on
the certificate as the county of death. If the date of death is unknown, the date the dead
body was found shall be shown on the certificate as the date of death. (2) When death occurs
in a moving conveyance in the United States and the body is first removed from the conveyance
in this state, the death shall be registered in this state and the county where it is first
removed shall be considered as the county of death. When a death occurs on a...
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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, ยง6.)...
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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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45-27-60.06
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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34-24-360
Section 34-24-360 Restrictions, etc., on license; grounds. The Medical Licensure Commission
shall have the power and duty to suspend, revoke, or restrict any license to practice medicine
or osteopathy in the State of Alabama or place on probation or fine any licensee whenever
the licensee shall be found guilty on the basis of substantial evidence of any of the following
acts or offenses: (1) Fraud in applying for or procuring a certificate of qualification to
practice medicine or osteopathy or a license to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State
of Alabama. (2) Unprofessional conduct as defined herein or in the rules and regulations promulgated
by the commission. (3) Practicing medicine or osteopathy in such a manner as to endanger the
health of the patients of the practitioner. (4) Conviction of a felony; a copy of the record
of conviction, certified to by the clerk of the court entering the conviction, shall be conclusive
evidence. (5) Conviction of any crime or offense which...
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6-5-502
Section 6-5-502 Limitation periods for product liability actions. (a) All product liability
actions against an original seller must be commenced within the following time limits and
not otherwise: (1) Except as specifically provided in subsections (b), (c), and (e) of this
section, within one year of the time the personal injury, death, or property damage occurs;
and (2) Except as specifically provided in subsections (b), (c), and (e) of this section,
each element of a product liability action shall be deemed to accrue at the time the personal
injury, death, or property damage occurs; (b) Where the personal injury, including personal
injury resulting in death, or property damage (i) either is latent or by its nature is not
discoverable in the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time of its occurrence, and (ii)
is the result of ingestion of or exposure to some toxic or harmful or injury-producing substance,
element or particle, including radiation, over a period of time as opposed...
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22-9A-13
Section 22-9A-13 Reports of fetal death; reports of induced termination of pregnancy. (a) A
report of fetal death shall be filed with the Office of Vital Statistics, or as otherwise
directed by the State Registrar, within five days after the occurrence is known if the fetus
has advanced to, or beyond, the twentieth week of uterogestation. (1) When a fetal death occurs
in an institution, the person in charge of the institution or his or her designated representative
shall prepare and file the report. (2) When a fetal death occurs outside an institution, the
physician in attendance shall prepare and file the report. (3) When a fetal death occurs without
medical attendance, the county medical examiner, the state medical examiner, or the coroner
shall determine the cause of fetal death and shall prepare and file the report. (4) When a
fetal death occurs in a moving conveyance and the fetus is first removed from the conveyance
in this state or when a dead fetus is found in this state and...
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22-9A-15
Section 22-9A-15 Delayed registration of death. (a) When a death occurring in this state has
not been registered within the time period prescribed by subsection (a) of Section 22-9A-14,
a certificate of death may be registered on a regular certificate of death as follows: (1)
If the attending physician, county medical examiner, state medical examiner, or coroner at
the time of death and the attending funeral director or person who acted as the funeral director
are available to complete and sign the certificate of death, it may be completed without additional
evidence and filed with the State Registrar. For those certificates filed one year or more
after the date of death, the physician, county medical examiner, state medical examiner, coroner,
or the funeral director shall state in accompanying affidavits that the information on the
certificate is based on records kept in their files. (2) In the absence of the attending physician,
county medical examiner, state medical examiner,...
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22-9A-16
Section 22-9A-16 Authorization for final disposition. (a) The funeral director or person acting
as the funeral director who first assumes custody of a dead body shall, prior to final disposition
of the body, or prior to removal of the dead body from the state, obtain authorization for
final disposition of the body or removal of the body from the state. The completion of the
medical certification of cause of death on the death certificate by the physician, county
medical examiner, state medical examiner, or coroner shall constitute authorization. If the
body is to be cremated or buried at sea, additional authorization shall be obtained from the
county medical examiner, state medical examiner, or coroner. (b) With the consent of the physician,
county medical examiner, state medical examiner, or coroner who is to certify the cause of
death, a dead body may be moved from the place of death for the purpose of being prepared
for final disposition. Prior to removing a dead body from the place...
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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...
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