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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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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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...
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45-27-60.02
Section 45-27-60.02 Appointment of assistant county medical examiners. The Escambia County
Medical Examiner shall appoint one or more assistant county medical examiners to assist the
investigation and certification of deaths from the list of qualified physicians provided by
the Escambia County Medical Society. Each assistant county medical examiner shall also have
approval of the senior medical examiner of Region IV and the Director of the Alabama Department
of Forensic Sciences and also shall be a contract employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic
Sciences. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §3.)...
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45-49-171.62
Section 45-49-171.62 Qualifications. The county medical examiner shall be a physician licensed
to practice medicine in Alabama and trained in anatomic and forensic pathology. Any vacancy
in the county shall be filled by appointment of the Director of the Department of Forensic
Sciences, who may waive the requirement temporarily to appoint a physician licensed to practice
medicine and trained in anatomic pathology when a vacancy exists which he or she is seeking
to fill. (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 3.)...
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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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45-27-60.14
Section 45-27-60.14 Reimbursement for services. The County Medical Examiner of Escambia County
shall be reimbursed for his or her services by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences
through a contract that shall be negotiable and renewable each year. (Act 97-571, p. 1010,
§15.)...
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45-49-171.61
Section 45-49-171.61 County Medical Examiner; deputies. The State Medical Examiner assigned
to the Department of Forensic Sciences, Region IV office in Mobile, Alabama, shall also serve
as the County Medical Examiner for Mobile County. Other state medical examiners may be assigned
as deputy county medical examiners. (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 2.)...
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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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45-27-60.10
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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