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45-37-60.07
Section 45-37-60.07 Duty to investigate certain deaths. Pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated
by the Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission, it shall be the duty of the chief and associate
coroner-medical examiners to review or investigate and determine, the cause and manner of
any death, when such death may fall within one or more of the following categories subject
to the commission's power to change the categories: (1) Criminal violence or criminal neglect.
(2) Criminal abortion. (3) When a body is to be cremated, dissected, or buried at sea.
(4) Unclaimed bodies. (5) When a dead body is brought into this state without proper medical
certification. (6) Accident, when requested by surviving spouse, if any, or next of kin. (7)
Unexpected death while under anesthesia or within 24 hours following anesthesia, or any other
diagnostic or therapeutic procedure with the written permission of the surviving spouse or
next of kin. (8) In any prison or penal institution. (9) When in...
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45-27-60.04
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 gestation unattended by
a physician. (10) Deaths due to criminal abortion. (11) Any death of an infant or child
under 19 years of age where the medical history has not established some preexisting medical
condition to clearly explain the death and the preterminal circumstances. (12) Deaths which
are possibly directly or indirectly attributable to environmental exposure not otherwise specified.
(13) Deaths suspected to be caused by infectious or contagious disease wherein the diagnosis
and extent of disease at the time are undetermined. (14) Deaths occurring under...
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45-49-171.63
of when or where the injury occurred. (3) Any death suspected to be due to alcohol or drugs
or exposure to toxic agents. (4) Deaths due to poisoning. (5) All deaths of persons in the
custody of law enforcement officers or in penal institutions. (6) Deaths suspected to be involved
with the decedent's occupation. (7) Deaths unattended by a physician. (8) Any death due to
neglect. (9) Any stillbirth of 20 or more weeks' gestation unattended by a physician. (10)
Deaths due to criminal abortion. (11) Any death of an infant or child under 19 years
of age where the medical history has not established some preexisting medical condition to
clearly explain the death and the preterminal circumstances. (12) Deaths which are possibly
directly or indirectly attributable to environmental exposure not otherwise specified. (13)
Any death suspected to be due to infectious or contagious disease wherein the diagnosis and
extent of disease at the time are undetermined. (14) Any death occurring...
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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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11-5-30
Section 11-5-30 Legislative findings; construction. (a) The Legislature hereby finds, determines,
and declares all of the following: (1) An unattended and sudden death is one of society's
most tragic events and should receive the appropriate caring, competent, and thorough attention
of all levels of government. (2) A suspicious, sudden, or violent death is very difficult
to investigate and to accurately determine the cause and manner of death for the death certificate.
(3) Medical examiners and coroners determine the cause of death and with other forensic scientists
and investigators determine the manner of death. (4) Death certificates issued on unattended,
sudden, and violent deaths greatly impact government spending decisions, the living loved
ones, and insurance decisions so that the accuracy of the death certificate is of great concern
to the Legislature. (5) There are currently no minimum standards of training for county coroners.
(6) Local coroners or non-physician death...
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22-11A-68
Section 22-11A-68 Immunity from liability for those involved in investigation. (a) Members
and staff of the State Board of Health, the State Committee of Public Health, the Board of
Medical Examiners, the Medical Licensure Commission, the Board of Nursing, the Board of Dental
Examiners, the Board of Podiatry, physicians, hospitals, other health care facilities, and
other entities and persons required to report or furnish information under this article and
any expert review panels, consultants to any expert review panel, and agents and employees
of the Alabama Department of Public Health shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability
for making reports or furnishing any information required by this article or for actions taken
or actions not taken in the line and scope of official or required duties during their investigations,
hearings, rulings, and decisions. (b) All information collected during the investigation of
an infected health care worker is privileged and shall be...
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6-5-662
Section 6-5-662 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following words shall have the
following meanings: (1) ESTABLISHED FREE MEDICAL CLINIC. An organized community-based program
providing medical care, without charge to individuals unable to pay for it, and which is limited
to care that does not require the services of a licensed hospital or ambulatory surgical center,
and care that does not include the use of general anesthesia or require an overnight stay
in a health care facility. (2) MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. A person licensed by the Alabama Medical
Licensure Commission established under Section 34-24-310, or licensed to practice the treatment
of human ailments in any other state or territory of the United States; or a person licensed
by the Alabama Board of Nursing established under Section 34-21-2; or a person licensed by
the Board of Chiropractic Examiners established under Section 34-24-140; or a person licensed
by the Alabama Board of Optometry established under Section...
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34-24-70
Section 34-24-70 Qualifications of applicants. (a) The following constitute the requirements
for the issuance of a certificate of qualification for a license to practice medicine in this
state: (1) MEDICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENT. All applicants for a certificate of qualification
shall present a diploma or evidence of graduation from any of the following institutions:
a. A college of medicine or school of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical
Education of the American Medical Association. b. A college of osteopathy accredited by the
American Osteopathic Association. c. A college of medicine or school of medicine not accredited
by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education which is approved by the Board of Medical Examiners.
The board may, within its discretion, withhold approval of any college of medicine not designated
in either a., or b., above which: 1. Has had its accreditation withdrawn by a national or
regional accreditation organization; or 2. Has had its...
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34-29-61
Section 34-29-61 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings ascribed by this section: (1) ACCREDITED SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE.
Any veterinary college or division of a university or college that offers the degree of doctor
of veterinary medicine or its equivalent and is accredited by the American Veterinary Medical
Association (AVMA). (2) ANIMAL. Any animal or mammal other than man, including birds, fish,
reptiles, wild or domestic, living or dead. (3) APPLICANT. A person who files an application
to be licensed to practice veterinary medicine or licensed as a veterinary technician. (4)
BOARD. Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. (5) CONSULTING VETERINARIAN. A
veterinarian licensed in another state who gives advice or demonstrates techniques to a licensed
Alabama veterinarian or group of licensed Alabama veterinarians. A consulting veterinarian
shall not utilize this privilege to circumvent the law. (6) DIRECT...
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34-24-297
Section 34-24-297 Issuance of license - Requirements. The following constitutes the requirements
for the issuance of a license to practice as an assistant to physician: (1) Provide evidence,
satisfactory to the board, of successful completion of a training program accredited by the
Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) or the Commission on Accreditation
of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or their successor agencies. (2) Provide evidence,
satisfactory to the board, of successful completion of the Physician Assistant National Certification
Examination (PANCE) as administered by the National Commission on Certification of Physician
Assistants (NCCPA) or the National Certifying Examination for Anesthesiologist Assistants
(NCEAA) as administered by the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants
(NCCAA). (3) Submit an application on forms approved by the board in its rules. (4) Pay in
advance to the board the required application...
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