Section 45-37-60 Definitions. As herein used, these terms have the meanings hereby given them: (1) CORONER-MEDICAL EXAMINERS’ OFFICE. The office wherein or wherefrom the staff performs the duties the governing body assigns the staff. (2) GOVERNING BODY. The governing body of Jefferson County. (3) STAFF. The coroner-medical examiners, representatives, and agents this part authorizes the […]
Section 45-37-60.01 Office of coroner abolished. In Jefferson County the office of coroner is abolished and all powers, rights, and duties now or hereafter authorized or required by law to be performed by coroners shall be exercised and performed by the governing body through appointed coroners-medical examiners, representatives, or agents, for the performance of such […]
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 […]
Section 45-37-60.03 Chief coroner-medical examiner. When there is only one coroner-medical examiner on the staff, he or she shall be the chief coroner-medical examiner. When there is more than one coroner-medical examiner on the staff, the governing body shall designate one of them as the chief coroner-medical examiner. Until such designation, the person who has […]
Section 45-37-60.04 Direction of staff. The chief coroner-medical examiner shall direct the staff, subject to the supervision of the county governing body and pursuant to this part and any rules and regulations promulgated by the Coroner-Medical Examiners’ Commission. (Act 79-454, p. 739, §5.)
Section 45-37-60.05 Coroner-Medical Examiners’ Commission – Creation; powers. There shall be established the Coroner-Medical Examiners’ Commission, with the following powers: (1) To consult with the county governing body on the selection, appointment, and retention of the coroner-medical examiner, and such associate coroner-medical examiners as may be necessary and appropriate to appoint. (2) To obtain such […]
Section 45-37-60.06 Coroner-Medical Examiners’ Commission – Composition. (a) The Coroner-Medical Examiners’ Commission shall be composed of the following: (1) The county health officer. (2) The District Attorney of Jefferson County, or his or her designated representative. (3) A representative of the Jefferson County Medical Society selected by the society. (4) A representative of the Birmingham […]
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 […]
Section 45-37-60.08 Investigative powers of coroner-medical examiner. In investigating a death hereunder, the coroner-medical examiner shall be authorized to take charge of the dead body, to investigate the circumstances of the death, to conduct or have conducted an autopsy, and whether or not there is an autopsy, to take and retain whatever tissues and biological […]
Section 45-37-60.09 Authority of coroner-medical examiner. There shall be vested in coroners-medical examiners all the authority now or hereafter vested in coroners by the laws of Alabama, including the authority which Section 15-4-1, vests in coroners and to make inquiry of the facts and circumstances of the death of any person who has been killed […]
