Code of Alabama
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 19 - Dead Bodies.

Section 22-19-4 - Ministers at Funerals to Ascertain if Burial Permit Has Been Secured. - Every minister of the gospel or other person conducting religious...

Section 22-19-5 - Use of Approved Identification System. - (a) Each funeral establishment taking possession of a dead human...

Article 2 - Distribution of Unclaimed Bodies for Scientific Study.

Section 22-19-20 - State of Alabama Anatomical Board - Composition; Secretary. - The State Health Officer, the Dean of the School of...

Section 22-19-21 - State of Alabama Anatomical Board - Powers; Records. - The said board shall have full power to establish rules...

Section 22-19-22 - Notice of Possession of Bodies Required to Be Buried at Public Expense; Delivery to Board; Authorization to Solicit Dead Bodies From Counties. - All public officers of this state and their assistants and...

Section 22-19-23 - When Bodies Not to Be Delivered to Board. - No notice shall be given, nor shall any such body...

Section 22-19-24 - Holding Period; Notice of Death. - Such body or bodies shall, in each and every instance,...

Section 22-19-25 - Distribution of Bodies to Schools. - The said board, or its duly authorized agent, may take...

Section 22-19-26 - Preservation of Bodies for 60 Days by Schools Pending Claims Therefor. - Said schools, upon receiving them, and before any use is...

Section 22-19-27 - Disposal of Bodies After Use by Schools. - When said bodies have been so used and are no...

Section 22-19-28 - Carriers for Conveyance of Bodies; Receipts for Bodies. - The said board may employ a carrier or carriers for...

Section 22-19-29 - Payment of Expenses for Delivery or Distribution of Bodies. - Neither the state, nor any county or municipality nor any...

Section 22-19-30 - Penalty for Violation of Article. - Any person having duties enjoined upon him by the provisions...

Article 3 - Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.

Section 22-19-40 - Short Title. - (a) This article may be cited as the Alabama Uniform...

Section 22-19-41 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall...

Section 22-19-42 - Who May Donate All, or Part Of, Body; Rights of Donees. - (a) Any individual of sound mind and 18 years of...

Section 22-19-43 - Institutions or Persons Who May Become Donees; Purposes for Which Anatomical Gifts May Be Made. - The following persons may become donees of gifts of bodies,...

Section 22-19-44 - Modes of Executing Gift. - (a) A gift of all or part of the body...

Section 22-19-45 - Delivery or Deposit of Gift Document. - If the gift is made by the donor to a...

Section 22-19-46 - Amendment or Revocation of Gift. - (a) If the will, card or other document, or executed...

Section 22-19-47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Upon Death. - (a) The donee may accept or reject the gift. If...

Article 3A - Alabama Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

Section 22-19-50 - Short Title. - Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1,...

Section 22-19-51 - Definitions. - Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1,...

Section 22-19-52 - Making, Amending, Revoking, and Refusing to Make Anatomical Gifts by Individual. - Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1,...

Section 22-19-53 - Making, Revoking, and Objecting to Anatomical Gifts by Others. - Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1,...

Section 22-19-54 - Authorization by Coroner; Medical Examiner; Local Public Health Official. - Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1,...

Section 22-19-55 - Routine Inquiry and Required Request; Search and Notification. - Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1,...

Section 22-19-56 - Persons Who May Become Donees; Purposes for Which Anatomical Gifts May Be Made. - Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1,...

Section 22-19-57 - Delivery of Document of Gift. - Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1,...

Section 22-19-58 - Rights and Duties at Death. - Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1,...

Section 22-19-59 - Coordination of Procurement and Use. - Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1,...

Section 22-19-59.1 - Sale or Purchase of Parts Prohibited. - Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1,...

Section 22-19-59.2 - Examination, Autopsy, Liability. - Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1,...

Section 22-19-59.3 - Administrative Rules. - Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1,...

Section 22-19-59.4 - Legislative Recognition. - Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1,...

Section 22-19-59.5 - Transitional Provisions. - Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1,...

Section 22-19-59.6 - Uniformity of Application and Construction. - Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1,...

Section 22-19-59.7 - Severability. - Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1,...

Article 4 - Anatomical Gifts by Holders of Drivers' Licenses or Nondriver Identification Cards.

Division 1 - Anatomical Gifts by Sworn Affidavit.

Section 22-19-60 - Gift Made by Execution of Affidavit to Be Filed With Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency; Notice of Intent and Specific Gift to Be Noted on Driver's License or Nondriver Identification Card; When Gift Effective; Execution and Ackn... - (a) A gift of all or part of the body...

Section 22-19-61 - Immunity From Civil Liability of Officers and Employees of Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. - The officers and employees of the Alabama State Law Enforcement...

Division 2 - Anatomical Gifts by Application for Driver's License or Nondriver's Identification.

Section 22-19-70 - Inclusion of Question Regarding Organ Donation as Part of Driver's License or Nondriver Identification Card Application System; Notation of Affirmative Response on License or Card. - No later than January 1, 1998, the Alabama State Law...

Section 22-19-71 - Distribution of Informational Brochure; Promotion of Organ and Tissue Donation by Director of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. - A brochure provided by the federally certified Alabama Organ Procurement...

Section 22-19-71.1 - Promotion of Organ Donation Through the Application and Renewal Process for Driver's Licenses. - (a) This section shall be named Angelynn and Courtney's Law....

Section 22-19-72 - Sticker or Decal Indicating Desire to Be Organ Donor. - The Director of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall...

Section 22-19-73 - Statistical and Demographic Information on Organ Donor Designations. - The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall quarterly electronically transfer...

Section 22-19-74 - Driver's License, Nondriver Identification Card, etc., to Accompany Individual to Hospital in Event of Accident or Trauma; Return of Driver's License or Nondriver Identification Card in Event of Death. - Police and emergency personnel responding to the scene of an...

Article 5 - Taking of Blood and Urine Samples From Certain Dead Bodies.

Section 22-19-80 - Authority of Coroners, Deputy Coroners, State Toxicologist and Law Enforcement Officers; Purpose of Taking Samples. - (a) Each duly elected or appointed coroner in the State...

Section 22-19-81 - Persons Who May Be Directed to Withdraw Samples. - Only a physician, registered nurse, duly licensed clinical laboratory technologist,...

Section 22-19-82 - Exemption From Civil and Criminal Liability. - (a) No coroner, deputy coroner, the State Toxicologist and his...

Article 5A

Section 22-19-85 - Retention by Medical Examiner of Organs From a Deceased Person for Additional Testing to Determine Identification or Cause or Manner of Death; Notice. - (a) Unless directed otherwise by the Governor, the Attorney General,...

Article 6 - Eye Enucleation.

Section 22-19-100 - Training of Eye Bank Employees in Eye Tissue Procurement. - The Alabama Eye Bank is authorized to train employees of...

Section 22-19-101 - Certification of Qualifications, Proficiency, Etc. - The Medical Director and the Executive Director of the Alabama...

Section 22-19-102 - Establishment of Standards, Procedures, Etc. - The Medical Director and the Executive Director of the Alabama...

Section 22-19-103 - Employees to Comply With Alabama Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; No Liability. - Any employee of the Alabama Eye Bank who is trained...

Section 22-19-104 - Article Cumulative. - This article does not supersede, modify, or amend prior acts,...

Article 7 - Acquisition and Transportation of Donor Organs, Bones and Tissues.

Section 22-19-120 - Legislative Intent. - (a) The acquisition and transportation and transplantation of donor organs,...

Section 22-19-121 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following terms shall have...

Section 22-19-122 - Promulgation of Proficiency Standards and Quality Assurance Measures; Certification to Acquire and Transport Organs, etc.; Updating of Quality Assurance Standards. - (a) The Chairman of the Department of Surgery of the...

Section 22-19-123 - Adherence to Quality Assurance Standards. - Any person providing any service pertaining to the acquisition and/or...

Section 22-19-124 - Sanctions for Violations of Article. - Any person providing services in violation of the established policies...

Section 22-19-125 - Immunity of Persons Complying With Article and Alabama Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. - Any person who, in good faith, follows the policies and...

Section 22-19-126 - Construction With Other Laws; State Standards to Be Consistent With Federal Standards. - (a) The provisions of this article are cumulative and insofar...

Article 8 - Lifesaving Organ Procurement Act.

Section 22-19-140 - Legislative Intent. - (a) The Legislature of Alabama is acutely aware of the...

Section 22-19-141 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following terms shall have...

Section 22-19-142 - Request for Consent to an Anatomical Gift; Request Not Required Where Anatomical Gift Would Not Be Suitable for Use. - (a) When death occurs in a hospital to a patient...

Section 22-19-143 - Immunity of Persons Complying With Article. - Any person who acts in good faith in accord with...

Section 22-19-144 - Construction With Other Laws. - The provisions of this article are cumulative and, insofar as...

Article 9 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.

Section 22-19-160 - Short Title. - This article may be cited as the Revised Uniform Anatomical...

Section 22-19-161 - Definitions. - In this article: (1) "Adult" means an individual who is...

Section 22-19-162 - Applicability. - This article applies to an anatomical gift or amendment to,...

Section 22-19-163 - Who May Make Anatomical Gift Before Donor's Death. - Subject to Section 22-19-167, an anatomical gift of a donor's...

Section 22-19-164 - Manner of Making Anatomical Gift Before Donor's Death. - (a) A donor may make an anatomical gift: (1) by...

Section 22-19-165 - Amending or Revoking Anatomical Gift Before Donor's Death. - (a) Subject to Section 22-19-167, a donor or other person...

Section 22-19-166 - Refusal to Make Anatomical Gift; Effect of Refusal. - (a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift...

Section 22-19-167 - Preclusive Effect of Anatomical Gift, Amendment, or Revocation. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) and subject...

Section 22-19-168 - Who May Make Anatomical Gift of Decedent's Body or Part. - (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) and unless barred...

Section 22-19-169 - Manner of Making, Amending, or Revoking Anatomical Gift of Decedent's Body or Part. - (a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under...

Section 22-19-170 - Persons That May Receive Anatomical Gift; Purpose of Anatomical Gift. - (a) An anatomical gift may be made to the following...

Section 22-19-171 - Search and Notification. - (a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of...

Section 22-19-172 - Delivery of Document of Gift Not Required; Right to Examine. - (a) A document of gift need not be delivered during...

Section 22-19-173 - Rights and Duties of Procurement Organization and Others. - (a) When a hospital refers an individual at or near...

Section 22-19-174 - Coordination of Procurement and Use. - Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or...

Section 22-19-175 - Sale or Purchase of Parts Prohibited. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a person,...

Section 22-19-176 - Other Prohibited Acts. - A person that, in order to obtain a financial gain,...

Section 22-19-177 - Immunity. - (a) In the absence of wantonness or willful misconduct, a...

Section 22-19-178 - Law Governing Validity; Choice of Law as to Execution of Document of Gift; Presumption of Validity. - (a) A document of gift is valid if executed in...

Section 22-19-179 - Donor Registry. - (a) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency may establish or...

Section 22-19-180 - Effect of Anatomical Gift on Advance Health Care Directive. - (a) In this section: (1) "Advance health care directive" means...

Section 22-19-181 - Cooperation Between Coroner, Medical Examiner, and Procurement Organization. - (a) A coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or...

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...

Section 22-19-183 - Uniformity of Application and Construction. - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...

Section 22-19-184 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. - This article modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in...

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Code of Alabama Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. Chapter 19 - Dead Bodies.

Code of Alabama
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 19 - Dead Bodies.