The county coroner must have a high school education or an equivalent degree. The county coroner prior to beginning his or her first term and all deputy coroners prior to their first such appointment shall complete at least a 20-hour coroner's death investigation course comparable to the standard course designed for death investigators by the National Association of Medical Examiners. After their first year of service, all coroners and deputy coroners shall attend not less than 20 hours of coroner's death investigation training during each calendar year that they serve and certification made and recorded in the Probate Office of Baldwin County.
Structure Code of Alabama
Section 45-2-61 - Coroner's Investigation.
Section 45-2-61.01 - Qualifications.
Section 45-2-61.02 - Limitation of Coroner's Investigation.
Section 45-2-61.04 - Postmortem Examination and Autopsies.
Section 45-2-61.05 - County Coroner or State Medical Examiner May Take Charge of Bodies.
Section 45-2-61.06 - Responsibility to Certify Deaths.
Section 45-2-61.07 - Hospital and Medical Records.
Section 45-2-61.08 - Duty to Report Deaths; Alteration of Body Evidence Prohibited.
Section 45-2-61.09 - Duty to Notify Next of Kin and Account for Personal Effects.
Section 45-2-61.10 - Cost of Assistance.
Section 45-2-61.11 - Reports as Evidence.
Section 45-2-61.12 - No Liability Incurred for Proper Performance.