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.
Structure Code of Alabama
Section 45-27-60 - Office of Coroner Abolished.
Section 45-27-60.01 - County Medical Examiner.
Section 45-27-60.02 - Appointment of Assistant County Medical Examiners.
Section 45-27-60.03 - Death Investigation Training.
Section 45-27-60.04 - Duty to Investigate Certain Deaths.
Section 45-27-60.05 - Medical Examiner's Investigative Authority.
Section 45-27-60.07 - Autopsies or Postmortem Examinations.
Section 45-27-60.08 - Personal Effects of Deceased; Notice to Next of Kin.
Section 45-27-60.09 - Persons in County Having Knowledge of Certain Deaths.
Section 45-27-60.10 - Subpoenas.
Section 45-27-60.11 - Immunity From Civil or Criminal Liability.
Section 45-27-60.12 - Death Investigation Reports.
Section 45-27-60.13 - Duties of Medical Examiner.
Section 45-27-60.14 - Reimbursement for Services.