Upon January 15, 1998, title and control of all equipment in the office of the Escambia County Coroner shall be transferred by Escambia County to the county medical examiner and to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. The Escambia County Commission shall establish a Medical Examiner Fund. Thereafter, all funds previously appropriated by the county commission to the office of coroner shall be appropriated to the Medical Examiner Fund. The appropriation shall be in the amount agreed to between the county commission and the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences each year, but the amount shall not be less than the amount appropriated to the office of the coroner in the Escambia County 1997-98 fiscal year budget. The senior state medical examiner in Region IV of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, in conjunction with the Escambia County Medical Examiner, shall review the funding of the county medical examiner each year with the Escambia County Commission to assure adequate support for the investigations of death in the county.
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.