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 been longest in the continuous service of the county as coroner-medical examiner shall be the chief coroner-medical examiner.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.
Part 1 - Coroner-Medical Examiner's Office and Commission.
Section 45-37-60 - Definitions.
Section 45-37-60.01 - Office of Coroner Abolished.
Section 45-37-60.02 - Staffing Requirements; Coroner-Medical Examiner Qualifications.
Section 45-37-60.03 - Chief Coroner-Medical Examiner.
Section 45-37-60.04 - Direction of Staff.
Section 45-37-60.05 - Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission - Creation; Powers.
Section 45-37-60.06 - Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission - Composition.
Section 45-37-60.07 - Duty to Investigate Certain Deaths.
Section 45-37-60.08 - Investigative Powers of Coroner-Medical Examiner.
Section 45-37-60.09 - Authority of Coroner-Medical Examiner.