(a) The medical examiner or forensic science pathologist in Mobile County is hereby authorized to provide a cornea to any patient in need of corneal tissue for a transplant upon request of a certified eye bank, certified by the Eye Bank Association of America under all of the following conditions:
(1) If a decedent who may provide a suitable cornea for the transplant is under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner or forensic science pathologist and an autopsy will be required in accordance with state law.
(2) If no objection by the next of kin is known by the medical examiner or forensic science pathologist.
(3) If the cornea for transplant will not interfere with the subsequent course of an investigation or autopsy or will alter the postmortem facial appearance.
(b) Upon compliance with this section, the medical examiner or forensic science pathologist or the certified eye bank shall not have any civil or criminal liability.
Structure Code of Alabama
Article 17 - Health and Environment.
Division 4 - Medical Examiner.
Section 45-49-171.60 - Office of Coroner Abolished.
Section 45-49-171.61 - County Medical Examiner; Deputies.
Section 45-49-171.62 - Qualifications.
Section 45-49-171.63 - Investigation of Deaths.
Section 45-49-171.64 - Authority of Medical Examiner in Death Investigations.
Section 45-49-171.65 - Issuance of Death Certificate.
Section 45-49-171.66 - Autopsy or Postmortem Examination.
Section 45-49-171.67 - Personal Effects on or About Body.
Section 45-49-171.68 - Reporting of Death; Violations.
Section 45-49-171.69 - Issuance of Subpoenas.
Section 45-49-171.70 - Immunity Form Civil or Criminal Liability.
Section 45-49-171.71 - Admissibility of Reports of Death Investigations.
Section 45-49-171.72 - Powers and Duties of Coroners.
Section 45-49-171.73 - Compensation.
Section 45-49-171.74 - Transfer of Title to Property; Disposition of Funds.
Section 45-49-171.75 - Transportation of Bodies.