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AL Code § 26-16-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 16 - Child Abuse and Neglect.|Article 3 - Multi-Disciplinary Child Protection Teams.|Section 26-16-52 - Ad Hoc Child Abuse Protection Team Advisory Committee Created; Composition, Duties, etc.; Annual Report.

Section 26-16-52Ad hoc child abuse protection team advisory committee created; composition, duties, etc.; annual report. Upon October 1, 1985, an ad hoc child abuse protection team advisory committee shall be created and shall consist of the following members: The Governor of the State of Alabama or his or her designated representative; the Director of the Department of Human Resources; the Executive Director of the Child Abuse Trust Fund; the President of the State Parents Teachers Association; two judges in the State of Alabama that preside over courts exercising juvenile jurisdiction to be selected by the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court; one representative from the Association of County Department of Human Resources County Directors to be selected by the Governor; the Executive Director of the Office of Prosecution Services; the Chairman of the Victims Compensation Commission; and two other members selected by the President of the Child Abuse Trust Fund. The committee shall study the operational aspects of multi-disciplinary child protection teams, hereinafter referred to as teams, including both existing teams and those teams to be created pursuant to this article, and shall promulgate guidelines for the reporting or referral of child abuse or neglect cases to the teams. The committee shall present their guidelines within three months after the committee is formed to the Governor. Upon final approval of such guidelines by the Governor, the teams shall begin organizing and as soon as it is practicable shall begin to carry out their functions. In order to ensure the effective implementation of these teams, the Director of the Department of Human Resources shall submit a report on the overall operation of these teams to the Joint Legislative Committee on Children and Youth within 30 days of the beginning of each annual regular session of the Alabama Legislature. (Acts 1985, No. 85-682, p. 1078, §3.)
AL Code § 26-16-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 16 - Child Abuse and Neglect.|Article 3 - Multi-Disciplinary Child Protection Teams.|Section 26-16-53 - Existing Child Abuse Prevention Teams Preserved and Exempted From Article.

Section 26-16-53Existing child abuse prevention teams preserved and exempted from article. Child abuse prevention teams in existence as of October 1, 1985, shall not be replaced by the provisions of this article. Such existing teams are hereby expressly preserved and shall be exempt from the provisions of this article. (Acts 1985, No. 85-682, p. 1078, §4.)
AL Code § 26-16-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 16 - Child Abuse and Neglect.|Article 4 - Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers.|Section 26-16-72 - Initial Funding; Failure to Meet Standards.

Section 26-16-72Initial funding; failure to meet standards. Any new child advocacy center within the State of Alabama that desires to become certified by the network may request and receive initial funding if approved by the board of directors of the network. Any center failing to meet the standards established in Section 26-16-70 for a period of one year or longer shall not be eligible to receive state funding. (Acts 1992, No. 92-558, p. 1161, §3.)
AL Code § 26-16-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 16 - Child Abuse and Neglect.|Article 4 - Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers.|Section 26-16-73 - Allocation of Funds by Network Board of Directors.

Section 26-16-73Allocation of funds by network board of directors. The network board of directors shall be responsible for allocating state appropriated funds to existing and new child advocacy centers which meet the standards of Section 26-16-70, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 26-16-71 and 26-16-72. (Acts 1992, No. 92-558, p. 1161, §4; Act 2001-845, p. 651, §1.)
AL Code § 26-16-90 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 16 - Child Abuse and Neglect.|Article 5 - Child Death Review Teams.|Section 26-16-90 - Legislative Findings.

Section 26-16-90Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares that: Every child is entitled to live in safety and in health and to survive into adulthood; there are concerns about the adequacy of efforts in this state to identify deaths; and recognizing that no single agency or person is responsible, that multidisciplinary, multiagency child death review teams are methods of achieving the state policy.  (Act 97-893, p. 252, §1.)
AL Code § 26-16-91 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 16 - Child Abuse and Neglect.|Article 5 - Child Death Review Teams.|Section 26-16-91 - Definitions.

Section 26-16-91Definitions. The following words and phrases have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  (1) AUTOPSY. An external and internal examination, medical history, and record review.  (2) CHILD. A person who has not yet reached his or her eighteenth birthday. (3) CHILD DEATHS TO BE REVIEWED. Those deaths which are unexpected or unexplained. (4) COMMUNITY. The people and area within the local team jurisdiction. (5) COUNTY. The county in which a deceased child resided prior to his or her death. (6) INVESTIGATION. In the context of child death, includes all of the following: a. A postmortem examination which may be limited to an external examination or may include an autopsy.  b. An inquiry by law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction into the circumstances of the death, including a scene investigation and interview with the child's parents, guardians, or caretakers and the person who reported the child's death. c. A review of information regarding the child from relevant agencies, professionals, and providers of medical care. (7) LOCAL TEAM. A multidisciplinary, multiagency child death review team established for a county or judicial circuit pursuant to Section 26-16-96. (8) MEETING. In-person meetings and conferences as well as those through telephone and other live electronic means. Individual participation in meetings through electronic conferencing may be authorized through the state team chairperson or designee. Local teams may not meet by electronic means. (9) PERSON ACTING IN A PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY. A health practitioner, law enforcement officer, employee of a local department of social services, undertaker, funeral home director or employee of a funeral home, or firefighter, who is acting in the course of his or her professional duties. (10) PROVIDER OF MEDICAL CARE. Any health practitioner who personally provides, or a facility through which is provided, any medical evaluation or treatment, including dental and mental health evaluation or treatment. (11) STATE TEAM. The State Child Death Review Team. (12) UNEXPECTED/UNEXPLAINED. In referring to a child's death, includes all deaths which, prior to investigation, appear possibly to have been caused by trauma, suspicious or obscure circumstances, child abuse or neglect, or other agents or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. (Acts 97-893, p. 252, §2.)
AL Code § 26-16-92 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 16 - Child Abuse and Neglect.|Article 5 - Child Death Review Teams.|Section 26-16-92 - State Policy.

Section 26-16-92State policy. It is the policy of this state that responding to unexpected/unexplained child deaths is a state and a community responsibility and must include an accurate and complete determination of the cause of death. (Act 97-893, p. 252, §3.)
AL Code § 26-16-93 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 16 - Child Abuse and Neglect.|Article 5 - Child Death Review Teams.|Section 26-16-93 - State Child Death Review Team - Created.

Section 26-16-93State Child Death Review Team - Created. (a) There is hereby created the State Child Death Review Team, referred to in this article as the state team. (b) The state team shall be situated within the Alabama Department of Public Health for administrative and budgetary purposes. (c) The state team shall be a multidisciplinary, multiagency review team, composed of 28 members, the first 7 of whom are ex officio. The ex officio members may designate representatives from their particular departments or offices to represent them on the state team who may vote and exercise all other prerogatives of the appointment. The members of the state team shall include all of the following: (1) The Jefferson County Coroner, Medical Examiner. (2) The State Health Officer who shall serve as chair. (3) One member appointed by the Alabama Sheriff's Association. (4) The Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. (5) The Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Human Resources. (6) The Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Mental Health. (7) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (8) A pediatrician with expertise in SIDS appointed by the Alabama Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics. (9) A health professional with expertise in child abuse and neglect appointed by the Alabama Department of Public Health. (10) A family practice physician appointed by the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians. (11) A pediatric pathologist appointed by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. (12) Eight private citizens appointed by the Governor.  (13) A member of the clergy appointed by the Governor.  (14) A representative of the Alabama Coroner's Association. (15) A representative of the Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers. (16) A representative of the Alabama Sheriff's Association. (17) A representative of the Alabama District Attorney's Association. (18) A specialist in pediatric emergency medicine appointed by the Alabama Medical Association. (19) A representative of the Alabama Association of Chiefs of Police.  (20) Chair of the Senate Health Committee or his or her designee and the Chair of the House Health Committee or his or her designee. (d) Members who are not ex officio shall serve for a three-year term and shall not serve more than two consecutive terms. Terms for these members shall be staggered. (e) Staffing for the state team shall be provided through the Alabama Department of Public Health using funds appropriated for this article. (f) The initial meeting of the state team shall be held within 60 days of September 11, 1997. Meetings shall be held at least quarterly thereafter. (g) Fifteen members shall constitute a quorum for conducting all activities of the state team which may require a vote among the members. A simple majority of members present constituting a quorum shall be required for any affirmative vote. (Act 97-893, p. 252, §4.)
AL Code § 26-16-95 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 16 - Child Abuse and Neglect.|Article 5 - Child Death Review Teams.|Section 26-16-95 - Liability of Team Members.

Section 26-16-95Liability of team members. State and local team members shall be immune from any and all civil and criminal liability in connection with their good faith participation on the state or local team and all activities associated therewith, provided however, this immunity shall not be available in the event any state or local team member violates the provisions of confidentiality enumerated in this article. (Act 97-893, p. 252, §6.)
AL Code § 26-16-97 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 16 - Child Abuse and Neglect.|Article 5 - Child Death Review Teams.|Section 26-16-97 - Meetings; Disclosure of Information; Violation; Penalties.

Section 26-16-97Meetings; disclosure of information; violation; penalties. (a) Meetings of the state team and of local teams shall be closed to the public and not subject to the State Sunshine Law when the state team or local team is discussing a specific child death. (b) Information identifying a deceased child, a family member, guardian or caretaker of a deceased child, or an alleged or suspected perpetrator of abuse or neglect upon a child, may not be disclosed during a meeting which is open to the public. (c) Information regarding the involvement of any agency with the deceased child or family may not be disclosed during a public meeting. (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the state team or a local team from requesting the attendance at a team meeting of a person who has information relevant to the team's exercise of its purpose and duties. (e) Any person who intentionally violates any portion of this section commits a Class C misdemeanor and shall be punished as prescribed by law. Any person who violates the provisions of confidentiality in any proceedings conducted by either a local team or the state team shall be removed from the team in addition to any other penalty. (Act 97-893, p. 252, §8.)
AL Code § 26-16-98 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 16 - Child Abuse and Neglect.|Article 5 - Child Death Review Teams.|Section 26-16-98 - Confidentiality of Information and Records.

Section 26-16-98Confidentiality of information and records. (a) All information and records acquired by the state team or by a local team, in the exercise of its purpose and duties pursuant to this article, are confidential, exempt from disclosure under Section 41-13-1, and may only be disclosed as necessary to carry out the team's duties and purposes. (b) Reports of the state team and of a local team which do not contain any information that would permit the identification of any person to be ascertained shall be public information. (c) Except as necessary to carry out a team's purpose and duties, members of a team and persons attending a team meeting may not disclose what transpired at a meeting which is not public under Section 26-16-97, nor shall they disclose any information the disclosure of which is prohibited by this section. (d) Members of a team, persons attending a team meeting, and persons who present information to a team may release information to such government agencies as is necessary for the purpose of carrying out assigned team duties. (e) Information, documents, and records of the state team or of a local team are not subject to subpoena, discovery, or introduction into evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding, except that information, documents, and records otherwise available from other sources are not immune from subpoena, discovery, or introduction into evidence through those sources solely because they were presented during proceedings of the team or are maintained by a team. (f) Moreover, notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), those criminal records, court records and other records that have been open to public inspection before September 11, 1997, shall remain open. (Act 97-893, p. 252, §9.)
AL Code § 26-16-99 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 16 - Child Abuse and Neglect.|Article 5 - Child Death Review Teams.|Section 26-16-99 - Duties of Coroner/medical Examiner.

Section 26-16-99Duties of coroner/medical examiner. The duties of the coroner/medical examiner shall include the following: (1) Except in locations where a county medical examiner has jurisdiction, the coroner or a person acting in a professional capacity shall report the death of a child by telecommunications to the medical examiner or his or her representative as soon as possible upon discovery.  (2) Upon receipt of a report of a child death, the county medical examiner or state medical examiner shall determine whether the death appears to be unexpected/unexplained. If the death appears to be unexpected/unexplained, the county medical examiner or state medical examiner shall commence an investigation of the death consisting of a postmortem examination conducted by a state or county medical examiner. Upon the recommendation of the state medical examiner, with authorization from a district attorney, an autopsy may be conducted. A county medical examiner may conduct an autopsy at his or her discretion as authorized by existing statutes. This section should not be interpreted as mandating an autopsy. In a case where an autopsy is not performed, the postmortem examination shall consist of an external examination. (Act 97-893, p. 252, §10.)
AL Code § 26-16-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 16 - Child Abuse and Neglect.|Article 6 - Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation Act.|Section 26-16-110 - Short Title.

Section 26-16-110Short title.  This article shall be known and may be cited as the Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation Act. (Act 2011-705, p. 2184, §1.)
AL Code § 26-16-111 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 16 - Child Abuse and Neglect.|Article 6 - Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation Act.|Section 26-16-111 - Legislative Findings.

Section 26-16-111Legislative findings.  The Legislature finds and declares all the following: (1) Protection of the health and welfare of the infants of this state is a goal of its people and the unexpected or unexplained death of an infant is an important public health concern that requires legislative action. (2) Death scene investigations and findings thereof can be particularly important in accurately diagnosing the manners and causes of infant deaths. (3) Collecting accurate data on the cause and manner of unexpected infant deaths will better enable the state to protect infants from preventable deaths and will help reduce the incidence of infant deaths. (Act 2011-705, p. 2184, §2.)
AL Code § 26-16-112 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 16 - Child Abuse and Neglect.|Article 6 - Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation Act.|Section 26-16-112 - Definitions.

Section 26-16-112Definitions.  For purposes of this arciclet, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST. A pathologist trained or with experience in forensic pathology, licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in the State of Alabama and board certified by the American Board of Pathology, or under the direct supervision of a physician with these qualifications. (2) INFANT DEATH. The sudden death of an person less than one year of age whose death occurs outside the direct care of a physician in a hospital or other health care setting. (3) SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED INFANT DEATH (SUID). The sudden death of an infant less than one year of age whose death occurs outside the direct care of a physician in a hospital or other health care setting and whose cause of death is not reasonably ascertainable after a thorough investigation and examination by the person signing the death certificate. (Act 2011-705, p. 2184, §3.)
AL Code § 26-16-113 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 16 - Child Abuse and Neglect.|Article 6 - Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation Act.|Section 26-16-113 - Alabama Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation Team.

Section 26-16-113Alabama Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation Team.  (a) There is established the Alabama Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation (SUIDI) Team which for administrative purposes shall be organized within the Department of Public Health as a subcommittee of the State Child Death Review Team. The team is charged with the development, maintenance, and provision of SUIDI training curricula for the State of Alabama. The development and approval of infant death investigation protocol and reporting forms are not subject to the rule-making requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act. (b) In order to implement this article, the SUIDI Team shall do all of the following: (1) Establish infant death scene investigation protocol. (2) Develop and maintain the training standards, policies, and procedures related to investigating and reporting SUID in Alabama. (3) Approve a standardized reporting form to be used in conjunction with the above procedures. (Act 2011-705, p. 2184, §4.)
AL Code § 26-16-114 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 16 - Child Abuse and Neglect.|Article 6 - Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation Act.|Section 26-16-114 - Investigations; Training; Protocol and Reporting Forms.

Section 26-16-114Investigations; training; protocol and reporting forms.  (a) An investigation shall be performed utilizing protocol and forms approved by the Alabama Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation (SUIDI) Team in all incidents of infant deaths. (b) All law enforcement agencies within this state are responsible to ensure that all personnel who investigate infant deaths obtain training developed by the SUIDI Team on investigation protocol and completing reporting forms. (c) All elected and appointed coroners and deputy coroners are responsible for obtaining training on investigation protocol and completing reporting forms in cases of infant deaths. (d) The training, which shall be developed by the SUIDI Team, shall include a focus on the importance of being sensitive to the grief of family members and shall be consistent with the death scene investigation protocol approved by the SUIDI Team. (e) The Alabama Department of Public Health shall be responsible for developing a team of trainers to provide infant death investigation training to law enforcement personnel, as well as coroners and deputy coroners. (f) The Alabama Department of Public Health shall be responsible for disseminating infant death investigation protocol and reporting forms to the various law enforcement associations and the Alabama Coroner's Association within the state which shall in turn disseminate the protocol and reporting forms to the respective law enforcement agencies and coroners in this state. (g) When changes occur in protocol pertaining to SUID investigations, the Alabama Department of Public Health shall promptly notify various law enforcement associations and the Alabama Coroner's Association within the state. The changes shall then be communicated in a timely manner to the respective law enforcement agencies and coroners for dissemination to their enforcement personnel. (Act 2011-705, p. 2184, §5.)
AL Code § 26-16-115 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 16 - Child Abuse and Neglect.|Article 6 - Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation Act.|Section 26-16-115 - Duties of County Coroner or Medical Examiner.

Section 26-16-115Duties of county coroner or medical examiner.  (a) In every case of SUID, the county coroner or medical examiner shall be notified and cooperate and assist law enforcement with the death investigation. (b) The county coroner or medical examiner shall obtain legal authorization to send the infant to a forensic pathologist for examination. (c) The county coroner or medical examiner shall contact the appropriate law enforcement personnel to conduct a death investigation according to the protocol developed by the SUIDI Team. The investigation shall be initiated within 24 hours of the time the appropriate law enforcement personnel is contacted. (d) The county coroner or medical examiner shall send a copy of the SUIDI Team approved investigative form to the forensic pathologist conducting the autopsy. (Act 2011-705, p. 2184, §6.)
AL Code § 26-17-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 17 - Alabama Uniform Parentage Act.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 26-17-101 - Short Title.

Section 26-17-101Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Parentage Act (2008). (Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)