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AL Code § 45-37-41.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 2 - Tanning Facilities.|Section 45-37-41.06 - Use of Tanning Device by Minors.

Section 45-37-41.06Use of tanning device by minors. (a) A tanning facility shall not allow a minor between the ages of 14 and 17 to use a tanning device, unless the facility has on file a statement signed by the parent or legal guardian of the minor stating that the parent or legal guardian has read and understands all warnings the tanning facility is required to post, consents to the minor using the tanning device, and agrees that the minor will use the provided protective eyewear. (b) A minor under the age of 14 shall be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian on the initial visit of the minor and shall give written permission for the minor to use a tanning device. (Act 94-619, p. 1154, §7.)
AL Code § 45-37-41.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 2 - Tanning Facilities.|Section 45-37-41.07 - Annual Inspection.

Section 45-37-41.07Annual inspection. (a) The department shall inspect or investigate a tanning facility as necessary but at least annually, or as required by the regulations authorized by this part. (b) The department may adopt necessary regulations to implement this part. (Act 94-619, p. 1154, §8.)
AL Code § 45-37-41.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 2 - Tanning Facilities.|Section 45-37-41.08 - Violations.

Section 45-37-41.08Violations. (a) The department may impose an administrative fine in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for any violation of this part, any regulation adopted pursuant to this part, or any term or condition of any permit issued by the department. The imposition of an administrative fine shall not preclude the department seeking other remedies, including, but not limited to, injunctive relief or the imposition of civil penalties as provided by this part. The total administrative fine shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500). (b) In determining the amount of fine to be levied for a violation, as provided in subsection (a), each of the following factors shall be considered: (1) The extent and severity of any violation of this part, or the regulations adopted pursuant to this part. (2) Actions taken by the permittee to correct the violation. (3) Any previous violations by the permittee. (c) The department may institute legal action for injunctive or other relief to enforce this part. (Act 94-619, p. 1154, §9.)
AL Code § 45-37-41.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 2 - Tanning Facilities.|Section 45-37-41.09 - Provisions Cumulative; Fees or Charges.

Section 45-37-41.09Provisions cumulative; fees or charges. The provisions of this part are cumulative to all other grants of authority of the Jefferson County Board of Health and the Jefferson County Department of Health, whether by local or general law. Any fees or charges levied or charged under the provisions or as a result of this part shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50) per year. (Act 94-619, p. 1154, §10.)
AL Code § 45-37-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 3 - Tattoo Facilities.|Section 45-37-42 - Regulation of Tattooing.

Section 45-37-42Regulation of tattooing. (a) This section shall be operative only in Jefferson County. (b) For the purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Jefferson County Board of Health. (2) TATTOO or TATTOOING. The act of inserting a pigment under the skin of a human being by pricking with a needle or otherwise, so as to produce an indelible mark or figure visible through the skin. (c) No person shall apply a tattoo upon the body of another human unless the person applying the tattoo shall hold a valid permit issued by the department. (d) The department shall regulate persons who practice the art of tattooing and the facilities in which they operate. A permit shall be issued annually by the department to the applicant meeting all requirements governing permit issuance as contained in the regulations governing tattoo facilities. Permits shall expire on December 31 of each year. Inspections of the facility shall be made at a frequency determined by the department, or as required by the regulations as authorized in subsection (e). (e) The department may adopt necessary regulations for the department to govern the application of tattoos upon the body of human beings and the sanitation of tattoo parlors or facilities. (f) No person shall place a tattoo on the body of another person who is under the age of 19 years. (g)(1) Any person who violates this section or any regulation adopted pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (2) Any person who interferes with, hinders, or opposes any agent, officer, or member of the department in the discharge of his or her duties pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (3) Any person who fails to comply with a lawful order issued pursuant to this section within the time prescribed by the department shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (4) The department may impose an administrative fine in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for any violation of this section, any regulation adopted pursuant to this section, or any term or condition of any permit issued by the department. The imposition of an administrative fine shall not preclude the department seeking other remedies, including, but not limited to, injunctive relief or the imposition of criminal penalties as provided by this section. (5) In determining the amount of the fine to be levied for a violation, as provided in subdivision (4), each of the following factors shall be considered:  a. The extent and severity of any violation of this section, or the regulations adopted pursuant to this section. b. Actions taken by the regulated person to correct the violation. c. Any previous violations by the regulated person. (6) The department may institute legal action for injunctive or other relief to enforce this section. (Act 94-620, p. 1157, §§1-7.)
AL Code § 45-37-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 1 - Coroner-Medical Examiner's Office and Commission.|Section 45-37-60 - Definitions.

Section 45-37-60Definitions. As herein used, these terms have the meanings hereby given them: (1) CORONER-MEDICAL EXAMINERS' OFFICE. The office wherein or wherefrom the staff performs the duties the governing body assigns the staff. (2) GOVERNING BODY. The governing body of Jefferson County. (3) STAFF. The coroner-medical examiners, representatives, and agents this part authorizes the governing body to appoint. (Act 79-454, p. 739, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-60.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 1 - Coroner-Medical Examiner's Office and Commission.|Section 45-37-60.01 - Office of Coroner Abolished.

Section 45-37-60.01Office of coroner abolished. In Jefferson County the office of coroner is abolished and all powers, rights, and duties now or hereafter authorized or required by law to be performed by coroners shall be exercised and performed by the governing body through appointed coroners-medical examiners, representatives, or agents, for the performance of such duties in the entire county or in a designated portion thereof, pursuant to this part and the rules promulgated by the herein established Coroner–Medical Examiners' Commission. (Act 79-454, p. 739, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37-60.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 1 - Coroner-Medical Examiner's Office and Commission.|Section 45-37-60.02 - Staffing Requirements; Coroner-Medical Examiner Qualifications.

Section 45-37-60.02Staffing requirements; coroner-medical examiner qualifications. (a) The employment and compensation of all members of the staff shall be governed by any applicable civil service law. (b) Each coroner-medical examiner shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama and recognized and trained in forensic medicine and pathology; provided, however, that the county governing body may waive this requirement temporarily whenever a vacancy exists in the position which the county governing body is seeking to fill. (Act 79-454, p. 739, §3.)
AL Code § 45-37-60.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 1 - Coroner-Medical Examiner's Office and Commission.|Section 45-37-60.03 - Chief Coroner-Medical Examiner.

Section 45-37-60.03Chief coroner-medical examiner. 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. (Act 79-454, p. 739, §4.)
AL Code § 45-37-60.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 1 - Coroner-Medical Examiner's Office and Commission.|Section 45-37-60.04 - Direction of Staff.

Section 45-37-60.04Direction of staff. The chief coroner-medical examiner shall direct the staff, subject to the supervision of the county governing body and pursuant to this part and any rules and regulations promulgated by the Coroner-Medical Examiners’ Commission. (Act 79-454, p. 739, §5.)
AL Code § 45-37-60.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 1 - Coroner-Medical Examiner's Office and Commission.|Section 45-37-60.05 - Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission - Creation; Powers.

Section 45-37-60.05Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission - Creation; powers. There shall be established the Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission, with the following powers: (1) To consult with the county governing body on the selection, appointment, and retention of the coroner-medical examiner, and such associate coroner-medical examiners as may be necessary and appropriate to appoint. (2) To obtain such opinions from the county attorney and Attorney General and to rely thereon as the Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission may determine to be necessary to interpret any statutes that pertain to the operation of the coroner-medical examiner function. (3) To promulgate rules and regulations governing the reviews and investigations of the coroner-medical examiners' office including the conditions upon which such investigations shall be conducted. (4) To receive all questions and inquiries concerning the operation of the coroner-medical examiners' function which may be submitted by the coroner-medical examiner, the county governing body, elected or appointed officials, other public officials, private citizens, groups, and any others and to render such answers, statements, opinions, or interpretation thereto as the Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission may determine to be appropriate. (5) To solicit and actively work toward full cooperation of all disciplines within the community and all departments of the county government that are associated with the coroner-medical examiner function. (6) To assist the coroner-medical examiner when and where necessary in the education of the public and their representatives regarding the coroner-medical examiner function. (Act 79-454, p. 739, §6.)
AL Code § 45-37-60.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 1 - Coroner-Medical Examiner's Office and Commission.|Section 45-37-60.06 - Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission - Composition.

Section 45-37-60.06Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission - Composition. (a) The Coroner-Medical Examiners’ Commission shall be composed of the following: (1) The county health officer. (2) The District Attorney of Jefferson County, or his or her designated representative. (3) A representative of the Jefferson County Medical Society selected by the society. (4) A representative of the Birmingham Bar Association selected by the association. (5) A representative of the Medical Center of the University of Alabama in Birmingham selected by the center. (6) Two members of the Jefferson County Legislative Delegation, one from the Senate and one from the House. (7) A Jefferson County law enforcement officer appointed by the Sheriff of Jefferson County. (8) Two licensed funeral directors who are residents of Jefferson County, actively engaged in the funeral business in the county, who shall be appointed by the Alabama Board of Funeral Service. (9) A citizen of Jefferson County appointed by the County Commissioners of Jefferson County. (b) The commission members, except the ex officio members, shall serve three-year terms, and members shall be eligible to succeed themselves. The Coroner-Medical Examiners’ Commission shall elect from its members a chair and vice chair to serve for one-year terms, and it shall organize itself into such committees as it deems necessary. The county governing body shall supply staff assistance for the commission. The county governing body may provide funds for reasonable expenses including meals of the commission. The Coroner-Medical Examiners’ Commission shall meet no less than once each quarter of the year, and as often as may be necessary to dispose of business before it and shall report its activities to the county governing body. If any such representative or individual designated in subdivision (1) to subdivision (7), inclusive, should refuse or for any reason fail to serve on the Coroner-Medical Examiners’ Commission, the remaining members shall have the power and be authorized to carry out the duties of the commission. (Act 79-454, p. 739, §7.)
AL Code § 45-37-60.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 1 - Coroner-Medical Examiner's Office and Commission.|Section 45-37-60.07 - Duty to Investigate Certain Deaths.

Section 45-37-60.07Duty to investigate certain deaths. Pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the Coroner-Medical Examiners’ Commission, it shall be the duty of the chief and associate coroner-medical examiners to review or investigate and determine, the cause and manner of any death, when such death may fall within one or more of the following categories subject to the commission’s power to change the categories:  (1) Criminal violence or criminal neglect. (2) Criminal abortion. (3) When a body is to be cremated, dissected, or buried at sea. (4) Unclaimed bodies. (5) When a dead body is brought into this state without proper medical certification. (6) Accident, when requested by surviving spouse, if any, or next of kin. (7) Unexpected death while under anesthesia or within 24 hours following anesthesia, or any other diagnostic or therapeutic procedure with the written permission of the surviving spouse or next of kin. (8) In any prison or penal institution. (9) When in police custody. (10) Disease constituting a hazard to public health when requested in writing by the county health officer. (Act 79-454, p. 739, §8.)
AL Code § 45-37-60.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 1 - Coroner-Medical Examiner's Office and Commission.|Section 45-37-60.08 - Investigative Powers of Coroner-Medical Examiner.

Section 45-37-60.08Investigative powers of coroner-medical examiner. In investigating a death hereunder, the coroner-medical examiner shall be authorized to take charge of the dead body, to investigate the circumstances of the death, to conduct or have conducted an autopsy, and whether or not there is an autopsy, to take and retain whatever tissues and biological samples, including blood or urine, or both, as he or she deems necessary from the body of a person which he or she deems necessary to establish the cause and manner of such person’s death, and to take possession of any object or article which in his or her opinion would be useful in establishing the identity of the deceased or the cause and manner of death, or both. (Act 79-454, p. 739, §9.)
AL Code § 45-37-60.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 1 - Coroner-Medical Examiner's Office and Commission.|Section 45-37-60.09 - Authority of Coroner-Medical Examiner.

Section 45-37-60.09Authority of coroner-medical examiner. There shall be vested in coroners-medical examiners all the authority now or hereafter vested in coroners by the laws of Alabama, including the authority which Section 15-4-1, vests in coroners and to make inquiry of the facts and circumstances of the death of any person who has been killed or has suddenly died under such circumstances as to afford a reasonable ground for belief that such death has been occasioned by the act of another by unlawful means, and the authority of the section vests in coroners to submit to a judge of a court of record or a district attorney, sworn written statements of witnesses having personal knowledge of such circumstances, and to summon, upon direction of such judge or district attorney, a jury to inquire into the cause and manner of such person’s death. (Act 79-454, p. 739, §10.)
AL Code § 45-37-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 2 - Corneal Tissue.|Section 45-37-61 - Authority to Take Corneal Tissue During Autopsy.

Section 45-37-61Authority to take corneal tissue during autopsy. Pursuant to rules and regulations recommended by the Jefferson County Medical Examiner and adopted by the Coroner-Medical Examiners’ Commission, the coroner-medical examiner and any associate coroner-medical examiner shall be authorized to take corneal tissue on behalf of any eye bank located in Jefferson County which makes such corneal tissue for transplants available to all medical facilities in Jefferson County authorized to perform such transplants, when such tissue would otherwise be destroyed during the course of the examination. There shall be no charge to the patient recipient for the corneal tissue provided by the eye bank. (Act 87-524, p. 793, §1; Act 91-711, p. 1384, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Employees.|Section 45-37-71 - Additional Staff.

Section 45-37-71Additional staff. (a) The Jefferson County Commission is hereby authorized to employ for and on behalf of the county three employees for each duly elected county commissioner. One of the employees for each commissioner is to be known as administrative assistant to the commissioner. The compensation for each such administrative assistant shall be fixed and determined by the county commission. One of the employees for each commissioner shall be known as a confidential secretary to the county commissioner. The compensation for each confidential secretary shall be fixed and determined by the Jefferson County Commission. One of the employees for each county commissioner shall be known as the administrative secretary to the commissioner. The compensation for each administrative secretary shall be fixed and determined by the Jefferson County Commission. All such administrative assistants, confidential secretaries, and administrative secretaries shall be exempt from the provisions of any merit system applicable to Jefferson County employees. Provided, however, should any such administrative assistant, confidential secretary, or administrative secretary be a member of such merit system at the time of their appointment, then upon termination of such appointment such individual shall have the right to return to the employ of Jefferson County in a position which carries the same or higher classification under such merit system with full credit for time spent as an administrative assistant, confidential secretary, or administrative secretary as if the individual had continued in such merit system position instead of such administrative assistant, confidential secretary, or administrative secretary. (b) Individuals appointed as administrative assistant, confidential secretary, or administrative secretary are eligible to become members of any pension system applicable to county employees provided application for such membership is made to the board or other authority administering such pension system within 30 days of appointment. This section shall not limit the authority of the county commission to appoint other county employees under applicable merit or civil service system, or otherwise where authorized by any other law. No person employed in one of these staff positions shall run for elected office while so employed. (Act 89-702, p. 1397, §§1, 2; Act 96-507, p. 644, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 4 - Powers.|Section 45-37-73 - Curfew Regulation.

Section 45-37-73Curfew regulation. (a) The Jefferson County Commission may regulate and restrict the activity of minors under 17 years of age in the unincorporated areas of the county, by resolution or ordinance, in public places and establishments. (b) The resolution or ordinance may include any one or more of the following: (1) Definitions of certain words and terms and descriptions of the places and locations to which the regulation and restriction are applicable. (2) The individuals who are responsible for violations, including parents and custodians of the minors, and the responsibility of owners, operators, managers, and employees of establishments. (3) The regulated or restricted curfew hours and the days of the week when the curfew applies. (4) A requirement to post notice of the curfew hours. (5) The defenses or situations and activities which are excluded from the resolution or ordinance. (c) A violation of the curfew established by ordinance or resolution pursuant to this section constitutes a public nuisance against the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Jefferson County. The resolution or ordinance shall be enforced by the sheriff of the county in the best interests of the citizens of Jefferson County. The sheriff may also notify the proper authorities of any truant student. The sheriff may commence a civil action in the name of the county in the Juvenile Court of Jefferson County, to abate or enjoin any responsible person or minor found in violation of the ordinance or resolution. The minor and, if applicable, the parents or legal guardian of the minor or other responsible person, shall be served with the notice to appear in the juvenile court to show cause why an injunction should not be issued against the responsible person, minor, parent, or legal guardian. The juvenile court may assess all costs against the responsible person, minor, parent, or legal guardian of abating a public nuisance declared by this section, including attorney fees, court costs, and all other expenses of litigation, against the person creating or maintaining the public nuisance. Any responsible person, minor, parent, or legal guardian violating an injunction issued pursuant to this section may be assessed civil fines of increasing severity by the juvenile court in amounts to be set by the ordinance or resolution. (Act 99-306, p. 414, §§1-3.)