Alabama Administrative Code › Title 235 - ALABAMA BOARD OF CORONERS TRAINING COMMISSION › Chapter 235-X-1 - ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE › Section 235-X-1-.17 - Required Training/Education Hours

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Each Coroner and Deputy Coroner, as
					required by Section
					11-5-31 will successfully complete twelve (12) hours of
Commission
					approved
training/education annually (January 1-December
					31) and will have submitted proof of said completion to the Commission by no
					later than January 15 of the following year.
(2) The Commission will, no later than
					February 1 of the following year, have reviewed all submitted documentation and
					will have sent via U.S. mail, facsimile or electronic mail, all Letters of
					Non-compliance to the Coroner at the address on file with the
					Commission.
(3) The Commission
					membership will review all submitted documentation within the timeframe allowed
					and will forward the results of those reviews to the Secretary-Treasurer who
					will maintain the training/education records of Coroners and Deputy Coroners
					and will draft and mail Letters of Non-compliance to the Coroner. The
					Secretary-Treasurer should utilize files and data base systems to allow for
					report generation and the designation of Coroners and Deputy Coroners who are
					compliant and non-compliant.
(4)
					Any Coroner or Deputy Coroner contesting the designation of being Non-Compliant
					must submit a written explanation specifically detailing why they are
					compliant. If a Coroner or Deputy Coroner failed to submit documentation on
					successfully completed training/education, they should do so as soon as they
					are notified of their Non-compliance. All letters contesting non-compliance and
					all documentation of successfully completed training/education must be
					submitted to the Commission no later than March 1 of the following
					year.
(5) The Commission will
					review any letter contesting non-compliance and make any Declaratory Rulings
					within 30 days of receiving the letter.
(6) The Commission reserves the right, with a
					quorum vote of four, to deny any submitted training/education submissions
					received after January 15th of the following year.
(7) Any Coroner or Deputy Coroner who is
					non-compliant should successfully complete Commission approved
					training/education as soon as possible and submit proof of completion to the
					Commission to become compliant for the current years' requirements.
					Training/education attended in the following year will NOT be applied to the
					previous years' requirement to remove a designation of
					non-compliance.
(8) The
					Secretary-Treasurer, upon receiving notification from the Commission of a
					Coroner or Deputy Coroner's change in "Status", will notify the Coroner in
					writing of any changes.
(9) Any
					Coroner or Deputy Coroner who is designated non-compliant for 18 months (After
					March 1 of following year) shall be reported to his or her County Commission
					and District Attorney's Office via letter from the Commission
					Secretary-Treasurer.
(10) Medical
					Examiners and Coroners who are Medical Doctors are required to obtain
					educational credit annually to maintain their medical license and by doing so
					are excluded from this requirement.
Author:
Bill Harris
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975
, §§
										11-5-31.