{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-22-19-85","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 22-19-85","heading":"Retention by Medical Examiner of Organs from a Deceased Person for Additional Testing to Determine Identification or Cause or Manner of Death; Notice.","body":"(a) Unless directed otherwise by the Governor, the Attorney General, a district attorney, or an order of a circuit court judge, a medical examiner performing his or her duties in any county in this state as provided under existing law, including a medical examiner employed by the Department of Forensic Sciences, shall notify the next of kin, through the appropriate law enforcement agency, when retaining a deceased person’s entire organ or organs for additional testing that is required to determine identification or the cause or manner of death.\n(b) A medical examiner performing his or her duties in any county in this state as provided under existing law, including a medical examiner employed by the Department of Forensic Sciences, is prohibited from retaining a deceased person’s entire organ or organs for research or any other purpose not in conjunction with a determination of identification or cause or manner of death without notification to, and approval by, the appropriate next of kin.","path":["Title 22 Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.","Title 1 Health and Environmental Control Generally.","Chapter 19 Dead Bodies.","Article 5A Notification of Kin When Retaining Organs of Deceased Persons."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=22-19-85","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"eed3b5c5e67f1f4b86ee6ca502a076fbb3a267805fe12199aea46e46ee94c35d","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-22-19-82","next":"us-al/ala.-code-22-19-100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}