As used by the Coroner’s Training Commission, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings respectively.

1. (1) Approved Academy: A school certified and authorized by the Commission to conduct law enforcement training.

   1. (a) Commission - The Alabama Coroners Training Commission as mandated and appointed per state statute.
   2. (b) Coroner -Duly elected or appointed person as described by Alabama state statute.
   3. (c) Deputy Coroner - Duly appointed person or persons to act under discretion of the Coroner.
   4. (d) Approved training - Training approved by the Commission.
   5. (e) Document - To furnish with references, citations, etc., in support of statements made a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence .
   6. (f) Compliant - Manufactured or produced in accordance with a specified body of rules.
   7. (g) Non-compliant - Failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
   8. (h) Medical Examiner -A physician trained in medicine to perform postmortem examination s on the bodies of persons supposed to have died from unnatural or suspicious causes and to investigate the cause and circumstances of such deaths.
   9. (i) Quorum - A meeting of at least 4 members whether in person at a designated date, time and place or by electronic means at a designated date and time.

Author: Bill Harris

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§11-5-31.

History: New Rule: Filed June 17, 2019; effective August 1, 2019.