Any person having duties enjoined upon him by the provisions of this article or other health laws of this state relating to the distribution of unclaimed dead bodies for scientific study who shall neglect, refuse or omit to perform the same as therein required must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 and may be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months.
Ala. Code § 22-19-30 (1975)