Ala. Code § 45-37-60.03
Current with legislation from 2024 effective through May 17, 2024.
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.
Ala. Code § 45-37-60.03 (1975)