Alabama § 22-19-82 - Exemption from Civil and Criminal Liability.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 22-19-82 — Exemption from Civil and Criminal Liability., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 22-19-82. Exemption from Civil and Criminal Liability.
(a) No coroner, deputy coroner, the State Toxicologist and his designated or appointed assistants, mortician, licensed embalmer, physician, registered nurse, duly licensed clinical laboratory technologist or clinical laboratory technician or employers of the aforementioned persons shall incur any civil or criminal liability as a result of the proper withdrawal or securing or retention of a blood and/or urine specimen as provided by this article.
(b) The State Toxicologist and his designated or appointed assistants shall incur no civil or criminal liability as a result of the proper analyses or studies of blood and/or urine specimens withdrawn and retained as provided in this article.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 22-19-82 ("Exemption from Civil and Criminal Liability.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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