A baby has been surrendered for the second time in a month at Madison Fire & Rescue’s Station No. 1.

The City of Madison announced the baby was taken to Madison Hospital by HEMSI for medical care.

The Department of Human Resources has also been notified.

The first newborn left in a Safe Haven Baby Box in Alabama came at the same station on Jan. 21, just 12 days after the baby box opened at that location.

Last June 1, the Alabama Legislature expanded the state’s “Safe Haven” law, allowing the surrender of infants, up to 45 days old, at fire stations that operate around-the-clock with emergency personnel.

The new law authorized Safe Haven Baby Boxes, which are secured portals in the exterior walls of fire stations where infants can be placed and immediately retrieved by emergency workers inside. The box allows children to be surrendered anonymously.

When a baby is surrendered to authorities, law enforcement agencies work to make sure the baby is not a missing child. Then petitions are filed in juvenile court to begin the process of placing the child with an adoptive family once she leaves the hospital.

The legal process, without any complications, could be completed within about three months time.