Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-115 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 17 / Section 27-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-115
Status: in_force

If the board of supervisors finds that a mosquito control program is feasible and practical, it shall enter an order requiring all persons, firms, associations and corporations who are to engage in planting or producing rice for the following crop year to obtain permits for such rice production. The fee for such permits shall be based on the total acreage of the applicant which is to be devoted to rice production. The board of supervisors may fix the cost per acre of such permit so that each of the estimated acres of rice to be planted during the following crop year shall bear its pro rata part of the total cost of the program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-51-33 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 17 / Section 51-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-51-33
Status: in_force

The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi may bring an action in the name of the people of the State of Mississippi to enjoin the continued operation of any disposal or rendering plant found to be operating within this state for which no license has been obtained under this chapter or for which such license has been suspended or revoked.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-31 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-31
Status: in_force

For the purpose of authorizing the establishment of mental illness and intellectual disability facilities and services in the State of Mississippi, the boards of supervisors of one or more counties are authorized to act singularly or as a group in the selection of a regional district by spreading upon their minutes by resolution such designation in conformity with Chapter 427, Laws of 2023.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-111 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 41-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-111
Status: in_force

(1) A person who intentionally, knowingly or recklessly violates any provision of Sections 41-41-101 through 41-41-117 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(2) No criminal penalty may be assessed against the pregnant woman upon whom the drug-induced abortion is performed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-61-53 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 61-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-61-53
Status: in_force

For the purposes of Sections 41-61-51 through 41-61-79 , the following definitions shall apply:

(a) “ Certification of death ” means signing the death certificate.

(b) “ Coroner ” means the elected county official provided for in Sections 19-21-101 through 19-21-107 .

(c) “ County medical examiner investigator ” means a nonphysician coroner or deputy coroner trained to investigate and certify deaths affecting the public interest.

(d) “ County medical examiner ” means a licensed physician who is a coroner or deputy coroner trained to investigate and certify deaths affecting the public interest.

(e) “ Death affecting the public interest ” means any death of a human being where the circumstances are sudden, unexpected, violent, suspicious or unattended.

(f) “ Medical examiner ” means the medical examiner system which is composed of the State Medical Examiner, county medical examiners and county medical examiner investigators collectively, and is a jurisdictional identifier, not a title, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(g) “ Medical examiner investigator ” means a nonphysician appointed, trained and supervised by the State Medical Examiner to investigate and assist with the certification of deaths affecting the public interest.

(h) “ Pronouncement of death ” means the statement of opinion that life has ceased for an individual.

(i) “ State Medical Examiner ” means the person appointed by the Commissioner of Public Safety pursuant to Section 41-61-55 to investigate and certify deaths that affect the public interest.

(j) “ Autopsy ” means a postmortem examination.

(k) “ Postmortem examination ” means an examination of a dead human body that may include the least invasive to most invasive methods based on the expertise and judgment of the pathologist handling the case.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-9-213 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-213
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-9-213
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt, in accordance with Section 25-43-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972 , rules and regulations for the establishment and operation of rural health networks, including the designation of critical access hospitals of rural areas and minimum standards, as necessary, for such critical access hospitals.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-51-25 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 51-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-51-25
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall have power to suspend for any fixed period, or to revoke, the license held by any licensee under this chapter in the event that such licensee shall violate and fail or refuse to obey any of the provisions of this chapter, or of the rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner, or in the event the state board of health shall certify in writing to the commissioner that any particular disposal plant or rendering plant is a menace to the public health, stating the charges specifically and definitely, in which case the hearing hereinafter provided for shall be held within thirty (30) days after such charges of said board are so filed.

Before any license shall be suspended or revoked, the licensee shall be furnished with a written copy of the charges made against him and a hearing shall be had before the commissioner, or his authorized representative, at such time and place as he may fix, upon at least ten (10) days' notice in writing to the licensee, to determine whether such license shall be suspended or revoked. Such notice may be served either by registered mail, with return receipt, addressed to such licensee at the address shown in his application, or in the manner provided by law for the service of a summons. At the time and place fixed for the hearing, the licensee may appear in person and by counsel and such charges shall be deemed denied, without any answer thereto. The licensee may, however, file an answer if he so desires. Any other person whose interest would be adversely affected either by the suspension or revocation of such license or by its continuing in effect may intervene and offer evidence at such hearings. The hearing shall be conducted in a summary manner, under such procedure as the rules and regulations may prescribe, and the commissioner, or his representative, shall receive and hear all the evidence and arguments offered by both parties and shall afford the licensee full opportunity to present all defenses available to him. When a hearing under this section is conducted before a representative of the commissioner, a written report and summary of the evidence at such hearing shall be made by him to the commissioner, with recommendation for action thereon. The commissioner, after such hearing before him, or after considering such report and summary of the evidence by his representative, shall render such decision and make such order as he may deem just, either dismissing the proceedings, or suspending the license for any fixed period, or revoking the license. Such order shall be entered on his records and written notice thereof shall be forthwith mailed by registered mail, with return receipt, to or served personally upon such licensee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-113-5 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 22 / Section 113-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-113-5
Status: in_force

(1) The Office of Tobacco Control shall be under the management of a director, who shall be appointed by the State Health Officer. The responsibility for implementation of the comprehensive and statewide tobacco education, prevention and cessation program shall be vested in the director. The director shall be an individual who has knowledge and experience in public health, medical care, health care services, preventive health measures or tobacco use control. The director shall be the administrative officer of the Office of Tobacco Control, and shall perform the duties that are required of him or her by law and such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the State Board of Health. The director shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the State Board of Health, subject to the approval of the State Personnel Board.

(2) The State Health Officer may employ such other persons as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The compensation and the terms and conditions of their employment shall be determined by the State Board of Health in accordance with applicable state law and rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-81-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 81-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-81-1
Status: in_force

The State Department of Health is authorized to coordinate the development and implementation of a regionalized system of perinatal health care services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-205 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 21-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-205
Status: in_force

(1) The State Board of Health shall establish in the State Department of Health a program to:

(a) Identify and investigate birth defects; and

(b) Maintain a central registry of cases of birth defects.

(2) The department shall design the registry program so that it will:

(a) Provide information to identify risk factors and causes of birth defects;

(b) Provide information on other possible causes of birth defects;

(c) Provide for the development of strategies to prevent birth defects;

(d) Provide for interview studies about the causes of birth defects; and

(e) Provide for the collection of birth defect information.

(3) The board shall adopt rules, regulations and procedures to govern the operation of the registry program and to carry out the intent of this section.

(4) The board in its rules and regulations shall specify the types of information to be provided to the birth defects registry and the persons and entities who are required to provide such information to the birth defects registry.

(5) The board by rule shall prescribe the manner in which records and other information are made available to the department.

(6) The department may obtain records and/or test results of individuals not reported or observed to have a birth defect reported to the department at a later date.

(7) The following persons who act in compliance with this section are not civilly or criminally liable for furnishing the information required under this section:

(a) A hospital, clinical laboratory, genetic treatment center or other health-care facility;

(b) An administrator, officer or employee of a hospital, clinical laboratory, genetic treatment center or other health-care facility; and

(c) A physician or employee of a physician.

(8) Information collected and analyzed by the department under this section shall be placed in a central registry to facilitate research and to maintain security.

(a) Data obtained under this section directly from the medical records of a patient is for the confidential use of the department and the persons or public or private entities that the department determines are necessary to carry out the intent of this section. The data is privileged and may not be divulged or made public in a manner that discloses the identity of an individual whose medical records have been used for obtaining data under this section.

(b) Information that may identify an individual whose medical records have been used for obtaining data under this section is not available for public inspection under the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.

(c) Statistical information collected under this section is public information.

(9) The department may use the registry to:

(a) Investigate the causes of birth defects and other health conditions as authorized by statute;

(b) Design and evaluate measures to prevent the occurrence of birth defects, and other conditions; and

(c) Conduct other investigations and activities necessary for the board and the department to fulfill their obligation to protect the public health.

(10) Any person or entity who misuses the information provided to the registry shall be subject to a civil penalty of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each such failure or misuse. Such penalty shall be assessed and levied by the board after a hearing, and all such penalties collected shall be deposited into the State General Fund.

(11) The State Health Officer may appoint or delegate his authority for the purposes of this section to an advisory committee, not to exceed ten (10) persons, to assist in the design and implementation of this central registry with representation from relevant groups including, but not limited to, hospitals, physicians, board-certified clinical geneticists, personnel of the department, personnel of other appropriate state agencies, disabled persons (resulting from a birth defect) and parents of disabled children (resulting from a birth defect). If a central registry advisory committee is created by the State Health Officer, the board shall consult and be advised by the committee on the promulgation of rules, regulations and procedures for the purposes of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-67-19 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 67-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-67-19
Status: in_force

Each authorized agent of the department implementing this chapter shall demonstrate to the department's satisfaction that the person:

(a) Is competent to review and provide any requested approval of design and installation of individual on-site wastewater disposal systems, as well as the operation, repair or maintenance of those systems, to make soil permeability tests or soil and site evaluations, and to conduct inspections of individual on-site wastewater disposal systems in accordance with this chapter and rules and regulations adopted under this chapter; and

(b) Has successfully completed the department's certification training program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-133-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 13 / Section 133-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-133-7
Status: in_force

If a patient or patient's legal guardian has designated a lay caregiver, a hospital employee shall provide an opportunity for the caregiver and patient to ask questions about the aftercare tasks and shall discuss the discharge plan with the caregiver in a competent manner and in accordance with the hospital's requirements under state and federal law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-83-23 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 17 / Section 83-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-83-23
Status: in_force

Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the department or a private review agent in a contested case under this chapter shall have the right of judicial appeal to the chancery court of the county of the residence of the aggrieved person.

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the insured shall have the express right to pursue any legal remedies he may have in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-73 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 21 / Section 73-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-73
Status: in_force

All state officers and all state agencies may render such services to the authority within their respective functions as may be requested by the authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-43 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-43
Status: in_force

Whenever it is necessary to commit and transport any eligible patient to a regional mental health or intellectual disability facility for treatment or care, the chancery clerk and sheriff shall be entitled to expenses as provided for by the laws of Mississippi for commitment and transportation to state mental institutions and transportation in the county or outside of the county to a community mental health center or other appropriate facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-135 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-135
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-135
Status: in_force

(1) Community mental health centers shall have oversight of Crisis Intervention Teams operating within their service areas. Proposals for Crisis Intervention Teams shall include the necessary collaborative agreements among the community mental health center, a law enforcement agency and a hospital that will serve as the single point of entry for the Crisis Intervention Team catchment area.

(2) The collaborative agreements shall specify that the hospital acting as the single point of entry shall accept all persons who are in custody of a CIT officer operating within the catchment area, when custody has been taken because of substantial likelihood of bodily harm, and shall accept all persons with mental illness and persons with impairment caused by drugs or alcohol who are referred by the community mental health center serving the catchment area, when a qualified staff member of the community mental health center has evaluated the person and determined that the person needs acute psychiatric emergency services that are beyond the capability of the community mental health center.

(3) The director of the community mental health center shall determine if all collaborative agreements address the needs of the proposed Crisis Intervention Team, including generally accepted standards of law enforcement training, before authorizing operation of the plan. Those generally accepted standards for law enforcement training shall be verified by the State Department of Mental Health.

(4) If the director of the community mental health center has reason to believe that an authorized Crisis Intervention Team is not operating in accordance with the collaborative agreements and within general acceptable guidelines and standards, the director has the authority to review the operation of the Crisis Intervention Team and, if necessary, suspend operation until corrective measures are taken.

(5) The director of the community mental health center shall establish a process by which complaints from the public regarding the operation of a Crisis Intervention Team may be evaluated and addressed and provide for the inclusion of consumer representatives in that process.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-77 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 23 / Section 41-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-77
Status: in_force

(1) A physician shall file a written report with the State Department of Health regarding each patient who comes under the physician's professional care and requires medical treatment or suffers death that the attending physician has a reasonable basis to believe is a primary, secondary, or tertiary result of an induced abortion.

(2) These reports shall be submitted within thirty (30) days of the discharge or death of the patient treated for the complication.

(3) The department shall summarize aggregate data from the reports required under this section for purposes of inclusion into the annual Vital Statistics Report.

(4) The department shall develop and distribute or make available online in a downloadable format a standardized form for the report required under this section.

(5) The department shall communicate this reporting requirement to all medical professional organizations, licensed physicians, hospitals, emergency rooms, abortion facilities, Department of Health clinics and ambulatory surgical facilities operating in the state.

(6) The department shall destroy each individual report required by this section and each copy of the report after retaining the report for five (5) years after the date the report is received.

(7) The report required under this section shall not contain the name of the woman, common identifiers such as her social security number or motor vehicle operator's license number or other information or identifiers that would make it possible to identify in any manner or under any circumstances an individual who has obtained or seeks to obtain an abortion. A state agency shall not compare data in an electronic or other information system file with data in another electronic or other information system that would result in identifying in any manner or under any circumstances an individual obtaining or seeking to obtain an abortion. Statistical information that may reveal the identity of a woman obtaining or seeking to obtain an abortion shall not be maintained.

(8) The department or an employee of the department shall not disclose to a person or entity outside the department the reports or the contents of the reports required under this section in a manner or fashion as to permit the person or entity to whom the report is disclosed to identify in any way the person who is the subject of the report.

(9) Disclosure of confidential identifying information in violation of this section shall constitute a felony which, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not more than three (3) years, or a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-141-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 141-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-141-3
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein:

(a) “ Sex ” means the biological indication of male and female in the context of reproductive potential or capacity, such as sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, and nonambiguous internal and external genitalia present at birth, without regard to an individual's psychological, chosen, or subjective experience of gender;

(b) “ Cross-sex hormones ” means:

(i) Testosterone or other androgens given to females in amounts that are larger or more potent than would normally occur naturally in healthy sex females; and

(ii) Estrogen given to males in amounts that are larger or more potent than would normally occur naturally in healthy sex males;

(c) “ Gender ” means the psychological, behavioral, social, and cultural aspects of being male or female;

(d) “ Gender reassignment surgery ” means any medical or surgical service that seeks to surgically alter or remove healthy physical or anatomical characteristics or features, except for a male circumcision that are typical for the individual's sex, in order to instill or create physiological or anatomical characteristics that resemble a sex different from the individual's sex, including, without limitation:

(i) Surgical procedures such as penectomy, castration, orchiectomy, vaginoplasty, clitoroplasty, or vulvoplasty for male patients;

(ii) Surgical procedures such as hysterectomy, oophorectomy, reconstruction of the urethra, metoidioplasty, phalloplasty, vaginectomy, scrotoplasty, or implantation of erection or testicular prostheses for female patients;

(iii) Surgical procedures such as augmentation mammoplasty, facial feminization surgery, liposuction, lipofilling, voice surgery, thyroid cartilage reduction, gluteal augmentation, hair reconstruction, or various aesthetic procedures for male patients; or

(iv) Surgical procedures such as subcutaneous mastectomy, voice surgery, liposuction, lipofilling, pectoral implants, or various aesthetic procedures for female patients;

(e) “ Gender transition ” means the process in which a person goes from identifying with and living as a gender that corresponds to his or her sex to identifying with and living as a gender different from his or her sex, and may involve social, legal, or physical changes;

(f)(i) “ Gender transition procedures ” means any of the following medical or surgical services performed for the purpose of assisting an individual with a gender transition:

1. Prescribing or administering puberty-blocking drugs;

2. Prescribing or administering cross-sex hormones; or

3. Performing gender reassignment surgeries.

(ii) “Gender transition procedures” do not include:

1. Services to persons born with a medically verifiable disorder of sex development, including a person with external sex characteristics that are irresolvably ambiguous, such as those born with forty-six (46) XX chromosomes with virilization, forty-six (46) XY chromosomes with undervirilization, or having both ovarian and testicular tissue;

2. Services provided when a physician has otherwise diagnosed a disorder of sexual development that the physician has determined through genetic or biochemical testing that the person does not have normal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action;

3. The treatment of any infection, injury, disease, or disorder that has been caused by or exacerbated by the performance of gender transition procedures, whether or not the gender transition procedure was performed in accordance with state and federal law or whether or not the funding for the gender transition procedure is permissible under this chapter; or

4. Any procedure for a male circumcision;

(g) “ Health care professional ” means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of the practice of his or her profession;

(h) “ Physician ” means a person who is licensed to practice medicine in this state as provided in Sections 73-25-1 etc.;

(i) “ Puberty-blocking drugs ” means gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues or other synthetic drugs used in males to stop luteinizing hormone secretion and therefore testosterone secretion, or synthetic drugs used in females which stop the production of estrogens and progesterone, when used to delay or suppress pubertal development in children for the purpose of assisting an individual with a gender transition; and

(j) “ Public funds ” means federal, state, county, or local government monies, in addition to any department, agency, or instrumentality authorized or appropriated under state law or derived from any fund in which such monies are deposited.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-31-13 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-31-13
Status: in_force

Any person committed to the custody of the Mississippi State Hospital or the East Mississippi Hospital may, notwithstanding the terms of any order of commitment, be permitted by the medical director or his authorized agent, to go at large on probation and without custody or restraint for such time and under such conditions as such medical director shall judge best. All persons committed to the custody of the Mississippi State Hospital or the East Mississippi State Hospital may be discharged by the director pursuant to its regulations, notwithstanding the terms of any order of commitment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-13 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 21 / Section 23-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-13
Status: in_force

The State Board of Health, when informed by a county health officer, or otherwise, of the existence of any matter or thing calculated to produce, aggravate, or cause the spread of any epidemic or contagious disease, or to affect injuriously the health of the public or community, may declare the same a nuisance. When it does so, it shall notify the district attorney, county attorney, municipal attorney, county health officer, municipal health officer or town marshal, of the district where the nuisance exists, who shall forthwith commence proceedings by information in the circuit court to have the same abated. The parties in interest shall have five days' notice of the proceedings, which shall be served as in ordinary suits. Such proceedings may be tried by the judge, in term-time or in vacation, in a summary way, and if the matter be urgent, it shall be tried without delay. However, the parties in interest shall have a jury if they demand it, which the judge shall cause to be summoned, if in vacation, returnable at some early day, to be fixed by him, and the matter shall be tried as other causes by judge and jury. If the matter be found to be a nuisance, the judge shall order the same abated, which order shall be executed by the sheriff or other proper officer, and an appeal shall not be allowed therefrom. This section shall not affect the right which municipalities may have to abate a nuisance, or any common law or equity proceedings for that purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-111 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 41-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-111
Status: in_force

(1) A person who intentionally, knowingly or recklessly violates any provision of Sections 41-41-101 through 41-41-117 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(2) No criminal penalty may be assessed against the pregnant woman upon whom the drug-induced abortion is performed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-51 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 23 / Section 55-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-51
Status: in_force

The board of directors of an air ambulance service district is hereby authorized and empowered to accept grants, loans, gifts, bequests or funding from any source, public or private, that the granting agency has authority to provide, but in no circumstances shall the acceptance of any such funding obligate any district to repay a sum in excess of the avails of the tax levies set forth in Section 41-55-47 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-137 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 39-137
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-137
Status: in_force

(a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:

(1) Sections 41-39-101 through 41-39-149 ;

(2) The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or

(3) The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.

(b) If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.

(c) A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-15 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 73-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-15
Status: in_force

Regular meetings of the members of the authority shall be held as set forth in its rules and regulations. Additional meetings of the members of the authority shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever any three (3) members so request.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-129-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 13 / Section 129-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-129-1
Status: in_force

(1) Short title. This section shall be known and may be cited as “The Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Program Act.”

(2)(a) Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Program; establishment; duties of the State Department of Health; funding. The Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Awareness Program is established and the State Department of Health is authorized to promote public awareness of the potential benefits of cord blood banking.

(b) The department shall:

(i) Develop a public education and outreach campaign via written materials, brochures, the Internet, and public service announcements to promote cord blood banking awareness and the benefits of cord blood banking.

(ii) Develop educational materials and brochures which shall be made available to health care practitioners, including obstetricians, gynecologists and pediatricians, health maintenance organizations, hospitals, walk-in medical centers, mobile care units, surgical centers, urgent care centers, and clinics and organizations serving pregnant women.

(iii) Promote professional education programs for health care providers on the benefits of cord blood banking.

(iv) Promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act.

(3) The State Department of Health shall accept and expend any grants, awards or other funds as may be made available for the purposes of this section. Subject to an appropriation from the Legislature, the department shall implement the provisions of this section.

(4) The State Department of Health is prohibited from using the Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Program for cloning or DNA research purposes.

(5) Cord blood banks may prepare and provide brochures and other written materials for distribution to promote cord blood banking awareness and the benefits of cord blood banking, if the brochures and materials are first approved by the State Department of Health.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-189 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-189
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-189
Status: in_force

There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Drug Evidence Disposition Fund. The purpose of the fund shall be to provide funding for costs associated with the acquisition, storage, destruction or other disposition of evidence related to offenses under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. Monies from the funds derived from assessments under Section 99-19-73 shall be distributed by the State Treasurer upon warrants issued by the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal-year limitations, and shall consist of:

(a) Monies appropriated by the Legislature;

(b) The interest accruing to the fund;

(c) Monies received under the provisions of Section 99-19-73 ;

(d) Monies received from the federal government;

(e) Donations; and

(f) Monies received from such other sources as may be provided by or allowable under law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-77-5 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 22 / Section 77-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-77-5
Status: in_force

No person as defined in Section 41-7-173(p), Mississippi Code of 1972 , acting severally or jointly with any other person, shall establish, conduct or maintain a “birthing center” in this state without a license under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-1
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the Mississippi Caustic Poison Law of 1930.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-75-5 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 20 / Section 75-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-75-5
Status: in_force

No person as defined in Section 41-7-173 , acting severally or jointly with any other person, shall establish, conduct, operate or maintain an ambulatory surgical facility or an abortion facility or a freestanding emergency room or a post-acute residential brain injury rehabilitation facility in this state without a license under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-59 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 73-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-59
Status: in_force

Neither the members of the authority nor any other person executing the bonds issued under this chapter shall be subject to personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-15 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 23 / Section 57-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-15
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate additional funds, not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per month, to be used under the direction of the State Board of Health, in perfecting the registration of vital records.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-21 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 26-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-21
Status: in_force

Following the hearing, the presiding official shall enter an order which shall become a final order of the director, unless the petitioner or other interested person appearing at the hearing, shall, within ten (10) days after the date of the final order was made, appeal to the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County or the chancery court of the county of the situs, in whole or in part. The petitioner or other interested person shall give a cost bond with sufficient sureties, payable to the state in the sum of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), to be fixed in the order appealed from. The cost bond shall be filed with and approved by the director, who shall certify the bond, together with a certified copy of the record of the hearing in the matter, to the chancery court, which shall be the record of the cause. Except as provided in this section, an appeal to the chancery court as provided in this section shall not stay the execution of a final order of the director.

Any person who is aggrieved by any final order or other decision issued under this section may, within ten (10) days after the date of that order or decision, petition the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County or the chancery court of the county of the situs, in whole or in part, for an appeal with supersedeas. The chancellor shall grant a hearing on that petition. Upon good cause shown, the chancellor may grant the appeal with supersedeas. The appellant shall be required to post a bond with sufficient sureties according to law in an amount to be determined by the chancellor. Appeals shall be considered only upon the record as made at the hearing before the presiding official. The chancery court shall always be deemed open for hearing of appeals and the chancellor may hear the appeal in termtime or in vacation at any place in the chancellor's district. The appeal shall have precedence over all civil cases, except election contests. The chancery court shall review all questions of law and of fact. If no prejudicial error is found, the matter shall be affirmed and remanded to the director for enforcement. If a prejudicial error is found, the matter shall be reversed and the chancery court shall remand the matter to the director for appropriate action as may be indicated or necessary under the circumstances. Appeals may be taken from the chancery court to the Supreme Court in the manner as now required by law, but if a supersedeas is desired by the party appealing to the chancery court, that party may apply for the supersedeas to the chancellor, who shall award a writ of supersedeas, without additional bond, if in the chancellor's judgment material damage is not likely to result. If material damage is likely to result, the chancellor shall require a supersedeas bond as deemed proper, which shall be liable to the state for any damage.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-135-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 135-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-135-1
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature of the State of Mississippi acknowledges that extensive research demonstrates the wide-ranging and compelling benefits of breast-feeding for infants, mothers, families and communities, including:

(a) Numerous health benefits to the child, such as lower incidences of SIDS, childhood obesity, asthma, allergies and diabetes as well as increased intelligence and parental attachment;

(b) Numerous health benefits to the mother, such as decreased rates of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, postpartum hemorrhage, and reduced rates of obesity through increased postpartum weight loss; and

(c) Significant economic and social benefits to the state, such as reduced health care costs, and reduced employee absenteeism for care attributable to child illness as well as direct saving to families, as the United States Surgeon General estimates that the average family can save between One Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00) and One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) during a baby's first year of life through breastfeeding.

(2) The Legislature also recognizes, despite these numerous benefits, that Mississippi has one of the lowest breast-feeding rates in the country and acknowledges that mothers in Mississippi face many barriers to breastfeeding. One (1) of these barriers is education, which many studies and reports have found to be a significant obstacle that inhibits the practice of breast-feeding. Many mothers are ill-informed about the benefits of breast-feeding and their rights as a breast-feeding mother.

(3) Therefore, the Legislature declares the intent of this chapter is to inform mothers about the benefits of breast-feeding and their rights as a breast-feeding mother in order to promote increased rates of breast-feeding in Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-48 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 57-48
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-48
Status: in_force

(1) For each marriage performed in this state, a record entitled “Statistical Record of Marriage” shall be filed with the office of vital records registration of the State Board of Health by the circuit clerk who issued the marriage license and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section.

(2) The circuit clerk who issues the marriage license shall complete the statistical record (except for the section relating to the ceremony) on a form prescribed and furnished by the State Board of Health and shall sign it. The record shall be prepared on the basis of information obtained from the parties to be married, and both the bride and the groom shall sign the record certifying that the information about themselves is correct.

(3) The person who performs the marriage ceremony shall complete and sign the section relating to the ceremony and shall return the record to the circuit clerk who issued the license within five (5) days after the ceremony.

(4) The circuit clerk, on or before the tenth day of each calendar month, shall forward to the State Board of Health all completed records returned to him during the preceding month.

(5) The circuit clerk shall receive a recording fee of one dollar ($1.00) for each marriage record prepared and forwarded by him to the State Board of Health. This fee shall be collected from the applicants for the license together with, and in addition to, the fee for the license and shall be deposited in the county treasury. The recording fees shall be paid to the circuit clerk out of the county treasury once each six (6) months on order of the board of supervisors, upon certification by the office of vital records registration of the number of marriage records filed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-33-5 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-33-5
Status: in_force

When the county health officer in any county deems that it is necessary for the protection of the public health for any person who has active tuberculosis to be committed for treatment under duress and desires to proceed with commitment, he shall present in writing to the executive officer of the state board of health a request for his approval of court action to require care. Such request shall include an outline of the facts which show the necessity of commitment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-241 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-241
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-241
Status: in_force

Persons admitted to the center shall be assessed support and maintenance costs in accordance with the provisions of the state reimbursement laws as they apply to other state institutions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-35-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 13 / Section 35-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-35-7
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the State Board of Health: (1) To enforce the provisions of this chapter; (2) to promulgate such rules and regulations as shall, under this chapter, be necessary for the purpose under this chapter, and such as the State Board of Health may deem necessary for the further and proper guidance of local health officers, etc.; (3) to provide for the gratuitous distribution of a scientific prophylactic for inflammation of the eyes of the new born, together with proper directions for the use and administration thereof, to all physicians and midwives as may be engaged in the practice of obstetrics or assisting at childbirth; (4) to provide, if necessary, daily inspection and prompt and gratuitous treatment to any infant whose eyes are infected with inflammation of the eyes; the State Board of Health, if necessary, shall defray the expenses of such treatment from such sums as may be appropriated for its use; (5) to publish and promulgate such further advice and information concerning the dangers of inflammation of the eyes of the new born and the necessity for prompt and effective treatment; (6) to furnish copies of this chapter to all physicians and midwives as may be engaged in the practice of obstetrics or assisting at childbirth; (7) to keep a proper record of any and all such cases of inflammation of the eyes of the new born, as shall be filed in the office of the state board of health, in pursuance with this chapter, and as may come to its attention in any way, and to constitute such record a part of the annual report to the governor and legislature; (8) to report any and all violations of this chapter as may come to its attention, to the local police, county prosecutor, or district attorney in the county wherein such violation may have been committed, and to assist such official in every way possible, such as securing necessary evidence, etc.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-90-5 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 22 / Section 90-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-90-5
Status: in_force

(1) There is established a program of early hearing detection and intervention for newborns, infants and toddlers in the State of Mississippi who have impaired hearing. It is the purpose of this early hearing detection and intervention program to:

(a) Identify such children near birth in order that they and their parents or caregivers may be assisted in obtaining education, training, medical, diagnostic and therapeutic services, and other assistance necessary to enable them to become productive citizens of the state;

(b) Provide the state with the information necessary to effectively plan and establish a comprehensive system of developmentally appropriate services for deaf and hearing impaired infants and toddlers; and

(c) Reduce the likelihood of secondary disabling conditions for such children.

(2) The State Department of Health, as “lead agency” for the implementation of Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and in accordance with the provisions of the Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers ( Section 41-87-1 through Section 41-87-19 ), shall administer the early hearing detection and intervention program. The State Part C Coordinator is designated as the director of the early hearing detection and intervention program and is charged with its administration. The State Part C Coordinator may designate a staff person (or persons) to carry out the provisions of this section. All hospitals in the state and other providers of services that have established hearing screening procedures for infants and toddlers ages birth through two (2) shall report to the State Part C Coordinator the results of all screening procedures. All persons and providers in the state who perform a diagnostic hearing evaluation on an infant or toddler (birth through age 2 years) referred as a result of a newborn hearing screening failure, shall report the results of the diagnostic hearing evaluation to the State Part C Coordinator within two (2) business days after their completion. The aforementioned persons and providers shall also report to the State Part C Coordinator the results of all diagnostic hearing evaluations of infants and toddlers (birth through age 2 years), including appropriate personal and identifying information, when those results confirm the presence of a hearing impairment consistent with Section 41-90-1(2) . The information compiled and maintained in the early hearing detection and intervention program shall be kept confidential in accordance with the applicable requirements and provisions of the Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers ( Section 41-87-1 through Section 41-87-19 ) and Part C of IDEA. Families of all identified children with hearing impairments will be provided information on the availability of services in the state for children with hearing impairments, including those provided in accordance with Part C of IDEA through the statewide infant and toddler early intervention system.

(3) The director of the early hearing detection and intervention program or his or her designee shall facilitate the reporting of infants and toddlers who fail to pass hearing screening or follow-up diagnostic hearing evaluation by hospitals or any other person or provider of services, as provided in subsection (2) of this section. Reports may be submitted to the early hearing detection and intervention program through the use of prepaid envelopes, sending of facsimiles, or telephone via statewide toll free number, or by other designated electronic data transmission process. It is the purpose of this subsection to facilitate the reporting of infants and toddlers who may have impaired hearing. The reporting requirements shall be designed to be as simple as possible and easily completed by nonprofessional persons when necessary.

(4) The State Board of Health may adopt rules and regulations that the board considers necessary to implement this section with input from the advisory committee established in Section 41-90-7 . The board in its rules and regulations may specify the types of information to be provided to the State Part C Coordinator for the early hearing detection and intervention program. The State Department of Health may:

(a) Execute contracts that the department deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this section;

(b) Obtain data from medical records for children suspected of having hearing impairments that are in the custody or under the control of laboratories, hospitals, audiologists, physicians, or other health care providers to record and analyze the data related to the child's hearing impairment or suspected hearing impairment;

(c) Provide guidance on protocols and equipment to be utilized during diagnostic hearing evaluations of infants and toddlers;

(d) Compile and publish statistical and other studies derived from the patient data obtained under this section to provide in an accessible form information that is useful to physicians, other medical personnel, the State Department of Education, the Legislature and the general public;

(e) Comply with requirements as necessary to obtain federal funds in the maximum amounts and in the most advantageous portions possible; and

(f) Receive and use gifts made for the purpose of this section.

(5) Data obtained by the establishment of the early hearing detection and intervention program that is taken directly from the medical records of a patient is for the confidential use of the State Department of Health and the persons or public or private entities that the department determines are necessary to carry out the intent of the program. The data is privileged and may not be divulged or made public in a manner that discloses the identity of an individual whose medical records have been used for obtaining data for the early hearing detection and intervention program. Information that may identify an individual whose medical records have been used for obtaining data for this section is not available for public inspection under the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983. Statistical information collected under this section is public information.

(6) The following persons who act in compliance with this section are not civilly or criminally liable for furnishing information required by this section: a hospital, clinical laboratory or other health care facility, an audiologist, an administrator, officer or employee of a hospital or other health care facility, and a physician or employee of a physician.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-61-53 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 61-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-61-53
Status: in_force

For the purposes of Sections 41-61-51 through 41-61-79 , the following definitions shall apply:

(a) “ Certification of death ” means signing the death certificate.

(b) “ Coroner ” means the elected county official provided for in Sections 19-21-101 through 19-21-107 .

(c) “ County medical examiner investigator ” means a nonphysician coroner or deputy coroner trained to investigate and certify deaths affecting the public interest.

(d) “ County medical examiner ” means a licensed physician who is a coroner or deputy coroner trained to investigate and certify deaths affecting the public interest.

(e) “ Death affecting the public interest ” means any death of a human being where the circumstances are sudden, unexpected, violent, suspicious or unattended.

(f) “ Medical examiner ” means the medical examiner system which is composed of the State Medical Examiner, county medical examiners and county medical examiner investigators collectively, and is a jurisdictional identifier, not a title, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(g) “ Medical examiner investigator ” means a nonphysician appointed, trained and supervised by the State Medical Examiner to investigate and assist with the certification of deaths affecting the public interest.

(h) “ Pronouncement of death ” means the statement of opinion that life has ceased for an individual.

(i) “ State Medical Examiner ” means the person appointed by the Commissioner of Public Safety pursuant to Section 41-61-55 to investigate and certify deaths that affect the public interest.

(j) “ Autopsy ” means a postmortem examination.

(k) “ Postmortem examination ” means an examination of a dead human body that may include the least invasive to most invasive methods based on the expertise and judgment of the pathologist handling the case.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-61-55 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 13 / Section 61-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-61-55
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created the position of State Medical Examiner, under the supervision of the Commissioner of Public Safety and within the Office of Forensic Laboratories. The State Medical Examiner shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Public Safety subject to review by the dean of the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Medicine and the State Health Officer. The State Medical Examiner may be discharged only for good cause by the Commissioner of Public Safety.

(2) The State Medical Examiner must obtain a license to practice medicine in Mississippi and be certified in forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology. The State Medical Examiner may also be designated as the Chief Medical Examiner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-153 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 21 / Section 29-153
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-153
Status: in_force

(a) The following are subject to forfeiture:

(1) All controlled substances which have been manufactured, distributed, dispensed or acquired in violation of this article or in violation of Article 5 of this chapter or Chapter 137 of this title;

(2) All raw materials, products and equipment of any kind which are used, or intended for use, in manufacturing, compounding, processing, delivering, importing, or exporting any controlled substance in violation of this article or in violation of Article 5 of this chapter or Chapter 137 of this title;

(3) All property which is used, or intended for use, as a container for property described in paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection;

(4) All conveyances, including aircraft, vehicles or vessels, which are used, or intended for use, to transport, or in any manner to facilitate the transportation, sale, receipt, possession or concealment of property described in paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection, however:

A. No conveyance used by any person as a common carrier in the transaction of business as a common carrier is subject to forfeiture under this section unless it appears that the owner or other person in charge of the conveyance is a consenting party or privy to a violation of this article;

B. No conveyance is subject to forfeiture under this section by reason of any act or omission proved by the owner thereof to have been committed or omitted without his knowledge or consent; if the confiscating authority has reason to believe that the conveyance is a leased or rented conveyance, then the confiscating authority shall notify the owner of the conveyance within five (5) days of the confiscation;

C. A forfeiture of a conveyance encumbered by a bona fide security interest is subject to the interest of the secured party if he neither had knowledge of nor consented to the act or omission;

D. A conveyance is not subject to forfeiture for a violation of Section 41-29-139(c)(2)(A) 1 , 2 or (B) 1 or (C) 1 , 2 , 3 ;

(5) All money, deadly weapons, books, records, and research products and materials, including formulas, microfilm, tapes and data which are used, or intended for use, in violation of this article or in violation of Article 5 of this chapter or Chapter 137 of this title;

(6) All drug paraphernalia as defined in Section 41-29-105(v) ; and

(7) Everything of value, including real estate, furnished, or intended to be furnished, in exchange for a controlled substance in violation of this article, all proceeds traceable to such an exchange, and all monies, negotiable instruments, businesses or business investments, securities, and other things of value used, or intended to be used, to facilitate any violation of this article. All monies, coin and currency found in close proximity to forfeitable controlled substances, to forfeitable drug manufacturing or distributing paraphernalia, or to forfeitable records of the importation, manufacture or distribution of controlled substances are presumed to be forfeitable under this paragraph; the burden of proof is upon claimants of the property to rebut this presumption.

A. No property shall be forfeited under the provisions of subsection (a)(7) of this section, to the extent of the interest of an owner, by reason of any act or omission established by him to have been committed or omitted without his knowledge or consent.

B. Neither personal property encumbered by a bona fide security interest nor real estate encumbered by a bona fide mortgage, deed of trust, lien or encumbrance shall be forfeited under the provisions of subsection (a)(7) of this section, to the extent of the interest of the secured party or the interest of the mortgagee, holder of a deed of trust, lien or encumbrance by reason of any act or omission established by him to have been committed or omitted without his knowledge or consent.

(b) Property subject to forfeiture may be seized by the bureau, local law enforcement officers, enforcement officers of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, highway patrolmen, the board, the State Board of Pharmacy, or law enforcement officers of the Mississippi Department of Revenue or Mississippi Department of Health acting with their duties in accordance with the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act, upon process issued by any appropriate court having jurisdiction over the property. Seizure without process may be made if:

(1) The seizure is incident to an arrest or a search under a search warrant or an inspection under an administrative inspection warrant;

(2) The property subject to seizure has been the subject of a prior judgment in favor of the state in a criminal injunction or forfeiture proceeding based upon this article;

(3) The bureau, the board, local law enforcement officers, enforcement officers of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, or highway patrolmen, the State Board of Pharmacy, or law enforcement officers of the Mississippi Department of Revenue or Mississippi Department of Health acting with their duties in accordance with the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act, have probable cause to believe that the property is directly or indirectly dangerous to health or safety;

(4) The bureau, local law enforcement officers, enforcement officers of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, highway patrolmen, the board, the State Board of Pharmacy, or law enforcement officers of the Mississippi Department of Revenue or Mississippi Department of Health acting with their duties in accordance with the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act, have probable cause to believe that the property was used or is intended to be used in violation of this article; or

(5) The seizing law enforcement agency obtained a seizure warrant as described in subsection (f) of this section.

(c) Controlled substances listed in Schedule I of Section 41-29-113 that are possessed, transferred, sold, or offered for sale in violation of this article are contraband and shall be seized and summarily forfeited to the state. Controlled substances listed in the said Schedule I, which are seized or come into the possession of the state, the owners of which are unknown, are contraband and shall be summarily forfeited to the state.

(d) Species of plants from which controlled substances in Schedules I and II of Sections 41-29-113 and 41-29-115 may be derived which have been planted or cultivated in violation of this article, or of which the owners or cultivators are unknown, or which are wild growths, may be seized and summarily forfeited to the state.

(e) The failure, upon demand by the bureau and/or local law enforcement officers, or their authorized agents, or highway patrolmen designated by the bureau, the board, the State Board of Pharmacy, or law enforcement officers of the Mississippi Department of Revenue or Mississippi Department of Health acting with their duties in accordance with the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act, of the person in occupancy or in control of land or premises upon which the species of plants are growing or being stored, to produce an appropriate registration, or proof that he is the holder thereof, constitutes authority for the seizure and forfeiture of the plants.

(f)(1) When any property is seized under the Uniform Controlled Substances Law, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, by a law enforcement agency with the intent to be forfeited, the law enforcement agency that seized the property shall obtain a seizure warrant from the county or circuit court having jurisdiction of such property within seventy-two (72) hours of any seizure, excluding weekends and holidays. Any law enforcement agency that fails to obtain a seizure warrant within seventy-two (72) hours as required by this section shall notify the person from whom the property was seized that it will not be forfeited and shall provide written instructions advising the person how to retrieve the seized property.

(2) A circuit or county judge having jurisdiction of any property other than a controlled substance, raw material or paraphernalia, may issue a seizure warrant upon proper oath or affirmation from a law enforcement agency. The law enforcement agency that is seeking a seizure warrant shall provide the following information to the judge:

A. Probable cause to believe that the property was used or intended to be used in violation of this article;

B. The name of the person from whom the property was seized; and

C. A detailed description of the property which is seized, including the value of the property.

(3) This subsection does not apply to seizures performed pursuant to Section 41-29-157 when property is specifically set forth in a search and seizure warrant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-71-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 71-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-71-7
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of an application for a license and the license fee, and a determination by the licensing agency that the application is in compliance with Section 41-7-173 et seq. and in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, such license shall be issued. A license, unless suspended or revoked, shall be renewable annually upon payment by the licensee of a renewal fee of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and upon approval by the licensing agency of an annual report, required to be submitted by the licensee, containing such information in such form and at such time as the licensing agency prescribes by rule or regulation. Any increase in the fee charged by the licensing agency under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 . Each license shall be issued only for the home health agency and person or persons or other legal entity or entities named in the application and shall not be transferable or assignable except with the written approval of the licensing agency. Licenses shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the designated business office of the licensee. Each licensee shall designate, in writing, one (1) individual person as the responsible party for the conducting of the business of the home health agency with the licensing agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-503 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 29-503
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-503
Status: in_force

The contents of an intercepted wire, oral or other communication and evidence derived from an intercepted wire, oral or other communication may not be received in evidence in any trial, hearing or other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department, officer, agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority of the United States or of this state or a political subdivision of this state if the disclosure of that information would be in violation of this article. The contents of an intercepted wire, oral or other communication and evidence derived from an intercepted communication may be received in a civil trial, hearing or other proceeding only if the civil trial, hearing or other proceeding arises out of a violation of the criminal law of this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-137-29 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 23 / Section 137-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-137-29
Status: in_force

(1) The MDOH shall maintain a confidential list of the persons to whom the MDOH has issued registry identification cards and their addresses, phone numbers, and registry identification numbers. This confidential list shall not be combined or linked in any manner with any other lists or databases, nor shall it be used for any purpose not provided for in this chapter.

(2) All records containing the identity of registered qualifying patients, registered designated caregivers or practitioners shall be confidential and exempt from disclosure under the Mississippi Public Records Act or any related statute, rule or regulation pertaining to public disclosure of records. Within one hundred twenty (120) days after February 2, 2022, the MDOH shall establish a secure phone and internet-based verification system. The verification system must allow law enforcement personnel and medical cannabis establishments to enter a registry identification number to determine whether the number corresponds with a current, valid registry identification card. The system may disclose only:

(a) Whether the identification card is valid;

(b) The name of the cardholder;

(c) Whether the cardholder is a registered qualifying patient, a registered designated caregiver, or a nonresident; and

(d) If a cardholder is a registered designated caregiver, the registry identification number of any affiliated registered qualifying patient.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-9 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 24 / Section 59-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-9
Status: in_force

From and after October 1, 1974, no person, firm, corporation, association, county, municipality, or metropolitan government or agency, either as owner, agent or otherwise, shall hereafter furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, advertise or otherwise engage in the business of service of transporting patients upon the streets, highways or airways of Mississippi unless he holds a currently valid license and permit, for each ambulance, issued by the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-41 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 19-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-41
Status: in_force

Any regional mental health or intellectual disability facility or service established and operated according to the provisions set forth in Sections 41-19-31 through 41-19-39 , is eligible to admit and treat patients committed by either the chancellors or chancery clerks in the same manner as is provided by the laws of Mississippi for commitment to the state mental institutions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-14-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 14-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-14-7
Status: in_force

(1) There is created a special fund in the State Treasury, to be known as the “ICU Infrastructure Fund,” from which the awards authorized under the ICU Infrastructure Program shall be disbursed by the Department of Health.

(2)(a) All monies shall be disbursed from the fund created in subsection (1) of this section in compliance with the guidelines, guidance, rules, regulations or other criteria, as may be amended from time to time, of the United States Department of the Treasury regarding the use of monies from the Coronavirus Relief Fund established by the CARES Act. However, unexpended amounts of any monies unrelated to the Coronavirus Relief Fund, whether appropriated by the Legislature or donated by any public or private entity, remaining in the funds at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the Budget Contingency Fund or the State General Fund, and any investment earnings or interest earned on amounts in the program fund shall be deposited to the credit of the ICU Infrastructure Fund; and

(b) If on December 15, 2020, there are unexpended Coronavirus Relief Fund monies remaining in the fund created in this section, those funds shall be transferred into the Unemployment Compensation Fund no later than December 30, 2020.

(3) The use of funds allocated under this program shall be subject to audit by the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Inspector General and the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor. Each person receiving funds under these programs found to be fully or partially noncompliant with the requirements in sections 41-14-1 through 41-14-11 shall return to the state all or a portion of the funds received.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-14 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 20 / Section 26-14
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-14
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall develop and implement a cross connection control program in accordance with this section. Before development of the cross connection control program, the department shall consult with the United States Environmental Protection Agency regarding the development of a federal cross connection control program. It is the intent of the Legislature that any cross connection control program developed and implemented by the department be equivalent to a federal program, unless otherwise provided in this section.

(2)(a) The board shall adopt regulations defining a high hazard cross connection and a low hazard cross connection. The board shall determine which low hazard cross connections pose a very low risk and therefore are below regulatory concern. Those low hazard cross connections posing a very low risk shall be exempt from the requirements of this section and shall not be required to have a backflow preventer device. In addition, the regulations shall specify those backflow preventer devices which are recommended to address both high hazard and low hazard cross connections.

(b) For the purposes of this section, the following cross connections shall be considered as low hazard cross connections posing a very low risk:

(i) Any lawn sprinkler system or lawn irrigation system that is connected to a public water system and was professionally installed, regardless of whether the system is underground or above ground or whether the system has pop-up sprinkler heads;

(ii) Any swimming pool that is connected to a public water system and was professionally installed, or any swimming pool that is connected to a public water system and has a fill line with an anti-siphon air gap;

(iii) Any water fountain or cooler that provides drinking water for human consumption, that is connected to a public water system and was professionally installed;

(iv) Any fire sprinkler system that contains only water or a dry pipe and no chemicals, that is connected to a public water system and was professionally installed; and

(v) Any commercial establishment that is connected to a public water system, that contains no cross connections directly with a dangerous or hazardous substance or material.

(c) For the purposes of this section, any lawn sprinkler system or lawn irrigation system that is connected to a public water system and either injects or stores lawn chemicals or is connected to a wastewater supply shall be considered as high hazard cross connections and not exempt from the requirements of this section; however, the local public water system shall not be required to conduct an on-site inspection to identify any such system under this paragraph (c).

(d) Any regulations that were adopted before April 12, 2001, to implement a cross connection control program shall be void to the extent those regulations are in conflict or inconsistent with this section.

(3) Before December 31, 2000, each public water system shall develop and implement a cross connection control program and shall conduct a survey and on-site visits, as necessary, to locate cross connections within its system. Single family dwellings and multifamily dwellings shall be excluded from the survey, unless the public water system has reason to believe a cross connection exists.

(4) Before June 30, 2001, each property owner identified by the public water system as having a high hazard cross connection shall install a backflow preventer device. If the property owner already has a backflow preventer device installed and the backflow preventer device functions properly, the public water system shall consider the backflow preventer device approved and shall allow the installed backflow preventer device to remain in place until the backflow preventer device fails to function properly. Additional backflow preventer devices shall not be required for carbonated beverage dispensers if (a) the water supply connection to the carbonated beverage dispenser is protected against backflow by a backflow preventer device conforming to ASSE 1022 or by an air gap, and (b) the backflow preventer device and the piping downstream from the device are not affected by carbon dioxide gas.

(5) Before June 30, 2004, each property owner identified by the public water system as having a low hazard cross connection shall install a backflow preventer device. This requirement does not apply to any low hazard cross connection that poses a very low risk. If the property owner already has a backflow preventer device installed and the backflow preventer device functions properly, the public water system shall consider the backflow preventer device approved and shall allow the installed backflow preventer device to remain in place until the backflow preventer device fails to function properly.

(6) Each high hazard backflow preventer device shall be inspected and tested at least annually. If a high hazard backflow preventer device fails to function properly, the property owner shall have the backflow preventer device repaired and retested or shall install a new approved backflow preventer device within thirty (30) days of the initial test. If a low hazard backflow preventer device fails to function properly, the property owner shall have the backflow preventer device repaired or shall install a new backflow preventer device within ninety (90) days after the date the backflow preventer device first fails to function properly.

(7) All inspection and testing of backflow preventer devices under this section shall be conducted by a certified tester, unless otherwise provided in the regulations of the board. Certified backflow preventer device testers shall be licensed by the department under those conditions as the department deems appropriate.

(8) If a property owner fails to install a backflow preventer device or fails to have a backflow preventer device tested as required by this section, the public water system may discontinue service to that property owner until the failure is corrected.

(9) After the dates specified in subsections (4) and (5) of this section, it is unlawful to install or allow the installation or maintenance of any cross connection, auxiliary intake or bypass, unless the source and quality of water from the auxiliary supply, the method of connection and the use and operation of that cross connection, auxiliary intake or bypass has been approved by the director. However, this subsection does not authorize the director to modify, supersede or suspend any provision of this section regarding backflow preventer devices.

(10)(a) A municipality, county or public water system shall not adopt or implement any ordinance, rule, regulation, standard or policy regarding cross connections or backflow preventer devices that is more stringent or extensive in scope, coverage or effect than the provisions of this section or any rules or regulations adopted by the board to implement this section, or is in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this section or any rules or regulations adopted by the board to implement this section. Any such ordinance, rule, regulation, standard or policy regarding cross connections or backflow preventer devices that was adopted before April 12, 2001, is void to the extent that it is more stringent or extensive in scope, coverage or effect than the provisions of this section or any rules or regulations adopted by the board to implement this section, or is in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this section or any rules or regulations adopted by the board to implement this section.

(b) If any municipality or county adopts or has previously adopted a building code, plumbing code or any other code that contains requirements or standards regarding cross connections or backflow preventer devices, the municipality or county or any public water system operating in the municipality or county shall not implement or enforce any such requirements or standards that are more stringent or extensive in scope, coverage or effect than the provisions of this section or any rules or regulations adopted by the board to implement this section, or are in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this section or any rules or regulations adopted by the board to implement this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 55-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-1
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any city, town, or any political subdivision thereof, either separately or acting in conjunction, in their discretion and upon finding that adequate public ambulance service would not otherwise be available, may own, maintain, and operate a public ambulance service as a governmental function, fix and collect charges therefor, and adopt, promulgate and enforce reasonable rules and regulations for the operation of said service. Any political subdivision, or parts thereof, acting hereunder may contract and otherwise cooperate with any department or agency of the United States Government or the State of Mississippi, or any county, city, town, or supervisors district of the same, or other counties of the State of Mississippi in carrying out any of the powers herein conferred or otherwise effectuating the purposes of Sections 41-55-1 through 41-55-11 and in so doing accept gifts, money, and other property of whatever kind.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-25-13 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 25-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-25-13
Status: in_force

The state board of health shall have the power to establish sanitary regulations for house trailers, house trailer camps, and tourist camps, which shall be called the sanitary code. The sanitary code may include provisions for the sanitary construction, maintenance, regulation, inspection, equipment and control of house trailer camps, tourist camps, and house trailers, and for their registration, with particular and special provisions with respect to plumbing, drainage, water supply and disposal or removal of toilet excretion, garbage and all other waste or refuse substances and accumulations. No house trailer camp, tourist camp, or house trailer shall be located, operated or drawn within this state unless and until it has complied with such provisions. Nothing herein contained shall limit or qualify the power of the state department of health to adopt and enforce other, additional or emergency regulations for house trailer or tourist camps and house trailers whenever the health of the people of this state is endangered or threatened.

Every regulation adopted by the state board of health shall state the date on which it takes effect, and a copy thereof, duly signed by the executive officer of the state board of health, shall be filed as a public record in the state department of health and a copy thereof shall be sent by the state board of health to each health officer within the state. The state board of health shall furnish certified copies of such code and its amendments and such certified copies shall be received in evidence in all courts or other judicial proceedings in the state. The provisions of the sanitary code shall have the force and effect of law.

Violations of the provisions of the sanitary code relating to house trailer camps, tourist camps, and house trailers are a misdemeanor. Each day on which a violation thereof continues is a separate offense.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 20 / Section 73-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-3
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:

(1) Delivery of quality health care in Mississippi has in recent years become increasingly dependent upon sophisticated equipment and adequate, modern facilities at a time when the acquisition and financing of such equipment and facilities by health care providers has become increasingly expensive.

(2) It is necessary that Mississippi hospitals be able to obtain the modern equipment and facilities needed to meet the needs of their medical staffs and to improve the quality of medical care provided to Mississippi citizens.

(3) The increased costs of acquiring and financing modern equipment and facilities by Mississippi hospitals is necessarily passed to the patients receiving medical care from the hospitals, resulting in higher medical bills and increased health insurance premiums.

(4) These increased costs discourage Mississippi citizens from obtaining necessary medical care.

(5) The problems set forth above cannot be remedied solely through the operation of private enterprise or efforts by individual communities, but can be alleviated through the creation of a public body corporate and politic, separate and apart from the State of Mississippi, constituting a governmental instrumentality, to be known as the Mississippi Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority, to encourage the investment of private capital in Mississippi hospitals through the use of public financing as provided in this act for the purpose of financing hospital equipment and hospital facilities at interest rates lower than those available in the conventional credit markets.

(6) Alleviating the conditions and problems set forth above by the encouragement of private investment through a governmental body is a public purpose and use for which public money provided by the sale of revenue bonds may be borrowed, expended, advanced, loaned and granted and is hereby so declared to be such public purpose as a matter of express legislative determination. Such activities shall not be conducted for profit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-75-25 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 75-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-75-25
Status: in_force

Any person or persons or other entity or entities establishing, managing or operating an ambulatory surgical facility or conducting the business of an ambulatory surgical facility without the required license, or which otherwise violate any of the provisions of this chapter of the “Mississippi Health Care Commission Law of 1979,” as amended, or the rules, regulations or standards promulgated in furtherance of any law in which the commission has authority therefor shall be subject to the penalties and sanctions of Section 41-7-209, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-303 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-303
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-303
Status: in_force

No license shall be issued under Section 41-29-301 unless and until the applicant therefor has furnished proof satisfactory to the state board of pharmacy that the applicant is of good moral character or, if the applicant be an association or corporation, that the managing officers are of good moral character, and that the applicant is properly equipped as to land, buildings, and paraphernalia to carry on the business described in his application. No license shall be granted to any person who has within five (5) years been convicted of a wilful violation of any law of the United States, or of any state, relating to opium, coca leaves, or other narcotic drugs, or to any person who is a narcotic drug addict. The state board of pharmacy may suspend or revoke any license for cause.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-9 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-9
Status: in_force

Every such county mosquito control commission shall have the power to eliminate all breeding and producing places of mosquitoes within the county where it is appointed, and to do and perform all acts and to carry out all plans which in its opinion and judgment may be necessary or proper for the survey and elimination of breeding and producing places of mosquitoes or which will tend to exterminate mosquitoes within said county.

In addition to its primary responsibility for mosquito control, each commission shall also have the power and authority within its discretion and capability to provide services to any member county or any municipality within a member county on a one (1) time or continuing basis for the control and elimination of other pests of a public health or annoyance nature on any public property belonging to such county or municipality; provided, however, that the board of supervisors of a county or a governing body of a municipality located in a member county may request such services for specified private property by adoption of an order spread upon the minutes of such board or governing body stating that such services are necessary in the interest of public health and setting forth the facts upon which such finding is based. The actual cost of such services shall be paid in full by the county or municipality requesting same. All claims arising hereunder shall be billed directly to the requesting county or municipality and shall be processed by such county or municipality under normal claims procedure.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-20-9 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 20-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-20-9
Status: in_force

(1) When the coordinator determines that a county or a geographic area within a county offers inadequate mental health services, the coordinator shall inform the board(s) of supervisors and the regional commission of the geographic areas where the services are inadequate.

(2) When the coordinator determines services are inadequate, the coordinator shall determine if there is a plan in place or a plan being developed to increase access to mental health services in that county or the geographic area within the county where mental health services are inadequate and shall assess the viability of the plan, including its sufficiency to address the inadequacy of the available mental health services.

(3) If there is no plan in place or being developed, the coordinator may allow the county board of supervisors or the regional commission a reasonable time to develop and implement a plan.

(4) If the coordinator determines that the plan is or will be insufficient to provide mental health services to the population of the county or the geographic area within the county where the services are inadequate, the coordinator shall develop and implement a plan to facilitate increased access to mental health services in the county or geographic area by:

(a) First meeting with the board of supervisors of the county in which the mental health services are inadequate and the regional commission in which the county is located to explain in detail the possible consequences of the failure of the county and commission to address the inadequacy of the available mental health services in the county or the geographic area within the county, which shall include putting the regional commission on probation and ultimately decertifying the commission. Then the coordinator shall work with one or more of the regional commissions that are adjacent to the county or the geographic area within the county where the mental health services are inadequate to determine if one of those regional commissions is willing to provide those services in the county or geographic area, and if a regional commission is willing to do so, the coordinator shall take all necessary steps to facilitate the transfer of the responsibility of providing those services to that regional commission; or

(b) If no regional commission adjacent to the county or the geographic area within the county where the mental health services are inadequate is willing to provide those services in the county or geographic area, then working with one or more of the regional commissions that are not adjacent to the county or geographic area to determine if one of those regional commissions is willing to provide those services in the county or geographic area.

(5) If the coordinator determines that no regional commission in the state is willing to provide the necessary mental health services in the county or the geographic area within the county where the services are inadequate, the coordinator shall notify the State Board of Mental Health. Within a reasonable time after receiving such notice from the coordinator, the board shall issue a request for proposals to obtain public or private providers of mental health services to provide the necessary mental health services in the county or the geographic area within the county where the services are inadequate. The request for proposals process followed by the board to obtain those services shall not be subject to the rules, regulations or approval of the Public Procurement Review Board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 13 / Section 73-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-19 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 26 / Section 27-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-19
Status: in_force

Two or more counties may combine for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article in the respective counties, each county retaining all rights set forth in this article. The commissioners in the counties combined may enter into agreement to employ for purposes of economy, the same director and other personnel for the work of the commission in the counties so combined, all expenses, including salaries, labor, material, and the like being paid by the county in which the work is performed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-30-31 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 23 / Section 30-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-30-31
Status: in_force

Involuntary commitment of an individual to an approved public or private treatment facility for treatment or rehabilitation for a period in excess of five (5) days shall be according to the provisions of Title 41, Chapter 31, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-32-11 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 25 / Section 32-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-32-11
Status: in_force

The chancellor may order assistance by the sheriff of the county, or any other county in confining and transporting the defendant to the facility, at the expense of the committing county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-17 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 41-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-17
Status: in_force

(1) Any adult, as defined in Section 41-41-203(a), Mississippi Code of 1972, or emancipated minor, as defined in Section 41-41-203(e), Mississippi Code of 1972 , may consent to participate as a subject in research if that research is conducted in accordance with federal law ( Title 45 CFR Part 46 : Protection of Human Subjects).

(2) Unemancipated minors may participate as subjects in research, if that research is conducted in accordance with federal law ( Title 45 CFR Part 46 : Protection of Human Subjects).
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-155 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 17 / Section 29-155
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-155
Status: in_force

The trial courts of this state shall have jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin violations of this article.

The defendant may demand trial by jury for an alleged violation of an injunction or restraining order under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-31 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 25 / Section 73-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-31
Status: in_force

In addition to the other powers and duties of the authority specified elsewhere in this act, the authority is specifically authorized to initiate a program of providing hospital equipment or hospital facilities located within the state to be operated by participating hospital institutions. In this regard, the authority shall be authorized to exercise the following powers:

(1) To establish eligibility standards for participating hospital institutions;

(2) To enter into an agreement with any entity securing the payment of bonds pursuant to Section 41-73-27(j) or (k) , authorizing said entity to approve the participating hospital institutions that can finance or refinance hospital equipment or hospital facilities with proceeds from the bond issue secured by said entity;

(3) To lease to a participating hospital institution specific hospital facilities or items of hospital equipment upon such terms and conditions as the authority may deem proper, to charge and collect rents therefor, to terminate any such lease upon the failure of the lessee to comply with any of its obligations thereunder or otherwise as such lease may provide, to include in any such lease provisions that the lessee shall have the option to renew the term of the lease for such period or periods and at such rents as may be determined by the authority or to purchase any or all of the hospital facilities or hospital equipment to which such lease shall apply;

(4) To loan to a participating hospital institution under an installment purchase contract or loan agreement monies to finance or refinance the cost of specific items of hospital facilities or hospital equipment and to take back a secured or unsecured promissory note evidencing such loan and a mortgage or security interest in the hospital facilities or hospital equipment financed or refinanced with such loan, upon such terms and conditions as the authority may deem proper;

(5) To sell or otherwise dispose of any or all unneeded or obsolete hospital facilities or hospital equipment under terms and conditions as determined by the authority;

(6) To maintain, repair, replace and otherwise improve or cause to be maintained, repaired, replaced and otherwise improved any hospital facilities or hospital equipment owned by the authority;

(7) To obtain or aid in obtaining property insurance on all hospital facilities or hospital equipment owned or financed by the authority and to enter into any agreement, contract or other instrument with respect to any such insurance to accept payment in the event of damage to or destruction of any hospital equipment;

(8) To enter into any agreement, contract or other instrument with respect to any insurance or guarantee or letter of credit, accepting payment in such manner and form as provided therein in the event of default by a participating hospital institution, and to assign any such insurance or guarantee or letter of credit as security for bonds issued by the authority; and

(9) To purchase and maintain business property insurance and business personal property insurance on all hospital-owned buildings and/or contents as required by federal law and regulations of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as is necessary for receiving public assistance or reimbursement for repair, reconstruction, replacement or other damage to those buildings and/or contents caused by the Hurricane Katrina Disaster of 2005 or subsequent disasters. The authority is authorized to expend funds from any available source for the purpose of obtaining and maintaining that property insurance. The authority is authorized to enter into agreements with the Department of Finance and Administration, local school districts, community/junior college districts, state institutions of higher learning, other community hospitals and/or other state agencies to pool their liabilities to participate in a group business property and/or business personal property insurance program, subject to uniform rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Department of Finance and Administration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-33 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 73-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-33
Status: in_force

The authority shall require that each participating hospital institution agree to maintain rates sufficient to assure that timely payments are made on any lease, installment purchase contract or loan agreement entered into pursuant to this act and may require any other type of security from the participating hospital institution that it deems reasonable and necessary. In addition, the authority may require that should there be a deficit in the funds necessary to pay any expenses incurred by the authority in connection with the delivery of the bonds, the hospital institutions receiving funds from such bond issue shall provide the necessary funds to make up for such deficit on a pro rata basis as determined by the authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-15 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 22 / Section 57-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-15
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate additional funds, not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per month, to be used under the direction of the State Board of Health, in perfecting the registration of vital records.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-143 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 17 / Section 39-143
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-143
Status: in_force

(a) If the deceased patient is medically suitable to be an organ and/or tissue donor, as determined by the procurement organization, and the donor and/or family has authorized the donation and transplantation, the donor's organs and/or tissues shall be removed for the purpose of donation and transplantation by the organ procurement organization, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.

(b) If the deceased patient is the subject of a medical-legal death investigation, the procurement organization shall immediately notify the appropriate medical examiner that the deceased patient is medically suitable to be an organ and/or tissue donor. If the medical examiner determines that examination, analysis or autopsy of the organs and/or tissue is necessary for the medical examiner's investigation, the medical examiner may be present while the organs and/or tissues are removed for the purpose of transplantation. The physician, surgeon or technician removing the organs and/or tissues shall file with the medical examiner a report detailing the donation, which shall become part of the medical examiner's report. When requested by the medical examiner, the report shall include a biopsy or medically approved sample, as specified by the medical examiner, from the donated organs and/or tissues.

(c) In a medical-legal death investigation, decisions about organ and/or tissue donation and transplantation shall be made in accordance with a protocol established and agreed upon by majority vote of procurement organization, a certified state pathologist who shall be appointed by the Mississippi Commissioner of Public Safety, a representative from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, a representative from the Mississippi Coroners Association, an organ recipient who shall be appointed by the Governor, the Director of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, and a representative of the Mississippi Prosecutor's Association appointed by the Attorney General. The protocol shall be established so as to maximize the total number of organs and/or tissues available for donation and transplantation. Organs and/or tissues designated by virtue of this protocol shall be recovered. The protocol shall be reviewed and evaluated on an annual basis.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-137-55 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 25 / Section 137-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-137-55
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to or supersede any of the provisions of Section 41-29-136 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-141-5 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 13 / Section 141-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-141-5
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not knowingly provide gender transition procedures to any person under eighteen (18) years of age.

(2) A person shall not knowingly engage in conduct that aids or abets the performance or inducement of gender transition procedures to any person under eighteen (18) years of age. This subsection may not be construed to impose liability on any speech protected by federal or state law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-61-79 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 61-79
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-61-79
Status: in_force

(1) The county medical examiner, county medical examiner investigator or deputies thereof may be furnished by the board of supervisors of the county:

(a) A two-way radio for countywide communication, using similar frequencies to those used by the sheriff. The responsibility for the installation, maintenance and removal of such equipment may be vested in the sheriff by the board of supervisors.

(b) A pager/beeper which can be employed countywide.

(c) A morgue or morgue facilities with proper examination equipment as directed by the State Medical Examiner. The facility may be at a hospital, funeral home or other suitable location. The county may contract with an individual or establishment to provide these facilities.

(d) A camera suitable for crime-scene or death-scene photography, plus film and processing.

(e) Body bags and cloth sheets, as needed.

(2) The county medical examiner or county medical examiner investigator may be furnished by the board of supervisors of the county with:

(a) A vehicle.

(b) Any other equipment, facilities or personnel deemed necessary by the medical examiners and by the board of supervisors of that county.

(3) The vehicle used by a medical examiner in the performance of his duties shall be considered to be an emergency vehicle and may be equipped with standard emergency flashing lights, siren and a two-way radio for countywide communication, using similar frequencies to those used by the County Emergency Communications District.

(4) The costs of any equipment or facilities purchased and the compensation of any persons employed under the authority of this section shall be paid from the general county fund or any other funds which may be made available to the board of supervisors for such purchases or employment of personnel.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-30-27 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 23 / Section 30-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-30-27
Status: in_force

(1)(a) A person may be admitted to an approved public or private treatment facility for emergency care and treatment upon a decree of the chancery court accepting an application for admission thereto accompanied by the certificate of two (2) licensed physicians. The application shall be to the chancery court of the county of such person's residence and may be made by any one (1) of the following: Either certifying physician, the patient's spouse or guardian, any relative of the patient, or any other person responsible for health, safety or welfare of all or part of the citizens within said chancery court's territorial jurisdiction. The application shall state facts to support the need for immediate commitment, including factual allegations showing that the person to be committed has threatened, attempted or actually inflicted physical harm upon himself or another. The physicians' certificates shall state that they examined the person within two (2) days of the certificate date and shall set out the facts to support the physicians' conclusion that the person is an alcoholic or drug addict who has lost the power of self-control with respect to the use of alcoholic beverages or habit-forming drugs and that unless immediately committed he is likely to inflict physical harm upon himself or others. A hearing on such applications shall be heard by the chancery court in term time or in vacation, and the hearing shall be held in the presence of the person sought to be admitted unless he fail or refuse to attend. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the person sought to be admitted, as soon as practicable after the examination by the certifying physicians, and the person sought to be admitted shall have an opportunity to be represented by counsel, and shall be entitled to have compulsory process for the attendance of witnesses.

(b) For the purpose of this section, the term “drug addict” shall have the meaning ascribed to it by Section 41-31-1(d) .

(2) The chancery judge may refuse an application if in his opinion the application and certificate fail to sustain the grounds for commitment. Upon acceptance of the application after hearing thereon and decree sustaining the application by the judge, the person shall be transported to the facility by a peace officer, health officer, the applicant for commitment, the patient's spouse or the patient's guardian. The person shall be retained at the facility that admitted him, or be transferred to any other appropriate treatment resource, until discharged pursuant to subsection (3).

(3) The attending physician shall discharge any person committed pursuant to this section when he determines that the grounds for commitment no longer exist, but no person committed pursuant to this section shall be retained in any facility for more than five (5) days.

(4) The application filed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall also contain an affidavit for involuntary commitment pursuant to Title 41, Chapter 31, Mississippi Code of 1972 . If the application for emergency involuntary commitment is accepted under subsection (2) of this section, the chancery judge shall order a hearing on the affidavit for commitment pursuant to Title 41, Chapter 31, Mississippi Code of 1972 , to be held on the fifth day of such involuntary emergency commitment, the provisions of Section 41-31-5 regarding the time of hearing to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that at the time of such involuntary commitment the alleged alcoholic or drug addict shall be served with a citation to appear at said hearing and shall have an opportunity to be represented by counsel.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-133-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 133-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-133-3
Status: in_force

(1) Upon inpatient admission to a hospital, each patient or patient's legal guardian shall have the opportunity to designate one (1) lay caregiver after the patient's admission into a hospital and before the patient's discharge to the residence.

(a) If the patient is unconscious or otherwise incapacitated upon inpatient admission to the hospital, the patient's legal guardian shall have an opportunity to designate one (1) lay caregiver after the patient's recovery of consciousness or capacity, so long as the designation or lack of designation does not interfere with, delay or otherwise affect the medical care provided to the patient.

(b) If the patient or the patient's legal guardian does not designate a lay caregiver under this chapter, the hospital shall document that in the patient's medical record.

(c) If the patient or the patient's legal guardian designates a lay caregiver under this subsection (1), the hospital shall promptly request the written consent of the patient or the patient's legal guardian to release medical information to the designated lay caregiver in accordance with the hospital's established procedures for releasing personal health information and in compliance with applicable state and federal law.

(d) If the patient or the patient's legal guardian does not consent to the release of medical information to the designated lay caregiver, the hospital is not required to provide notice to the lay caregiver under Section 41-133-5 .

(e) If the patient or the patient's legal guardian designates a lay caregiver under this subsection (1), the hospital shall record the designation of the lay caregiver, the relationship of the lay caregiver to the patient, and the name, telephone number and physical address of the designated lay caregiver in the patient's medical record.

(2) A patient or the patient's legal guardian may elect to change his or her designated lay caregiver if the lay caregiver becomes incapacitated.

(3) Designation of a lay caregiver by a patient or a patient's legal guardian under this chapter does not obligate any individual to perform any aftercare tasks for the patient.

(4) This section shall not be construed so as to require a patient or a patient's legal guardian to designate any individual as a lay caregiver.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-53 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 24 / Section 73-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-53
Status: in_force

Any pledge made by the authority shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. The revenue, money or properties so pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-31-13 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 31-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-31-13
Status: in_force

Any person committed to the custody of the Mississippi State Hospital or the East Mississippi Hospital may, notwithstanding the terms of any order of commitment, be permitted by the medical director or his authorized agent, to go at large on probation and without custody or restraint for such time and under such conditions as such medical director shall judge best. All persons committed to the custody of the Mississippi State Hospital or the East Mississippi State Hospital may be discharged by the director pursuant to its regulations, notwithstanding the terms of any order of commitment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-15 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 73-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-15
Status: in_force

Regular meetings of the members of the authority shall be held as set forth in its rules and regulations. Additional meetings of the members of the authority shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever any three (3) members so request.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-37-13 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 24 / Section 37-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-37-13
Status: in_force

In all cases where an autopsy is performed as provided in Section 41-37-9 , the person making said autopsy shall file a report, in duplicate, of said autopsy with the circuit clerk of the county where the death is being investigated. Such circuit clerk shall keep and preserve said report and make it available to the district attorney, county prosecuting attorney, grand jury, coroner, and to the accused.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-401 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 41-401
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-401
Status: in_force

Sections 41-41-401 through 41-41-419 shall be known and may be cited as the “Life Equality Act of 2020.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-201 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 25 / Section 59-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-201
Status: in_force

(1) The State Department of Health, in cooperation with the Department of Archives and History and the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management and subject to funds being made available, shall design and cause to be constructed and maintained on state-owned lands at some suitable and appropriate place in or near the City of Jackson, an Emergency Medical Services Memorial to honor those Emergency Medical Services personnel who have given their lives in the performance of their official duties and those who have made a dramatic impact on or substantial contribution to emergency medical services in Mississippi. The Department of Health shall consult with organizations and communities of interest relating to emergency medical services in designing the memorial, and the memorial shall be designed and constructed not later than July 1, 2025.

(2) The Department of Health shall form, establish and/or collaborate with a private foundation or nonprofit corporation to maintain the memorial in perpetuity and determine the eligibility of those persons to be included on the memorial. The foundation or nonprofit corporation shall solicit and receive funds from public and private sources and donations to carry out its responsibilities under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-13-19 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-13-19
Status: in_force

Such counties, cities and towns, supervisors districts, judicial districts and election districts of a county are authorized and empowered to make appropriations of the funds thereof for the purpose of Sections 41-13-15 through 41-13-51 , and are hereby authorized and empowered to issue and sell the bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness thereof, for the purpose of providing funds with which to acquire real estate for and to establish, erect, build, construct, remodel, add to, acquire, equip and furnish community hospitals, nurses' homes, health centers, health departments, diagnostic or treatment centers, rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes and related facilities under the provisions of such sections. Such bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness secured by a pledge of the full faith, credit, and resources of the issuing entity shall not be issued in an amount which will exceed the limit of indebtedness of the county, city, town, supervisors district, judicial district or election district issuing the same, as such limit is prescribed by Sections 19-9-1 et seq., and Sections 21-33-301 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972 .

Before issuing any such bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness secured by a pledge of the full faith, credit, and resources of the issuing entity, the board of supervisors, acting for a county or supervisors district, judicial district or election district thereof, or the mayor and board of aldermen, or city council, or other like governing body, acting for a city or town, shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention to issue the same, stating the amount and purposes thereof, whether such hospital, nurses' home, health center, health department, diagnostic or treatment center, rehabilitation facility, nursing home or related facilities are to be erected, acquired, remodeled, equipped, furnished, maintained and operated by such county, city, town or supervisors district separately, or jointly with one or more other counties, cities, towns, supervisors districts, judicial districts or election districts of a county, and fixing the date upon which further action will be taken to provide for the issuance of such bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness. The full text of such resolution shall be published once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in at least one (1) newspaper published in the county or city, as the case may be, or if none be so published, in a newspaper having a general circulation therein. The first publication of such notice shall be made not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date fixed in such resolution, as aforesaid, and the last publication shall be made not more than seven (7) days prior to such date. If, on or prior to the date fixed in such resolution, as aforesaid, there shall be filed with the clerk of the body by which such resolution was adopted a petition signed by twenty percent (20%) or fifteen hundred (1500), whichever is less, of the qualified voters of such county, city, town, supervisors district, judicial district or election district, as the case may be, requesting that an election be called and held on the question of the issuance of such bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, then it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors, board of aldermen, city council, or other governing body, as the case may be, to call and provide for the holding of an election as petitioned for. In such case no such bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness secured by a pledge of the full faith, credit, and resources of the issuing entity shall be issued unless authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified voters of such county, city, town, supervisors district, judicial district or election district, as the case may be, who vote on the proposition at such election. Notice of such election shall be given by publication in like manner as hereinabove provided for the publication of the initial resolution. Such election shall be conducted and the return thereof made, canvassed and declared as nearly as may be in like manner as is now or may hereafter be provided by law in the case of general elections in such county, city, town, supervisors district, judicial district or election district.

In the discretion of the board of supervisors, board of aldermen, city council, or other governing body, as the case may be, and after adoption of a resolution declaring its intention to issue such bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness secured by a pledge of the full faith, credit, and resources of the issuing entity, an election on the question of the issuance of such bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness may be called and held as hereinabove provided without the necessity of publishing said resolution and whether or not a protest to the issuance be filed with the clerk of the governing body. In the event that the question of the issuance of such bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness secured by a pledge of the full faith, credit, and resources of the issuing entity be not authorized at such election, such question shall not again be submitted to a vote until the expiration of a period of six (6) months from and after the date of such election.

In the event of any joint operation or proposed joint operation as provided by Section 41-13-15 , there shall be separate bond issues, and the board or boards of supervisors acting for a county, supervisors district, judicial district or election district, the governing bodies of the municipality or municipalities, as the case may be, shall each issue the bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness of the county, town, city, supervisors district, judicial district or election district, or districts, in such amounts as having been agreed upon by the respective boards of supervisors and governing bodies of the towns or cities, and in so doing follow and comply with the provisions of Sections 41-13-19 through 41-13-23 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-149-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 22 / Section 149-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-149-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Defending Affordable Prescription Drug Costs Act”.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-9-17 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-9-17
Status: in_force

The licensing agency shall adopt, amend, promulgate and enforce such rules, regulations and standards with respect to all hospitals to be licensed under Section 41-9-11 as may be designed to further the accomplishment of the purposes of Sections 41-9-1 through 41-9-35 in promoting safe and adequate treatment of individuals in hospitals in the interest of public health, safety and welfare. Any rule, regulation or standard adopted hereunder shall be considered as promulgated and effective from and after the time the same is recorded and indexed in a book to be maintained by the licensing agency in its main office in the State of Mississippi, entitled “Minimum Standard of Operation for Mississippi Hospitals.” Said book shall be open and available to all hospitals and the public generally at all reasonable times. Upon the adoption of any such rule, regulation or standard, the licensing agency shall mail copies thereof to all hospitals in the state which have filed with said agency their names and addresses for this purpose, but the failure to mail the same or the failure of the hospital to receive the same shall in nowise affect the validity thereof. No such rules, regulations or standards shall be adopted or enforced which would have the effect of denying a license to a hospital or other institution required to be licensed, solely by reason of the school or system of practice employed or permitted to be employed therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-57 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 13 / Section 55-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-57
Status: in_force

The rates for services hereunder shall be determined by the board of directors with regard to what is reasonable in the individual air ambulance service district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 23 / Section 27-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-3
Status: in_force

The state health officer shall be a member ex-officio of each county mosquito control commission and shall co-operate with them for the effective carrying out of their plans and work. The said state health officer shall serve without compensation, except that the necessary expenses actually incurred by him in the attendance of meetings of said commissions shall be allowed and paid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-85-19 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 85-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-85-19
Status: in_force

(1) A hospice program shall have a clearly defined organized governing body that has autonomous authority for the conduct of the hospice program. This body is not required to meet more often than quarterly.

(2) The hospice program shall have a director, administrator or manager who shall be responsible for the overall coordination and administration of the hospice program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-107-9 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 22 / Section 107-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-107-9
Status: in_force

(1) Rights of Conscience. A health care payer has the right to decline to pay, and no health care payer shall be required to pay for or arrange for the payment of a health care service that violates its conscience. However, this subsection does not allow a health care payer to decline to pay or arrange for the payment of a health care service regarding a patient because of the patient's race, color, national origin, ethnicity, sex, religion, creed or sexual orientation.

(2) Immunity from Liability. No health care payer and no person, association, corporation or other entity that owns, operates, supervises or manages a health care payer shall be civilly or criminally liable by reason of the health care payer's declining to pay for or arrange for the payment of a health care service that violates its conscience. However, this subsection does not exempt from liability a health care payer, or the owner, operator, supervisor or manager of a health care payer, for declining to pay or arranging for the payment of a health care service regarding a patient because of the patient's race, color, national origin, ethnicity, sex, religion, creed or sexual orientation.

(3) Discrimination. It shall be unlawful for any person, public or private institution, or public official to discriminate against any health care payer, or any person, association, corporation, or other entity (a) attempting to establish a new health care payer, or (b) operating an existing health care payer, in any manner, including, but not limited to, any denial, deprivation, or disqualification with respect to licensure, aid, assistance, benefit, privilege or authorization, including, but not limited to, any authorization to create, expand, improve, acquire, affiliate or merge with any health care payer, because a health care payer, or a person, association, corporation or other entity planning, proposing or operating a health care payer declines to pay for or arrange for the payment of any health care service that violates its conscience.

(4) Denial of Aid or Benefits. It shall be unlawful for any public official, agency, institution or entity to deny any form of aid, assistance, grants, or benefits or in any other manner coerce, disqualify or discriminate against any health care payer, or any person, association, corporation or other entity attempting to establish a new health care payer or operating an existing health care payer because the existing or proposed health care payer declines to pay for, or arrange for the payment of, any health care service that is contrary to its conscience.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-85-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 85-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-85-7
Status: repealed

(1) The administration of this chapter is vested in the Mississippi Department of Health, which shall:

(a) Prepare and furnish all forms necessary under the provisions of this chapter in relation to applications for licensure or renewals thereof;

(b) Collect in advance at the time of filing an application for a license or at the time of renewal of a license a fee of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each site or location of the licensee; any increase in the fee charged by the department under this paragraph shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 ;

(c) Levy a fee of Eighteen Dollars ($18.00) per bed for the review of inpatient hospice care; any increase in the fee charged by the department under this paragraph shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 ;

(d) Conduct annual licensure inspections of all licensees which may be the same inspection as the annual Medicare certification inspection; and

(e) Promulgate applicable rules and standards in furtherance of the purpose of this chapter and may amend such rules as may be necessary. The rules shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(i) The qualifications of professional and ancillary personnel in order to adequately furnish hospice care;

(ii) Standards for the organization and quality of patient care;

(iii) Procedures for maintaining records; and

(iv) Provision for the inpatient component of hospice care and for other professional and ancillary hospice services.

(2) All fees collected by the department under this section shall be used by the department exclusively for the purposes of licensure, regulation, inspection, investigations and discipline of hospices under this chapter.

(3) The State Department of Health shall not process any new applications for hospice licensure or issue any new hospice licenses, except renewals, except as follows:

(a) The department shall process applications for new hospice licenses filed during the period from and including March 27, 2017, through and until July 1, 2017, and shall issue no more than five (5) new hospice licenses in accordance with this chapter so long as the related applicant can show good cause for the issuance of the hospice license(s) for which application is made (including specifically, without limitation, the capability and capacity to provide unique or otherwise unavailable services related to serving patients under eighteen (18) years of age in the service area to which such application relates). If the applicant at the time of filing holds one or more hospice licenses, the applicant must be in good standing with the department regarding those licenses. Not more than two (2) of the new hospice licenses issued under this paragraph (a) shall be issued to the same applicant.

(b) The department shall process applications for new pediatric palliative care hospice licenses filed during the period from and including the effective date of this section through and until July 1, 2021, and shall issue no more than two (2) new pediatric palliative care hospice licenses in accordance with this chapter so long as the applicant can show good cause for the issuance of the hospice license for which application is made. If the applicant at the time of filing holds one or more hospice licenses, the applicant must be in good standing with the department regarding those licenses. At least one (1) of the new hospice licenses issued under this paragraph (b) shall be issued to an applicant that is located within the Second United States Congressional District as it exists on January 1, 2021. Not more than one (1) of the new hospice licenses issued under this paragraph (b) shall be issued to the same applicant.

This subsection (3) shall stand repealed on July 1, 2027.

(4) The provisions of subsection (3) prohibiting the processing of any new applications for hospice licensure shall not be applicable to an application for license reinstatement by a hospice whose license was temporarily suspended as a result of a federal audit by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), and the audit has been concluded without any penalty imposed by the federal agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-14 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 17 / Section 41-14
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-14
Status: in_force

(1) Any physician or psychologist duly licensed to practice medicine or psychology in the State of Mississippi, who in the exercise of due care consults with or prescribes medication for a minor at least fifteen (15) years of age for mental or emotional problems caused by or related to alcohol or drugs is under no obligation to obtain the consent of the spouse, parent or guardian of said minor, but said minor may consent to such treatment the same as if the minor had reached the age of majority.

(2) The licensed physician or psychologist may, but shall not be obligated to, inform the spouse, parent or guardian of a minor in the circumstances enumerated as to the treatment given or needed and the information may be given to the spouse, parent or guardian without the consent of the minor patient and over the express refusal of the minor patient.

(3) The parent, spouse or guardian shall not be financially liable for any such consultation unless and until they have consented to the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-67-101 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 25 / Section 67-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-67-101
Status: in_force

(1) There is created the Wastewater Advisory Board for the purpose of advising the Department of Health regarding individual on-site wastewater disposal systems. The advisory board shall be composed of the following:

(a) One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the American Council of Engineering;

(b) One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Office of Pollution Control;

(c) One (1) appointee of the State Health Officer;

(d) One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Home Builders Association of Mississippi;

(e) One (1) appointee of the Chairman of the Mississippi State Board of Health that represents a Mississippi ATU manufacturer;

(f) One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Engineering Society;

(g) One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Manufactured Housing Association;

(h) One (1) appointee of the Chairman of the Mississippi State Board of Health that represents a certified installer;

(i) One (1) appointee of the Chairman of the Mississippi State Board of Health that represents a septic tank or aggregate disposal manufacturer;

(j) One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Rural Water Association;

(k) One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Association of Supervisors;

(l) One (1) appointee of the President of the Mississippi Pumpers Association;

(m) One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Commission;

(n) One (1) appointee of the President of the Mississippi Water and Pollution Control Operators Association, Inc.;

(o) The federally appointed Mississippi State Soil Scientist, or his designee;

(p) One (1) appointee of the Director of the Mississippi State Board of Registered Professional Geologists;

(q) One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality;

(r) One (1) appointee of the Chairman of the Mississippi State Board of Health;

(s) One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Association of Realtors;

(t) One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Municipal League; and

(u) One (1) appointee of the Chairman of the Department of the Mississippi State University School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

(2) The members of the advisory committee shall elect a chairman and vice chairman from its membership.

(3) The terms of appointments for each member shall be for a period of two (2) years.

(4) The advisory committee shall have quarterly meetings, with at least one (1) of those meetings taking place between forty-five (45) and sixty (60) days before the meeting of the Mississippi State Board of Health.

(5) The Mississippi Department of Health shall staff all advisory committee meetings and record minutes of those meetings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-86-15 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 22 / Section 86-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-86-15
Status: in_force

Persons eligible to receive covered benefits under this chapter shall be low-income children who meet the eligibility standards set forth in the State Child Health Plan. Any person who is eligible for benefits under the Mississippi Medicaid Law, Section 43-13-101 et seq. , shall not be eligible to receive benefits under this chapter. A person who is without insurance coverage at the time of application for the program and who meets the other eligibility criteria in the plan shall be eligible to receive covered benefits under the program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-137.1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 24 / Section 29-137.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-137.1
Status: in_force

The medical director of a licensed hospice, in his or her discretion, may prescribe controlled substances for a patient of the hospice for terminal disease pain without having an in-person face-to-face visit with the patient before issuing the prescription. The provisions of this section supersede the provisions of any rule or regulation of a licensing agency to the contrary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-11 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-11
Status: in_force

(1) Each local registrar shall be paid the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) for each birth and each death certificate properly made out, and in the manner and on the form required by the State Board of Health. Such sum shall be paid by the board of supervisors of the county in which the births and deaths occurred, upon certification made monthly to the board of supervisors by the state registrar.

However, any local registrar shall receive only Fifty Cents (50¢) for each birth and each death certificate sent in to the Bureau of Vital Statistics improperly completed or sent in at a later time than that fixed by the regulations of the State Board of Health.

(2) In addition to any fees established and collected by the State Board of Health for the issuance of original and copies of birth certificates, there shall be charged a fee of One Dollar ($1.00) for each original and each copy of a birth certificate. This additional fee shall be deposited into the Mississippi Children's Trust Fund created by Section 93-21-305 and shall be used only as set forth in Sections 93-21-301 through 93-21-311 . This additional fee shall not be added to birth certificates furnished free as provided in Sections 35-3-9 and 41-57-25 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-9-23 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-9-23
Status: in_force

Information received by the licensing agency through filed reports, inspection, or as otherwise authorized under Sections 41-9-1 through 41-9-35 shall not be disclosed publicly in such manner as to identify individuals, except in a proceeding involving the questions of licensure; however, the licensing agency may utilize statistical data concerning types of services and the utilization of these services for hospitals in performing the statutory duties imposed upon it by Section 41-7-171, et seq. and by Section 41-9-29 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-51-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 24 / Section 51-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-51-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as The Animal and Poultry By-Products Disposal Law of 1964.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-33 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 23-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-33
Status: in_force

The State Board of Health, with the consent of the governor, when it deems it proper or necessary to do so, may call upon the government of the United States for such financial and medical aid as the necessities created by an epidemic or any other health emergency may require.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-48 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 57-48
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-48
Status: in_force

(1) For each marriage performed in this state, a record entitled “Statistical Record of Marriage” shall be filed with the office of vital records registration of the State Board of Health by the circuit clerk who issued the marriage license and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section.

(2) The circuit clerk who issues the marriage license shall complete the statistical record (except for the section relating to the ceremony) on a form prescribed and furnished by the State Board of Health and shall sign it. The record shall be prepared on the basis of information obtained from the parties to be married, and both the bride and the groom shall sign the record certifying that the information about themselves is correct.

(3) The person who performs the marriage ceremony shall complete and sign the section relating to the ceremony and shall return the record to the circuit clerk who issued the license within five (5) days after the ceremony.

(4) The circuit clerk, on or before the tenth day of each calendar month, shall forward to the State Board of Health all completed records returned to him during the preceding month.

(5) The circuit clerk shall receive a recording fee of one dollar ($1.00) for each marriage record prepared and forwarded by him to the State Board of Health. This fee shall be collected from the applicants for the license together with, and in addition to, the fee for the license and shall be deposited in the county treasury. The recording fees shall be paid to the circuit clerk out of the county treasury once each six (6) months on order of the board of supervisors, upon certification by the office of vital records registration of the number of marriage records filed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-91-15 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 20 / Section 91-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-91-15
Status: in_force

Any person or entity who fails to provide the information required to be provided to the cancer registry or who misuses the information provided to the cancer registry shall be subject to a civil penalty of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each such failure or misuse. Such penalty shall be assessed and levied by the board after a hearing, and all such penalties collected shall be deposited into the State General Fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-317 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 21 / Section 29-317
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-317
Status: in_force

(1) The Bureau of Narcotics may develop and maintain a program to inform retailers about the methamphetamine problem in the state and devise procedures and forms for retailers to use in reporting to the Bureau of Narcotics suspicious purchases, thefts or other transactions involving any products under the retailer's control which contain a regulated precursor under the provisions of Section 41-29-313 .

(2) Reporting by retailers as required by this section shall be voluntary.

(3) Retailers reporting information to the Bureau of Narcotics in good faith pursuant to this section shall be immune from civil and criminal liability for a violation of Section 41-29-313 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-35-9 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 22 / Section 35-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-35-9
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the physicians, midwives, or other persons in attendance upon a case of childbirth in a maternity home, hospital, public or charitable institution, in every infant immediately after birth, to use some prophylactic against inflammation of the eyes of the new born and to make record of the prophylactic used. It shall be the duty of such institution to maintain such records of cases of inflammation of the eyes of the new born as the state board of health shall direct.

It shall be the duty of a midwife in every case of childbirth under her care, immediately after birth, to use such prophylactic against inflammation of the eyes of the new born as the state board of health requires.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 27-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-1
Status: in_force

The county board of supervisors in any county of this state may, with the approval of the state health officer, appoint three (3) persons who will constitute a board of commissioners of said county to be known as “The __________ County Mosquito Control Commission,” (inserting the name of the county in and for which the commissioners are appointed). The commissioners first so appointed in any county shall hold office respectively for the term of one (1), two (2) and three (3) years, as indicated and fixed in the order of appointment. All such commissioners, after the first appointment, shall be so appointed for the full term of three (3) years. Vacancies in the said commission occurring by resignation or otherwise shall be filled by the county board of supervisors with the approval of the state health officer, and the persons appointed to fill such vacancies shall be appointed for the unexpired term only. Such persons so appointed, when duly qualified, constituting such commission, and their successors are hereby created a body politic, with power to sue and be sued, to use a common seal and make bylaws.

The members of any such commission shall serve without compensation, except that the necessary expenses of each commissioner for actual attendance of meetings and a per diem as provided in Section 25-3-69 shall be allowed and paid. No commissioner shall be paid per diem in excess of two (2) meetings per month. The president and secretary shall furnish bond in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) each, the fee for same to be charged to available funds obtained for the work herein mentioned. No persons employed by the said commission shall be a member thereof. Before entering upon the duties of his office each commissioner shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before the clerk of the county in and for which he is appointed, to faithfully and impartially perform the duties of his office, which oath or affirmation shall be filed with the clerk of the county wherein the commission of which he is a member is appointed. Every such commission shall annually choose from among its members a president and treasurer, and employ a director who is trained in mosquito control operations, and whose duty it shall be to direct the work of the commission as its executive. Every such commission shall employ a clerk or secretary, and such other help as it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. It may also determine the duties and compensation of such employees, and make all rules and regulations respecting the same.

It shall be the duty of the county board of supervisors in each county to provide such commission with a suitable office where its meetings may be held, its maps, plans, documents, records, and accounts shall be kept, and office work carried on. The commission shall hold monthly meetings, and not less than two (2) members shall constitute a quorum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-175 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-175
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-175
Status: repealed

Any orders and rules promulgated under any law affected by this article and in effect on April 16, 1971, and not in conflict with the provisions of this article shall continue in effect until modified, superseded or repealed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-122 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 29-122
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-122
Status: in_force

Any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of a controlled substance and is listed as an exempt substance in 21 C.F.R., Section 1308.22 , shall be exempted from the provisions of the Uniform Controlled Substances Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-255 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-255
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-255
Status: in_force

(1) Out of funds provided therefor by the Legislature or from any other sources, the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to purchase or acquire the necessary land for the location of the facilities; or the Department of Finance and Administration may acquire the land by gift, deed, transfer or other legitimate means; or the facilities may be located on land belonging to the state or one of its political subdivisions. However, any such land selected shall be transferred or deeded to the State of Mississippi for the sole use of the State Board of Mental Health in carrying out the provisions of Sections 41-19-251 et seq. The general design of the facilities and all construction plans shall be approved and recommended by the State Department of Mental Health.

(2) The facilities shall be administered by the State Board of Mental Health.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-161 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 13 / Section 41-161
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-161
Status: in_force

(1) If judgment is rendered in favor of the plaintiff in an action described in Section 41-41-157 or 41-41-159 , the court shall also render judgment for a reasonable attorney's fee in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant.

(2) If judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant in an action described in Section 41-41-157 or 41-41-159 and the court finds that the plaintiff's suit was frivolous and brought in bad faith, the court shall render judgment for a reasonable attorney's fee in favor of the defendant against the plaintiff.

(3) No attorney's fee may be assessed against the woman upon whom a dismemberment abortion was performed or attempted to be performed except in accordance with subsection (2) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-71 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 73-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-71
Status: in_force

The authority shall, following the close of each fiscal year, submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to the Governor and both houses of the Legislature and, within thirty (30) days of the receipt thereof by the authority, a copy of the report of every external examination of the books and accounts of the authority. Each member of the Legislature shall receive a copy of any such reports by making a request for it to the chairman of the authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-13-21 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-13-21
Status: in_force

Such bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness as are issued pursuant to Section 41-13-19 shall bear such date or dates, shall be of such denomination or denominations, shall be payable at such place or places, shall bear such rate or rates of interest, and shall mature in such amounts and at such times, not to exceed twenty (20) years for general obligation bonds and not to exceed thirty (30) years for revenue bonds, as may be provided and directed by the board of supervisors, board of aldermen, city council, or other like governing body, as the case may be, consistent with the provisions of Sections 41-13-19 through 41-13-23 .

Any provisions of the general laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds and interest coupons issued pursuant to the authority of Section 43-13-19 shall possess all the qualities of negotiable instruments. The bonds and the interest coupons shall be executed in such manner and shall be substantially in the form prescribed in the authorizing ordinance. In case any of the officers whose signatures or countersignatures appear on the bonds or interest coupons shall cease to be such officers before delivery of such bonds, such signatures or countersignatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if they had remained in office until such delivery. No bond shall bear more than one (1) rate of interest. Each bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified in the bid. All bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest from date to maturity. All interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually, except that the first interest coupon attached to any such bond may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year.

No interest payment shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon and neither cancelled nor supplemental coupons shall be permitted. The lowest interest rate specified for any bonds issued shall not be less than seventy percent (70%) of the highest interest rate specified for the same bond issue. Each interest rate specified in any bid must be in multiples of one-eighth of one percent ( 1 / 8 of 1%) or one-tenth of one percent ( 1 / 10 of 1%). If serial bonds, such bonds shall mature annually, and the first maturity date thereof shall not be more than five (5) years from the date of such bonds. Such bonds shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for savings banks, trust companies and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi. The bonds and interest coupons shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal and other taxation under the laws of the State of Mississippi.

All bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness secured by a pledge of the full faith, credit and resources of the issuing entity shall not bear a rate of interest in excess of that allowed in Section 75-17-101, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and shall be sold for not less than par plus accrued interest at public sale in the manner provided by Section 31-19-25 .

All bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness not secured by a pledge of the full faith, credit and resources of the issuing entity shall not bear a rate of interest in excess of that allowed in Section 75-17-103, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and shall be sold for not less than par plus accrued interest at public sale in the manner provided by Section 31-19-25 .

Bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness may be sold to the United States of America or an agency or agencies thereof at private sale upon such terms and conditions as the governing authorities of the issuing entity may determine, consistent with the provisions of Sections 41-13-19 through 41-13-23 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-14 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 57-14
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-14
Status: in_force

(1) If the mother was married at the time of either conception or birth, or at any time between conception and birth, the name of the husband shall be entered on the certificate of birth as the father of the child. The social security number of each parent of a child born within this state shall be furnished to the local registrar of vital records at the time of filing the certificate of birth, but such information shall not appear on the portion of the certificate to be issued as a certified copy. Such information shall be sent to the Office of Vital Records Registration of the State Department of Health along with the certificate of birth and shall be retained by the office. The information shall not be disclosed to any person except as authorized by paragraph (2) of this section or as allowed by Section 41-57-2 .

(2) The Office of Vital Records Registration shall make available to the Division of Child Support Enforcement of the Mississippi Department of Human Services information concerning the names and social security numbers of the parents obtained under the requirements of paragraph (1) for the use in establishing paternity or enforcing child support obligations. Information obtained by the Division of Child Support Enforcement under this section may be used in any action or proceeding before any court, administrative tribunal, or other proceeding for the purpose of establishing paternity, establishing a child support obligation, collecting child support or locating persons owing such an obligation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 26-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and cited as the “Mississippi Safe Drinking Water Act of 1997.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-115 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 41-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-115
Status: in_force

(1) Nothing in Sections 41-41-101 through 41-41-117 shall be construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion.

(2) It is not the intention of Sections 41-41-101 through 41-41-117 to make lawful an abortion that is currently unlawful.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 20 / Section 29-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-7
Status: in_force

The term “misbranded parcel, package, or container” means a retail parcel, package, or container of any dangerous caustic or corrosive substance for household use, not bearing a conspicuous, easily legible label or sticker, containing:

(a) The name of the article;

(b) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, seller, or distributor;

(c) The word “POISON,” running parallel with the main body of reading matter on said label or sticker, on a clear, plain background of a distinctly contrasting color, in uncondensed gothic capital letters, the letters to be not less than 24 point size, unless there is on said label or sticker no other type so large, in which event the type shall be not smaller than the largest type on the label or sticker, and

(d) Directions for treatment in case of accidental personal injury by the dangerous caustic or corrosive substance. Such directions need not, however, appear on labels or stickers on parcels, packages, or containers at the time of shipment or of delivery for shipment by manufacturers or wholesalers for other than household use.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-133-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 10 / Section 133-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-133-3
Status: in_force

(1) Upon inpatient admission to a hospital, each patient or patient's legal guardian shall have the opportunity to designate one (1) lay caregiver after the patient's admission into a hospital and before the patient's discharge to the residence.

(a) If the patient is unconscious or otherwise incapacitated upon inpatient admission to the hospital, the patient's legal guardian shall have an opportunity to designate one (1) lay caregiver after the patient's recovery of consciousness or capacity, so long as the designation or lack of designation does not interfere with, delay or otherwise affect the medical care provided to the patient.

(b) If the patient or the patient's legal guardian does not designate a lay caregiver under this chapter, the hospital shall document that in the patient's medical record.

(c) If the patient or the patient's legal guardian designates a lay caregiver under this subsection (1), the hospital shall promptly request the written consent of the patient or the patient's legal guardian to release medical information to the designated lay caregiver in accordance with the hospital's established procedures for releasing personal health information and in compliance with applicable state and federal law.

(d) If the patient or the patient's legal guardian does not consent to the release of medical information to the designated lay caregiver, the hospital is not required to provide notice to the lay caregiver under Section 41-133-5 .

(e) If the patient or the patient's legal guardian designates a lay caregiver under this subsection (1), the hospital shall record the designation of the lay caregiver, the relationship of the lay caregiver to the patient, and the name, telephone number and physical address of the designated lay caregiver in the patient's medical record.

(2) A patient or the patient's legal guardian may elect to change his or her designated lay caregiver if the lay caregiver becomes incapacitated.

(3) Designation of a lay caregiver by a patient or a patient's legal guardian under this chapter does not obligate any individual to perform any aftercare tasks for the patient.

(4) This section shall not be construed so as to require a patient or a patient's legal guardian to designate any individual as a lay caregiver.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-51-19 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 10 / Section 51-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-51-19
Status: in_force

No new plant shall be located or constructed, or any discontinued plant reconstructed or reopened, at any place in this state inside of, or within two (2) miles of the nearest point of, the existing corporate limits of any municipality with a population in excess of five hundred (500) according to the latest federal census, or within one (1) mile of the nearest boundary of the lands owned or controlled in connection either with any state, county, township, city or town park, or boulevard, or of any public school or hospital, or of any charitable, religious or educational institution.

Any existing plant which shall, on March 26, 1964, be in operation upon a site located in, or within the distance aforesaid from, any of the places or objects designated in this section shall not be denied a license solely by reason of its location.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-105 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 27-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-105
Status: in_force

There shall be three (3) members of the county mosquito control commission composed of the county agricultural extension agent, the county health officer and a rice producer. The county agricultural extension agent and the county health officer shall serve as permanent members by virtue of their office. The rice producer shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years. The board of supervisors shall have power to fill the vacancy caused by resignation or otherwise of the rice producer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-61-63 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 25 / Section 61-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-61-63
Status: in_force

(1) The State Medical Examiner shall:

(a) Provide assistance, consultation and training to county medical examiners, county medical examiner investigators and law enforcement officials.

(b) Keep complete records of all relevant information concerning deaths or crimes requiring investigation by the medical examiners.

(c) Promulgate rules and regulations regarding the manner and techniques to be employed while conducting autopsies; the nature, character and extent of investigations to be made into deaths affecting the public interest to allow a medical examiner to render a full and complete analysis and report; the format and matters to be contained in all reports rendered by the medical examiners; and all other things necessary to carry out the purposes of Sections 41-61-51 through 41-61-79 . The State Medical Examiner shall make such amendments to these rules and regulations as may be necessary. All medical examiners, coroners and law enforcement officers shall be subject to such rules.

(d) Cooperate with the crime detection and medical examiner laboratories authorized by Section 45-1-17 , the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the Attorney General, law enforcement agencies, the courts and the State of Mississippi.

(e) Promulgate rules and regulations regarding the manner in which county medical examiner investigators are required to enter electronically the information for all deaths that occur in the investigator's county.

(2) In addition, the medical examiners shall:

(a) Upon receipt of notification of a death affecting the public interest, make inquiries regarding the cause and manner of death, reduce the findings to writing and promptly make a full report to the State Medical Examiner on forms prescribed for that purpose. The medical examiner shall be authorized to inspect and copy the medical reports of the decedent whose death is under investigation. However, the records copied shall be maintained as confidential so as to protect the doctor/patient privilege. The medical examiners shall be authorized to request the issuance of subpoenas, through the proper court, for the attendance of persons and for the production of documents as may be required by their investigation.

(b) Complete the medical examiner's portion of the certificate of death within seventy-two (72) hours of assuming jurisdiction over a death, and forward the certificate to the funeral director or to the family. The medical examiner's portion of the certificate of death shall include the decedent's name, the date and time of death, the cause of death and the certifier's signature. If determination of the cause and/or manner of death are pending an autopsy or toxicological or other studies, these sections on the certificate may be marked “pending,” with amendment and completion to follow the completion of the postmortem studies. The State Medical Examiner shall be authorized to amend a death certificate; however, the State Medical Examiner is not authorized to change or amend any death certificate after he has resigned or been removed from his office as the State Medical Examiner. Where an attending physician refuses to sign a certificate of death, or in case of any death, the State Medical Examiner or properly qualified designee may sign the death certificate.

(c) Cooperate with other agencies as provided for the State Medical Examiner in subsection (1)(d) of this section.

(d) In all investigations of deaths affecting the public interest where an autopsy will not be performed, obtain or attempt to obtain postmortem blood, urine and/or vitreous fluids. Medical examiners may also obtain rectal temperature measurements, known hair samples, radiographs, gunshot residue/wiping studies, fingerprints, palm prints and other noninvasive studies as the case warrants and/or as directed by the State Medical Examiner. Decisions shall be made in consultation with investigating law enforcement officials and/or the State Medical Examiner. The cost of all studies not performed by the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory shall be borne by the county. County medical examiner investigators shall be authorized to obtain these postmortem specimens themselves following successful completion of the death investigation training school.

(e) In all investigations of deaths occurring in the manner specified in subsection (2)(j) of Section 41-61-59 , a death investigation shall be performed by the medical examiners in accordance with the child death investigation protocol established by the State Medical Examiner. The results of the death investigation shall be reported to the State Medical Examiner on forms prescribed for that purpose by the State Medical Examiner and to appropriate authorities, including police and child protective services, within three (3) days of the conclusion of the death investigation.

(f) Electronically report all deaths, and all associated toxicology reports, that occur in the examiner's county to the State Medical Examiner in a manner prescribed by the State Medical Examiner.

(3) The medical examiner shall not use his position or authority to favor any particular funeral home or funeral homes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-85-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 85-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-85-7
Status: repealed

(1) The administration of this chapter is vested in the Mississippi Department of Health, which shall:

(a) Prepare and furnish all forms necessary under the provisions of this chapter in relation to applications for licensure or renewals thereof;

(b) Collect in advance at the time of filing an application for a license or at the time of renewal of a license a fee of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each site or location of the licensee; any increase in the fee charged by the department under this paragraph shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 ;

(c) Levy a fee of Eighteen Dollars ($18.00) per bed for the review of inpatient hospice care; any increase in the fee charged by the department under this paragraph shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 ;

(d) Conduct annual licensure inspections of all licensees which may be the same inspection as the annual Medicare certification inspection; and

(e) Promulgate applicable rules and standards in furtherance of the purpose of this chapter and may amend such rules as may be necessary. The rules shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(i) The qualifications of professional and ancillary personnel in order to adequately furnish hospice care;

(ii) Standards for the organization and quality of patient care;

(iii) Procedures for maintaining records; and

(iv) Provision for the inpatient component of hospice care and for other professional and ancillary hospice services.

(2) All fees collected by the department under this section shall be used by the department exclusively for the purposes of licensure, regulation, inspection, investigations and discipline of hospices under this chapter.

(3) The State Department of Health shall not process any new applications for hospice licensure or issue any new hospice licenses, except renewals, except as follows:

(a) The department shall process applications for new hospice licenses filed during the period from and including March 27, 2017, through and until July 1, 2017, and shall issue no more than five (5) new hospice licenses in accordance with this chapter so long as the related applicant can show good cause for the issuance of the hospice license(s) for which application is made (including specifically, without limitation, the capability and capacity to provide unique or otherwise unavailable services related to serving patients under eighteen (18) years of age in the service area to which such application relates). If the applicant at the time of filing holds one or more hospice licenses, the applicant must be in good standing with the department regarding those licenses. Not more than two (2) of the new hospice licenses issued under this paragraph (a) shall be issued to the same applicant.

(b) The department shall process applications for new pediatric palliative care hospice licenses filed during the period from and including the effective date of this section through and until July 1, 2021, and shall issue no more than two (2) new pediatric palliative care hospice licenses in accordance with this chapter so long as the applicant can show good cause for the issuance of the hospice license for which application is made. If the applicant at the time of filing holds one or more hospice licenses, the applicant must be in good standing with the department regarding those licenses. At least one (1) of the new hospice licenses issued under this paragraph (b) shall be issued to an applicant that is located within the Second United States Congressional District as it exists on January 1, 2021. Not more than one (1) of the new hospice licenses issued under this paragraph (b) shall be issued to the same applicant.

This subsection (3) shall stand repealed on July 1, 2027.

(4) The provisions of subsection (3) prohibiting the processing of any new applications for hospice licensure shall not be applicable to an application for license reinstatement by a hospice whose license was temporarily suspended as a result of a federal audit by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), and the audit has been concluded without any penalty imposed by the federal agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-122 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-122
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-122
Status: in_force

Any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of a controlled substance and is listed as an exempt substance in 21 C.F.R., Section 1308.22 , shall be exempted from the provisions of the Uniform Controlled Substances Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 55-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-7
Status: in_force

If there is in operation an adequate privately run ambulance service, then the governing authorities are hereby prohibited from contracting for ambulance services to be run by the public body. The governing authorities may, however, subsidize such existing privately run ambulance service, in their discretion, if they deem necessary to keep such service in operation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-207 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 17 / Section 41-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-207
Status: in_force

(1) An individual may revoke the designation of an agent only by a signed writing or by personally informing the supervising health-care provider.

(2) An individual may revoke all or part of an advance health-care directive, other than the designation of an agent, at any time and in any manner that communicates an intent to revoke.

(3) A health-care provider, agent, guardian, or surrogate who is informed of a revocation shall promptly communicate the fact of the revocation to the supervising health-care provider and to any health-care institution at which the patient is receiving care.

(4) A decree of annulment, divorce, dissolution of marriage, or legal separation revokes a previous designation of a spouse as agent unless otherwise specified in the decree or in a power of attorney for health care.

(5) An advance health-care directive that conflicts with an earlier advance health-care directive revokes the earlier directive to the extent of the conflict.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-176.1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 29-176.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-176.1
Status: in_force

The seizing law enforcement agency shall within thirty (30) days of a seizure, request either the district attorney of the county in which property is seized or the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics to prosecute any cases involving seized property. No one other than the district attorney of the county in which the seizure occurred or an attorney from the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics shall have authority to prosecute the forfeiture of the seized property. If the district attorney and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics decline to prosecute the forfeiture of the seized property, the seizing law enforcement agency shall notify the person from whom the property was seized that the property will not be forfeited, within thirty (30) days of receiving the notice not to prosecute, and shall provide written instructions advising the person how to retrieve the seized property.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-37-15 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-37-15
Status: in_force

The physician performing the autopsy shall be paid a fee not exceeding the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), which sum shall be paid out of the treasury of the county in the interest of which the autopsy was ordered, upon the allowance and warrant of the board of supervisors of such county. If the physician performing the autopsy is a qualified pathologist, such fee may be increased to Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00).

A chemist whose services are used pursuant to Section 41-37-11 may be paid a fee not to exceed Sixty Dollars ($60.00) for such chemical analysis. The fee of said chemist for such analysis shall be paid in like manner as that of the autopsy physician.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-30-35 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 17 / Section 30-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-30-35
Status: in_force

Reasonable charges and expenses for the care, maintenance and treatment of alcoholics in any approved public treatment facility under any provision of this chapter shall be a lawful charge against the person and estate of said alcoholic.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-87-12 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 87-12
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-87-12
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this chapter, the state council will recognize or facilitate the formation of district and local interagency councils to plan and coordinate services, in conjunction with the district office of the lead agency, for eligible infants and toddlers and their families who reside within the county or counties served by the councils. Local councils may enter into contractual agreements with the lead agency to become primary service agencies.

(2) The duties of local interagency coordinating councils shall include:

(a) Identifying existing early intervention services and resources;

(b) Identifying gaps in the service delivery system and developing strategies to address these gaps;

(c) Identifying alternative funding sources;

(d) Facilitating the development of interagency agreements and supporting the development of service coalitions;

(e) Assisting in the implementation of policies and procedures that will promote interagency collaboration;

(f) Developing local procedures and determining mechanisms for implementing policies and procedures in accordance with state and federal statutes and regulations;

(g) Developing a local interagency plan for the coordination of early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families;

(h) Collecting necessary and appropriate data on early intervention service provision in the area;

(i) Serving as the fiscal and or contracting agent for a local community for the provision of early intervention services, training or planning.

(3) Local interagency coordinating councils shall be composed of community members who are interested in supporting coordinated early intervention services, representatives of all local agencies serving infants and toddlers, medical professionals, public and private service providers, parents of persons with disabilities, community and business leaders and local agencies.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-43 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 57-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-43
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the state registrar of vital statistics, in addition to the duties now required of him by law, to carry into effect the provisions of law relating to registration of marriages and the rules, regulations and orders of the State Board of Health which may be promulgated pursuant to Section 41-57-45 . The said State Board of Health shall provide for such clerical and other assistance as may be necessary, and may fix the compensation of persons thus employed. The said board shall provide suitable apartments properly equipped with fireproof vault and filing cases for the permanent and safe preservation of all official records made and returned to said bureau.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-111-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 22 / Section 111-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-111-3
Status: in_force

(1) Mandatory reporters : All law enforcement officers, firefighters, child protection service employees, medical care personnel, doctors, nurses, medical examiners, coroners, health care providers, and all agents and employees of the State Medical Examiner's office, and any other persons who are designated as mandatory reporters under Section 43-21-353(1) who have knowledge or information concerning a “child fatality” or child “near fatality” must make a report to the State Child Abuse Hotline.

(2) Definitions. (a) “ Child fatality ” or “ child death ” means the sudden and unexpected, or otherwise unexplained death of a child who is between the ages of birth and eighteen (18) years.

(b) “ Child near fatality ” or “ child near death ” incident includes all occurrences where a child's physical condition is medically diagnosed as “serious” or “critical” if there is some indication or suggestion that the child's injuries may have been caused by abuse, neglect, or an unexplained cause.

(3) Mandatory reporting requirement . A mandatory reporter must make a report if it would be reasonable for the mandatory reporter to suspect that a child death or child near fatality was caused by abuse, neglect, or occurred unexpectedly due to an unexplained cause. Reports to the Child Abuse Hotline must be made in all circumstances involving child fatalities and near fatalities, including, but not limited to, situations where:

(a) Abuse or neglect is the suspected cause of a child's sudden or unexpected death;

(b) There is a medical diagnosis of “sudden unexplained infant death” (SUID);

(c) The cause of death of any child is unexplained;

(d) The child is the victim of suspected sexual abuse or sexual exploitation, and physical injury has resulted that has been medically diagnosed as “serious” or “critical”; and

(e) Severe abuse or neglect is suspected, or an unexplained cause resulted in severe physical injury or trauma to a child that resulted in a medical diagnosis that the child's condition was “serious” or “critical,” or which required hospitalization in an intensive care unit of a hospital.

(4) Mandatory reporting procedure . A report required under subsection (2) must be made immediately to the State Child Abuse Hotline. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a mandatory reporter may not delegate to any other person the responsibility to report, but must make the report personally.

(5) Contents of the report . The report must identify, to the extent known to the reporter, the following:

(a) The name and address of the minor victim;

(b) The name and address of the minor's caretaker;

(c) Any other pertinent information known to the reporter.

(6) Confidentiality . Reports made under this section are not public records. Reports made under this section and the identity of the mandatory reporter shall be confidential, except when the court determines the testimony of the person reporting to be material to a judicial proceeding, so that the identity of the reporter is released to law enforcement agencies and the appropriate prosecutor. In those circumstances, the identity of the reporting party shall not be disclosed to anyone other than law enforcement or prosecutors except under court order. Violation of this confidentiality requirement is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months, a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars, ($1,000.00), or both. Disclosure of any information by the prosecutor shall conform to the Mississippi Uniform Rules of Circuit and County Court Procedure.

(7) Immunity . A mandatory reporter who makes a required report under this section or participates in a judicial proceeding resulting from a mandatory report is presumed to be acting in good faith. A health care practitioner or health care facility is immune from any penalty, civil or criminal, for good-faith compliance with any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section. A person or institution reporting in good faith is immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed.

(8) Penalties . Failure to make a mandatory report required under this section will be punished as follows:

(a) A person who is convicted of a first offense of failure to make a report as required under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).

(b) A person who is convicted of a second offense of failure to make a report as required under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), imprisoned for not more than thirty (30) days, or both.

(c) A person who is convicted of a third or subsequent offense of failure to make a report as required under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-79-21 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 22 / Section 79-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-79-21
Status: in_force

If a student in any public elementary or secondary school has had head lice on three (3) occasions during one (1) school year while attending school, or if the parent of the student has been notified by school officials that the student has had head lice on three (3) occasions in one (1) school year, as determined by the school nurse, public health nurse or a physician, the principal or administrator shall notify the county health department of the recurring problem of head lice with that student. The county health department then shall instruct the child's parents or guardians on how to treat head lice, eliminate head lice from household items, and prevent the recurrence of head lice. The county health department shall charge the child's parents or guardians a fee to recover its costs of providing treatment and counseling for the head lice. The school principal or administrator shall not allow the child to attend school until proof of treatment is obtained.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-107-9 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 107-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-107-9
Status: in_force

(1) Rights of Conscience. A health care payer has the right to decline to pay, and no health care payer shall be required to pay for or arrange for the payment of a health care service that violates its conscience. However, this subsection does not allow a health care payer to decline to pay or arrange for the payment of a health care service regarding a patient because of the patient's race, color, national origin, ethnicity, sex, religion, creed or sexual orientation.

(2) Immunity from Liability. No health care payer and no person, association, corporation or other entity that owns, operates, supervises or manages a health care payer shall be civilly or criminally liable by reason of the health care payer's declining to pay for or arrange for the payment of a health care service that violates its conscience. However, this subsection does not exempt from liability a health care payer, or the owner, operator, supervisor or manager of a health care payer, for declining to pay or arranging for the payment of a health care service regarding a patient because of the patient's race, color, national origin, ethnicity, sex, religion, creed or sexual orientation.

(3) Discrimination. It shall be unlawful for any person, public or private institution, or public official to discriminate against any health care payer, or any person, association, corporation, or other entity (a) attempting to establish a new health care payer, or (b) operating an existing health care payer, in any manner, including, but not limited to, any denial, deprivation, or disqualification with respect to licensure, aid, assistance, benefit, privilege or authorization, including, but not limited to, any authorization to create, expand, improve, acquire, affiliate or merge with any health care payer, because a health care payer, or a person, association, corporation or other entity planning, proposing or operating a health care payer declines to pay for or arrange for the payment of any health care service that violates its conscience.

(4) Denial of Aid or Benefits. It shall be unlawful for any public official, agency, institution or entity to deny any form of aid, assistance, grants, or benefits or in any other manner coerce, disqualify or discriminate against any health care payer, or any person, association, corporation or other entity attempting to establish a new health care payer or operating an existing health care payer because the existing or proposed health care payer declines to pay for, or arrange for the payment of, any health care service that is contrary to its conscience.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-31-15 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 31-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-31-15
Status: in_force

The provisions of the law with respect to the costs of commitment and the cost of support, including the prohibition in Section 41-21-65 regarding the charging of extra fees and expenses to persons initiating commitment proceedings, methods of determination of persons liable therefor, and methods of determination of financial ability, and all provisions of law enabling the state to secure reimbursement of any such items of cost, applicable to the commitment to and support of the mentally ill persons in state hospitals, shall apply with equal force in respect to each item of expense incurred by the state in connection with the commitment, care, custody, treatment, and rehabilitation of any person committed to the state hospitals and maintained in any institution or hospital operated by the State of Mississippi under the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-133-9 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 133-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-133-9
Status: in_force

(1) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with the rights of a person legally authorized to make health care decisions under the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act, Section 41 - 41 -201 et seq.

(2) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to create a private right of action against a hospital, hospital employee, a duly authorized agent of the hospital, or otherwise supersede or replace existing rights or remedies under any other general or special law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-113-5 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 113-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-113-5
Status: in_force

(1) The Office of Tobacco Control shall be under the management of a director, who shall be appointed by the State Health Officer. The responsibility for implementation of the comprehensive and statewide tobacco education, prevention and cessation program shall be vested in the director. The director shall be an individual who has knowledge and experience in public health, medical care, health care services, preventive health measures or tobacco use control. The director shall be the administrative officer of the Office of Tobacco Control, and shall perform the duties that are required of him or her by law and such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the State Board of Health. The director shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the State Board of Health, subject to the approval of the State Personnel Board.

(2) The State Health Officer may employ such other persons as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The compensation and the terms and conditions of their employment shall be determined by the State Board of Health in accordance with applicable state law and rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-163 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 17 / Section 41-163
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-163
Status: in_force

Only in the event a judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant in an action described in Section 41-41-157 or 41-41-159 , a district attorney with jurisdiction may bring an indictment for criminal punishment under this section. Any person who violates Section 41-41-155 is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or commitment to the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than two (2) years, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-9-17 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-9-17
Status: in_force

The licensing agency shall adopt, amend, promulgate and enforce such rules, regulations and standards with respect to all hospitals to be licensed under Section 41-9-11 as may be designed to further the accomplishment of the purposes of Sections 41-9-1 through 41-9-35 in promoting safe and adequate treatment of individuals in hospitals in the interest of public health, safety and welfare. Any rule, regulation or standard adopted hereunder shall be considered as promulgated and effective from and after the time the same is recorded and indexed in a book to be maintained by the licensing agency in its main office in the State of Mississippi, entitled “Minimum Standard of Operation for Mississippi Hospitals.” Said book shall be open and available to all hospitals and the public generally at all reasonable times. Upon the adoption of any such rule, regulation or standard, the licensing agency shall mail copies thereof to all hospitals in the state which have filed with said agency their names and addresses for this purpose, but the failure to mail the same or the failure of the hospital to receive the same shall in nowise affect the validity thereof. No such rules, regulations or standards shall be adopted or enforced which would have the effect of denying a license to a hospital or other institution required to be licensed, solely by reason of the school or system of practice employed or permitted to be employed therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-37-21 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 37-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-37-21
Status: in_force

The physician performing the autopsy or the chemist performing such analysis in criminal investigations may be subpoenaed as a witness in any such criminal case. If subpoenaed as a prosecution witness, he shall be paid a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per day as an expert witness for each day while in attendance at the trial, and in addition thereto he shall be paid Seven Cents (7¢) per mile for travel from his home to the location of the trial and return. The fees herein provided for shall be paid to prosecution witnesses as otherwise provided for by law for the payment of such witness fees. If subpoenaed as a witness by the defense, such physician or chemist may collect a fee from the defendant not to exceed that prescribed hereunder for prosecution witnesses.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-13-38 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 13-38
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-13-38
Status: in_force

(1) Any loan agreement entered into between a community hospital and a physician, employee or student pursuant to Section 41-13-35, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall contain a provision for repayment to the hospital no later than ten (10) years after the final date upon which any such payments are made, with or without interest. In the event of a default in repayment of a loan obligation, the community hospital shall be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees expended to collect the obligation and to all other rights and remedies of a general creditor. No loan agreement with a physician shall impose any condition of admitting a certain number or quota of the physician's patients to the community hospital.

(2) The board of trustees may provide financial assistance or provide grants to nonprofit health-care provider groups and other recognized nonprofit entities and charities where it is determined by the board that such action will benefit the health or welfare of the citizens of the service area.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-15 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 41-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-15
Status: in_force

(1) The legal disabilities of any minor aged sixteen (16) years or older are removed for purposes of voluntarily donating blood, with or without remuneration therefor, to a licensed hospital, blood bank, community blood program, or other lawful activity engaged in processing and supplying human blood for transfusions and/or related medical purposes, as provided in this section.

(2) Any person who is sixteen (16) years of age or older may consent to the donation of his or her blood and to the penetration of such tissue necessary to accomplish the donation, if the person obtains written permission from the person's parent or guardian. The consent shall not be subject to deferments because of the minority of the person.

(3) Any person who is seventeen (17) years of age or older may consent to the donation of his or her blood and to the penetration of such tissue necessary to accomplish the donation. The consent shall not be subject to deferments because of the minority of the person, and parental authorization shall not be required to authorize the donation and penetration of tissue.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 19-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-7
Status: in_force

The center shall be administered by the State Board of Mental Health. Provisions relating to the admission and care of residents and patients provided for hereinafter shall apply to all institutions for persons with an intellectual disability administered by the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-83-9 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 17 / Section 83-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-83-9
Status: in_force

In conjunction with the application, the private review agent shall submit information that the department requires including:

(a) A utilization review plan that includes a description of review criteria, standards and procedures to be used in evaluating proposed or delivered hospital and medical care and the provisions by which patients, physicians or hospitals may seek reconsideration or appeal of adverse decisions by the private review agent;

(b) The type and qualifications of the personnel either employed or under contract to perform the utilization review;

(c) The procedures and policies to insure that a representative of the private review agent is reasonably accessible to patients and providers at all times in this state;

(d) The policies and procedures to insure that all applicable state and federal laws to protect the confidentiality of individual medical records are followed;

(e) A copy of the materials designed to inform applicable patients and providers of the requirements of the utilization review plan; and

(f) A list of the third party payors for which the private review agent is performing utilization review in this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 39-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-3
Status: in_force

The State Board of Health may provide by rules and regulations for the disposition of any dead foetus acquired by any hospital or by any midwife or person acting as a midwife, such disposition to be in a manner consistent with the provisions of Section 41-39-1 except that the waiting period for such disposition may be waived.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-91 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 41-91
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-91
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no public funds that are made available to any institution, board, commission, department, agency, official, or employee of the State of Mississippi, or of any local political subdivision of the state, whether those funds are made available by the government of the United States, the State of Mississippi, or a local governmental subdivision, or from any other public source, shall be used in any way for, to assist in, or to provide facilities for abortion, except:

(a) When the abortion is medically necessary to prevent the death of the mother; or

(b) When the abortion is being sought to terminate a pregnancy resulting from an alleged act of rape or incest; or

(c) When there is a fetal malformation that is incompatible with the baby being born alive.