Miss. Code Ann. § 73-24-3 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-24-3
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) “ Association ” shall mean the Mississippi Occupational Therapy Association.

(b) “ Board ” shall mean the Mississippi State Board of Health.

(c) “ Occupational therapy ” means the therapeutic use of purposeful and meaningful (goal-directed) activities and/or exercises to evaluate and treat an individual who has, or is at risk for, a disease or disorder, impairment, activity limitation or participation restriction which interferes with his or her ability to function independently in daily life roles and to promote health and wellness across his or her lifespan.

(d) “ Occupational therapy intervention ” includes:

(i) Remediation or restoration of performance abilities that are limited due to impairment in biological, physiological, psychological or neurological processes;

(ii) Adaptation of task, process or the environment, or the teaching of compensatory techniques in order to enhance functional performance;

(iii) Disability prevention methods and techniques which facilitate the development or safe application of functional performance skills; or

(iv) Health promotion strategies and practices which enhance functional performance abilities.

(e) “Occupational therapy service” includes, but is not limited to:

(i) Evaluating, developing, improving, sustaining or restoring skill in activities of daily living (ADLS), work or productive activities, including instrumental activities of daily living (IADLS), play and leisure activities;

(ii) Evaluating, developing, remediating or restoring physical, sensorimotor, cognitive or psychosocial components of performance;

(iii) Designing, fabricating, applying or training in the use of assistive technology or orthotic devices, and training in the use of prosthetic devices;

(iv) Adaptation of environments and processes, including the application of ergonomic principles, to enhance functional performance and safety in daily life roles;

(v) Application of physical agent modalities as an adjunct to or in preparation for engagement in an occupation or functional activity;

(vi) Evaluating and providing intervention in collaboration with the client, family, caregiver or other person responsible for the client;

(vii) Educating the client, family, caregiver or others in carrying out appropriate nonskilled interventions;

(viii) Consulting with groups, programs, organizations or communities to provide population-based services; or

(ix) Participation in administration, education and research, including both clinical and academic environments.

(f) “ Occupational therapist ” means a person who is licensed or holds a compact privilege to practice occupational therapy as defined in this article, and whose license or compact privilege is in good standing.

(g) “ Occupational therapy assistant ” means a person who is licensed or holds a compact privilege to assist in the practice of occupational therapy under the supervision of or with the consultation of the licensed occupational therapist or occupational therapist who holds a compact privilege, and whose license or compact privilege is in good standing.

(h) “ Occupational therapy aide ” means a person not licensed in the field of occupational therapy who assists occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants in the practice of occupational therapy, is under the direct supervision of the licensed occupational therapist or licensed occupational therapy assistant or occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant who holds a compact privilege, and whose activities require an understanding of occupational therapy.

(i) “ Person ” means any individual, partnership, unincorporated organization or corporate body, except that only an individual may be licensed or hold a compact privilege under this chapter.

(j) “ Council ” means the Mississippi Advisory Council in Occupational Therapy.

(k) “ Compact privilege ” means the authorization to practice as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant under the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact provided for in Section 73-24-51 .

(l) “ Licensee ” means a person who has been issued a license to practice as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant in this state, or a person who holds a compact privilege to practice as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant in this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-10-7 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 10-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-10-7
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or association to, in any manner, represent himself or itself as a dietitian or nutritionist, send out billings as providing services covered in Section 73-10-3(j) , or use in connection with his or its name, the titles “dietitian,” “dietician” or “nutritionist” or use the letters “LD,” “LN” or any other facsimile thereof when he or she is not licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or meets the exemptions in paragraph (c) of Section 73-10-13 . Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a dietitian registered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) shall have the right to use the title “Registered Dietitian” and the designation “R.D.” Registered dietitians shall be licensed according to the provisions of this chapter to practice dietetics or provide medical nutrition therapy.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-315 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-315
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-315
Status: in_force

The following rules for investigatory hearings by complaint counsel are for the guidance of complaint counsel and shall be strictly followed:

(a) The complainant is not a party to the proceeding and has no right to be present at any stage thereof.

(b) The accused attorney has no right to be present at any stage of the investigatory hearing, either in person or by counsel, except complaint counsel shall afford him an opportunity to make a statement, either personally or by counsel, verbally or in writing, refuting or admitting the alleged misconduct and to offer any matter in mitigation or extenuation. The accused attorney may document his statement to include the admission of affidavits but shall not have the right to present other testimony or evidence and shall have no right to confrontation.

(c) The investigatory hearing shall neither be public nor assume the character of an adversary proceeding, and a full evidentiary hearing on the merits is not contemplated.

(d) Formal rules of evidence will not be applied.

(e) Investigation by complaint counsel will not be stayed by settlement, compromise, admission of guilt or restitution.

(f) Any attorney called as a witness shall be informed before he gives evidence as to whether he is under investigation and, if so, the nature of the charges against him.

(g) Testimony will not be elicited or received which is not germane to the charges being investigated by complaint counsel.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-4-23 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-4-23
Status: in_force

Any auctioneer who is licensed in a state that (a) has requirements equal to the requirements of this chapter, (b) has requirements that have been approved by the commission, after a review of such state's licensing law, and (c) has entered into a reciprocal licensing agreement with the State of Mississippi through such state's regulatory authority over auctioneering, may apply for and be granted a license without examination. Applicants for a license through reciprocity shall furnish the commission by application the same information as that required of resident applicants. In addition to the biennial license fee, nonresidents shall pay to the commission a fee of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). A nonresident auctioneer shall furnish to the commission a surety bond, obligated to the State of Mississippi, in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) prior to being issued a license. The bond shall be executed by the person seeking the license as principal and by a corporate surety, licensed to do business in this state, as surety. The bond shall otherwise be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

The issuance of a license by reciprocity to a military-trained applicant, military spouse or person who establishes residence in this state shall be subject to the provisions of Section 73-50-1 or 73-50-2 , as applicable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-4-49 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-4-49
Status: in_force

In charging any person in an affidavit, information, or indictment with a violation of conducting, without a license or pursuant to an exemption of this chapter, any activity for which a license or an exemption therefor is required, it shall be sufficient to charge that the person did, upon a certain day and in certain county, engage in such activity and that such person did not have a license or exemption to do so. No further facts need to be averred concerning the matter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-23-67 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-23-67
Status: in_force

The board shall keep all information relating to the receipt and investigation of complaints filed against licensees or applicants confidential until the information is disclosed in the course of the investigation or any subsequent proceeding before the board. Patient records, including clinical records, files, any other report or oral statement relating to diagnostic findings or treatment of patients, any information from which a patient or his or her family might be identified, or information received and records or reports kept by the board as a result of an investigation made pursuant to this chapter shall not be available to the public and shall be kept confidential by the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-21-126 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-126
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-21-126
Status: in_force

(1) The State Board of Pharmacy shall promulgate rules regarding the issuance and renewal of licenses and permits for new or renewal application requirements for both in- and out-of-state wholesale distributors, chain pharmacy warehouses and repackagers shipping into Mississippi. Requirements for new and/or renewal applications, if information has not been previously provided to the board, will include, but not be limited to, the following:

(a) Type of ownership (individual, partnership or corporation);

(b) Names of principal owners or officers and social security numbers;

(c) Names of designated representatives and social security numbers;

(d) Criminal background checks of applicants and designated representatives as required by rule;

(e) Copy of license in home state;

(f) Bond requirements.

(2) To ensure that all applicants are of good moral character, the board shall conduct a criminal history records check on all applicants for a license. In order to determine the applicant's suitability for licensing, the applicant shall be fingerprinted. The board shall submit the fingerprints to the Department of Public Safety for a check of the state criminal records and forward to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a check of the national criminal records. The Department of Public Safety shall disseminate the results of the state check and the national check to the board for a suitability determination. The board shall be authorized to collect from the applicant the amount of the fee that the Department of Public Safety charges the board for the fingerprinting, whether manual or electronic, and the state and national criminal history records checks.

(3) The board shall promulgate rules for the establishment of a pedigree or electronic file to be used by wholesale distributors, chain pharmacy warehouses and repackagers for the purpose of ensuring the integrity of drugs owned, purchased, distributed, returned, transferred and sold when the products leave the normal distribution channel.

(4) The board is authorized to use an outside agency to accredit wholesale distributors and repackagers, including the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy's (NABP) Verified Accredited Wholesale Distributors (VAWD) program.

(5) Pharmacies shall not be responsible for verification or adjudication of the pedigree for pharmaceuticals.

(6) The board may exempt wholesalers accredited by the VAWD program from the above requirements.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-103 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-103
Status: in_force

All resident persons now or hereafter admitted to practice law in the state shall be members of this association.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-7-9 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-7-9
Status: in_force

No person required by this chapter to have a license shall conduct a school of any profession regulated by the board, salon or barber shop, or practice cosmetology, barbering, esthetics, nail technology, or practice as an instructor, unless such person has received a license or temporary permit therefor from the board. Anyone determined to have violated any of these rules or regulations prior to being licensed by the board shall be subject to the same discipline by the board as licensees. They may be disciplined and fined accordingly.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-15-27 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-15-27
Status: in_force

The license of every person licensed under the provisions of this article shall be renewed biennially except as hereinafter provided:

(a) Registered nurses:

(i) Except as provided in Section 33-1-39 , the license to practice as a registered nurse shall be valid for two (2) calendar years, beginning January 1 of each uneven-numbered year and expiring December 31 in each even-numbered year of the biennial period and subject to renewal for each period of two (2) years thereafter.

(ii) A notice for renewal of licensure will be mailed by the board on or before November 1 of the year the license expires to every person to whom a license was issued or renewed during the biennial period. An application shall be completed and returned to the board by December 31 of that year with the biennial renewal fee to be set at the discretion of the board, but not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).

(iii) Upon receipt of the application and fee, the board shall verify the accuracy of the application and issue to the applicant a certificate of renewal for the ensuing period of two (2) years. Such renewal shall render the holder thereof the right to practice as a registered nurse.

(iv) A registered nurse may request in writing to the board that his or her license be placed on inactive status. The board may grant such request and shall have authority, in its discretion, to attach conditions to the licensure of such registered nurse while on inactive status. A biennial renewal fee for inactive registered nurses shall be set at the discretion of the board, not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00).

(v) Any registered nurse applying for a license, renewal of an active license, reinstatement of a lapsed license, or change from inactive to active status may be required to provide evidence of continuing basic nursing competencies when such nurse has not practiced nursing for compensation or performed the function of a registered nurse in a voluntary capacity with or without compensation within the five-year period immediately prior to such application for a license, renewal, reinstatement or change of status.

(vi) Any registered nurse who permits his or her license to lapse by failing to renew the license as provided above may be reinstated by the board on satisfactory explanation for such failure to renew his or her license, by compliance with all other applicable provisions of this article, by completion of a reinstatement form, and upon payment of a reinstatement fee not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), which shall not include the renewal fee for the current biennial period. Any registered nurse who permits his or her license to lapse shall be notified by the board within fifteen (15) days of such lapse.

(vii) Any person practicing as a registered nurse during the time his or her license has lapsed shall be considered in violation of this article and shall be subject to the penalties provided for violation of this article, provided the registered nurse has not submitted the required reinstatement form and fees within fifteen (15) days after notification by the board of such lapse.

(b) Licensed practical nurses:

(i) Except as provided in Section 33-1-39 , the license to practice as a licensed practical nurse shall be valid for two (2) calendar years, beginning January 1 of each even-numbered year and expiring December 31 in each uneven-numbered year of the biennial period and subject to renewal for each period of two (2) years thereafter.

(ii) A notice for renewal of licensure will be mailed by the board on or before November 1 of the year the license expires to every person to whom a license was issued or renewed during the biennial period. An application shall be completed and returned to the board by December 31 of that year with the biennial renewal fee to be set at the discretion of the board, but not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).

(iii) Upon receipt of the application and fee, the board shall verify the accuracy of the application and issue to the applicant a certificate of renewal for the ensuing period of two (2) years. Such renewal shall render the holder thereof the right to practice as a licensed practical nurse.

(iv) A licensed practical nurse may request in writing to the board that his or her license be placed on inactive status. The board may grant such request and shall have authority, in its discretion, to attach conditions to the licensure of such licensed practical nurse while on inactive status. A biennial renewal fee for inactive licensed practical nurses shall be set at the discretion of the board, not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00).

(v) Any licensed practical nurse applying for a license, renewal of an active license, reinstatement of a lapsed license, or change from inactive to active status may be required to provide evidence of continuing basic nursing competencies when such nurse has not practiced nursing for compensation or performed the function of a licensed practical nurse in a voluntary capacity with or without compensation within the five-year period immediately prior to such application for a license, renewal, reinstatement or change of status.

(vi) Any licensed practical nurse who permits his or her license to lapse by failing to renew the license as provided above may be reinstated by the board upon satisfactory explanation for such failure to renew his or her license, by compliance with all other applicable provisions of this article, by completion of a reinstatement form, and upon payment of the reinstatement fee not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), which shall not include the renewal fee for the current biennial period. Any licensed practical nurse who permits his or her license to lapse shall be notified by the board within fifteen (15) days of such lapse.

(vii) Any person practicing as a licensed practical nurse during the time his or her license has lapsed shall be considered an illegal practitioner and shall be subject to the penalties provided for violation of this article, provided the licensed practical nurse has not submitted the required reinstatement form and fees within fifteen (15) days after notification by the board of such lapse.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-63-33 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 63-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-63-33
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall issue a certificate of registration or certificate of enrollment as a geologist-in-training, upon payment of the applicable registration fee, to any applicant who, in the opinion of the board, has satisfactorily met all the requirements of this chapter.

In the case of a registered professional geologist, the certificate of registration shall authorize the “practice of geology.”

In the case of a geologist-in-training, the certificate shall state that the applicant has successfully passed the examination required by the board and has been enrolled as a “geologist-in-training” for a period of ten (10) years or until registration as a professional geologist, whichever comes first.

Certificates shall show the full name, have a serial number, and be signed by the president and the vice president of the board under seal of the board.

(2) If the board denies the issuance of a certificate of registration or a certificate of enrollment, the board shall notify the applicant in writing within thirty (30) days following the board's decision and shall state the reasons for the denial. Within thirty (30) days following receipt of the notice, the applicant may make written request for a hearing, which, if granted, shall be conducted as provided in this chapter. If no hearing is requested or is untimely requested, the board's action shall be final.

(3) The issuance of a certificate of registration by the board shall be prima facie evidence that the person named on the certificate is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a registered professional geologist and to practice geology as a firm or corporation, while the certificate remains unrevoked or unexpired.

(4) Each registered professional geologist shall be provided with a seal of a design established by the board, bearing the person's name, registration number, the legend “Registered Professional Geologist.” This cost of providing the seal shall be borne by the registered professional geologist. Geologic reports, documents or other public records offered to or filed for the public and prepared or issued by a registered professional geologist, or by a subordinate under the supervision of a registered professional geologist, shall be stamped with the seal, signed and dated by the registered professional geologist.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-129 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-129
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-129
Status: in_force

The president shall preside at all meetings of the bar, and shall have such duties as the bar may by its bylaws prescribe. In his absence, or in case of his inability to perform his duties they shall devolve upon the first vice president; and in the absence or inability to act of the first vice president the duties of the president shall be performed by the second vice president.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-3 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-3
Status: in_force

Every person who desires to obtain a license to practice medicine must apply therefor, in writing, to the State Board of Medical Licensure at least ten (10) days before the date of the examination and must be examined by the board according to the methods deemed by it to be the most practical and expeditious to test the applicants' qualifications. If the applicant is found by the board, upon examination, to possess sufficient learning in those branches and to be of good moral character, the board shall issue him a license to practice medicine; however, no applicant shall be granted a license unless the applicant holds a diploma from a reputable medical college or college of osteopathic medicine that requires a four-year course of at least thirty-two (32) weeks for each session, or its equivalent.

To qualify for a Mississippi medical license, an applicant must have successfully been cleared for licensure through an investigation that shall consist of a determination as to good moral character and verification that the prospective licensee is not guilty of or in violation of any statutory ground for denial of licensure as set forth in Sections 73-25-29 and 73-25-83 . To assist the board in conducting its licensure investigation, all applicants shall undergo a fingerprint-based criminal history records check of the Mississippi central criminal database and the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history database. Each applicant shall submit a full set of the applicant's fingerprints in a form and manner prescribed by the board, which shall be forwarded to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (department) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Identification Division for this purpose.

Any and all state or national criminal history records information obtained by the board that is not already a matter of public record shall be deemed nonpublic and confidential information restricted to the exclusive use of the board, its members, officers, investigators, agents and attorneys in evaluating the applicant's eligibility or disqualification for licensure, and shall be exempt from the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983. Except when introduced into evidence in a hearing before the board to determine licensure, no such information or records related thereto shall, except with the written consent of the applicant or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, be released or otherwise disclosed by the board to any other person or agency.

The board shall provide to the department the fingerprints of the applicant, any additional information that may be required by the department, and a form signed by the applicant consenting to the check of the criminal records and to the use of the fingerprints and other identifying information required by the state or national repositories.

The board shall charge and collect from the applicant, in addition to all other applicable fees and costs, such amount as may be incurred by the board in requesting and obtaining state and national criminal history records information on the applicant.

This section shall not apply to applicants for a special volunteer medical license authorized under Section 73-25-18 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-57 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-57
Status: in_force

(1) The examining committee assigned to examine a physician pursuant to referral by the board under Section 73-25-55 shall conduct an examination of such physician for the purpose of determining the physician's fitness to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients, either on a restricted or unrestricted basis, and shall report its findings and recommendations to the board. The committee shall order the physician to appear before the committee for examination and give him ten (10) days' notice of time and place of the examination, together with a statement of the cause for such examination. Such notice shall be served upon the physician either personally or by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested.

(2) If the examining committee, in its discretion, should deem an independent mental or physical examination of the physician necessary to its determination of the fitness of the physician to practice, the committee shall order the physician to submit to such examination. Any person licensed to practice medicine in this state shall be deemed to have waived all objections to the admissibility of the examining committee's report in any proceedings before the board under Sections 73-25-51 through 73-25-67 on the grounds of privileged communication. Any physician ordered to an examination before the committee under subsection (2) shall be entitled to an independent mental or physical examination if he makes request therefor.

(3) Any physician who submits to a diagnostic mental or physical examination as ordered by the examining committee shall have a right to designate another physician to be present at the examination and make an independent report to the board.

(4) Failure of a physician to comply with a committee order under subsection (2) to appear before it for examination or to submit to mental or physical examination under this section shall be reported by the committee to the board, and unless due to circumstances beyond the control of the physician, shall be grounds for suspension by the board of the physician's license to practice medicine in this state until such time as such physician has complied with the order of the committee.

(5) The examining committee may inspect patient records in accordance with the provisions of Section 73-25-28 .

(6) All patient records, investigative reports and other documents in possession of the board and examining committee shall be deemed confidential and not subject to subpoena or disclosure unless so ordered by the court from which the subpoena issued, but the court, in its discretion, may limit use or disclosure of such records. Notwithstanding, and to encourage the prompt reporting of disabled practitioners, neither the board nor examining committee shall reveal the identity of any source of information where the source has requested anonymity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-60-15 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 60-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-60-15
Status: in_force

(1) An action by a client to recover damages for any act or omission of a home inspector relating to a home inspection that he conducts shall be commenced within three (3) years after the date a home inspection is completed or the action shall be barred. Further, a licensed home inspector shall not be liable for any latent defects that may be contained in the observable systems and components of improvements to residential real property that he has inspected and has issued a home inspection report.

(2) Any professional who is licensed by the State of Mississippi when acting within the scope of his profession and is not a licensed home inspector shall not be liable for the findings, errors, or omissions of the home inspection, provided that he has not provided physical work on the residential building; has not committed proven fraud in the real estate transaction; and has no personal or financial interest in the ownership of the residential building.

(3) Any person who in good faith or intention recommends or endorses a home inspector without compensation, remuneration, rebate, or any other form of consideration shall not be liable for the actions of that home inspector, including errors, omissions, failure to perform any contracted duties of a home inspection, or failure to meet the standards of practice, report writing standards, or code of ethics.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-39-67 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 39-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-39-67
Status: in_force

(1) To obtain a license to practice veterinary medicine, a person shall file a written application and application fee with the board. The application shall show that the applicant is a graduate of an accredited college of veterinary medicine or has the educational equivalence as set by the board. The application shall also show that the applicant is a person of good moral character and any other information and proof as the board may require.

(2) If the board determines that the applicant possesses the proper qualifications, it shall admit the applicant to the next examination, or if the applicant is eligible for license by endorsement, the board may grant him a license. If an applicant is found not qualified to take the examination or for a license by endorsement, the board shall notify the applicant in writing within thirty (30) days of its finding and the grounds for its findings. An applicant found unqualified may request a hearing before the board.

(3) The board may grant a temporary license to an applicant to practice veterinary medicine until the scheduled state board examination, if the applicant pays the application fee, provides sufficient evidence that he meets the qualifications for licensure, and provides evidence that he resides in the State of Mississippi. The board may grant a second temporary permit, but the board may not grant more than two (2) temporary permits to any one (1) person.

(4) A person licensed by the board shall display the license in the facility in which the licensee practices.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-23-64 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-64
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-23-64
Status: in_force

(1) The board may impose any of the following sanctions, singly or in combination, when it finds an applicant or a licensee has committed any violation listed in Section 73-23-59 :

(a) Revocation of the license or privilege to practice;

(b) Suspension of the license or privilege to practice, for any period of time;

(c) Censure the licensee;

(d) Impose a monetary penalty in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for the first violation, One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the second violation, and Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for the third violation and for each subsequent violation;

(e) Place a licensee on probationary status and require the licensee to submit to any of the following: (i) report regularly to the board, or its designee, upon matters which are the basis of probation; (ii) continue to renew professional education until a satisfactory degree of skill has been attained in those areas which are the basis of probation; or (iii) such other reasonable requirements or restrictions as are proper;

(f) Refuse to issue or renew a license or refuse to issue a privilege to practice;

(g) Revoke probation which has been granted and impose any other disciplinary action in this subsection when the requirements of probation have not been fulfilled or have been violated;

(h) Restrict a license or privilege to practice; or

(i) Accept a voluntary surrendering of a license or privilege to practice based on an order of consent from the board.

(2) The board may summarily suspend a license or privilege to practice under this chapter without a hearing simultaneously with the filing of a formal complaint and notice for a hearing provided under this section pending proceedings before the board. If the board suspends summarily a license or privilege to practice under the provisions of this subsection, a hearing must begin within twenty (20) days after such suspension begins, unless continued at the request of the licensee.

(3) Disposition of any formal complaint may be made by consent order or stipulation between the board and the licensee.

(4) The board may reinstate any licensee to good standing under this chapter if the board is satisfied that the applicant's renewed practice is in the public interest. The procedure for the reimbursement of a license or privilege to practice that is suspended for being out of compliance with an order for support, as defined in Section 93-11-153 , shall be governed by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 , as the case may be.

(5) The board shall seek to achieve consistency in the application of the foregoing sanctions, and significant departure from prior decisions involving similar conduct shall be explained by the board.

(6) In addition to any other power that it has, the board may issue an advisory letter to a licensee if it finds that the information received in a complaint or an investigation does not merit disciplinary action against the licensee.

(7) The board may also assess and levy upon any licensee or applicant for licensure or the privilege to practice the costs incurred or expended by the board in the investigation and prosecution of any licensure or disciplinary action, including, but not limited to, the cost of process service, court reports, expert witnesses, investigators, and attorney's fees.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-77 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-77
Status: in_force

(1) The following shall be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is qualified for licensure as a professional surveyor:

(a)(i) A bachelor's degree in geomatics, surveying or surveying technology approved by the board consisting of a minimum of one hundred twenty (120) semester hours, or the equivalent, in surveying curriculum subjects and a specific record of four (4) years of qualifying surveying experience; or

(ii) A bachelor's degree in a related science curriculum defined by board rule, consisting of sixty-two (62) semester hours in surveying curriculum subjects as defined by board rule, and a specific record of five (5) years of qualifying surveying experience; or

(iii) A bachelor's degree in a related science curriculum defined by board rule, and a specific record of six (6) years of qualifying surveying experience; or

(iv) An associate degree, or its equivalent, in a curriculum approved by the board consisting of sixty-two (62) semester hours in surveying curriculum subjects as defined by board rule, and a specific record of seven (7) years or more of qualifying surveying experience; or

(v) A high school diploma, or its equivalent, and a specific record of twelve (12) years or more of qualifying surveying experience; and

(b) Successfully passing examinations in surveying prescribed by the board.

(2) The following shall be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is qualified for enrollment as a surveyor intern:

(a)(i) A bachelor's degree in geomatics, surveying or surveying technology approved by the board consisting of a minimum of one hundred twenty (120) semester hours, or the equivalent, in surveying curriculum subjects; or

(ii) A bachelor's degree in a related science curriculum defined by board rule consisting of sixty-two (62) semester hours in surveying curriculum subjects as defined by board rule; or

(iii) A bachelor's degree in a related science curriculum defined by board rule; or

(iv) An associate degree, or its equivalent, in a curriculum approved by the board consisting of sixty-two (62) semester hours in surveying curriculum subjects as defined by board rule; or

(v) A high school diploma, or its equivalent, and a specific record of eight (8) years or more of qualifying surveying experience; and

(b) Successfully passing examinations in surveying fundamentals prescribed by the board.

(3) No person shall be eligible for licensure as a professional surveyor who is not of good character and reputation, as defined in the board's Code of Professional Conduct.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-41 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-41
Status: reserved

(1) Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 shall not be construed to prevent or to affect:

(a) The practice of any other legally recognized profession or trade, such as: (i) engineers employed by contractors to supervise work on which a licensed engineer is engaged; (ii) architects who are registered under the provisions of Chapter 1 of this title; and (iii) the practice of geology as regulated pursuant to Title 73, Chapter 63;

(b) The work of an employee or a subordinate of a person holding a certificate of licensure under Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 , provided such work does not include final designs or decisions and is done under the responsibility, checking and supervision of a person holding a certificate of licensure under Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 ;

(c) The practice of officers and employees of the government of the United States while engaged within this state in the practice of engineering for said government;

(d) The performance of engineering services by any regular full-time employee of a manufacturing, research and development, railroad or other industrial corporation, provided:

(i) Such services are rendered on or in connection with existing fixed works, equipment, systems, processes or facilities owned, operated, or leased by such corporation and/or its affiliates;

(ii) Such services are not rendered to third parties;

(iii) Such services do not consist of original plant design, original system design, or original process design, other than routine system extensions that do not compromise the integrity of the original design;

(iv) Such services comply with all requirements specified by the employee's company or corporation;

(v) All fixed works, equipment, systems, processes or facilities modified by such services undergo a safety review that confirms: 1. the construction and equipment is in accordance with design specifications; and 2. safety, operating, maintenance and emergency procedures are in place to safeguard life, health and property;

(vi) Such services are not required to be performed, approved or certified by a professional engineer pursuant to law or regulation, whether federal, state or local, other than Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 hereof or any applicable rules or regulations promulgated by the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors;

It is further stated that this subsection (d) is intended to codify the policy and practices of the board on July 1, 1999, and that any ambiguities in this subsection should be construed in accordance with this intent;

(e) The performance of engineering services with respect to utility facilities by any public utility subject to regulation by the Mississippi Public Service Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, including its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries; or by the officers and regular full-time employees of any such public utility, including its parents, affiliates or subsidiaries, provided that they are engaged solely and exclusively in performing service for such public utility and/or its parents, affiliates or subsidiaries, and as long as such services comply with all standard operating procedures and requirements specified by the employee's company or corporation. This exemption shall not extend to: (i) the practice of engineering performed by public utilities or their officers or employees when such services are rendered to nonaffiliated third parties in exchange for compensation other than that received from their employer, or the use of any name, title or words which tend to convey the impression that a nonregistrant is offering engineering services to the public; and (ii) services which are required to be performed, approved or certified by a professional engineer pursuant to law or regulation whether federal, state or local, other than Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 hereof or any applicable rules or regulations promulgated by the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors;

It is further stated that this subsection (e) is intended to codify the policy and practices of the board on July 1, 1999, and that any ambiguities in this subsection should be construed in accordance with this intent;

(f) The practice of engineering shall not include the work ordinarily performed by persons who operate or maintain machinery, equipment, water plants, power generation, utility transmission, utility distribution facilities, sewage plants and solid waste disposal facilities; or

(g) Activities conducted during the course of, or in anticipation of, litigation including, but not exclusively: analyzing, evaluating, consulting, reconstructing, testing, responding to the opinions and testing conducted by others, and offering expert testimony. However, this exemption shall not apply in legal proceedings where the subject matter of the litigation or claim is nonforensic engineering activity legally required to be performed under a Mississippi engineer's license.

(2) In addition to the exemptions provided in subsection (1), there is hereby granted and reserved to the board the authority to exempt from Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 by regulation specific engineering tasks or functions performed by regular full-time employees of manufacturing, public utility, research and development, railroad or other industrial corporations rendered in the course and scope of their employment, on a case by case basis, if, in the opinion of the board, the public health and welfare is not endangered nor the engineering profession diminished.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-19-9 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-19-9
Status: in_force

The State Board of Optometry shall organize by the election from its members a president and a secretary, who shall hold their respective offices for one (1) year.

It shall hold regular meetings for examination, beginning on the second week of January and July of each year, and additional meetings at such times and places as the board shall determine, said additional meetings not to exceed ten (10) meeting days annually, but the July meeting shall be held in the City of Jackson.

A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum, but a less number may adjourn from time to time.

The board shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; however, the board shall not adopt any rule or regulation or impose any requirement regarding the licensing of optometrists that conflicts with the prohibitions in Section 73-49-3 .

The board is authorized to appoint an executive director for a term of four (4) years, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and consistent with the provisions of Section 7-1-35, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-27-19 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-27-19
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not apply to physicians or surgeons licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Mississippi, nor to physicians or surgeons of the United States Army, Navy or the United States Public Health Service, when in actual performance of their duties or to legally registered podiatrists of another state taking charge of the practice of a locally registered podiatrist of this state, temporarily during the latter's absence therefrom, by written permission of the Secretary of the State Board of Medical Licensure.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-39-89 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 39-89
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-39-89
Status: in_force

(1) Any animal placed in the custody of a licensed veterinarian for treatment, boarding or other care which is unclaimed by the client for more than ten (10) days after written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, or United States priority mail, confirmation of receipt, is sent to the client at the client's last known address shall be deemed to be abandoned. The abandonment shall constitute the relinquishment of all rights and claims by the client to the animal. The abandoned animal may be turned over to the nearest humane society or animal shelter or otherwise disposed of or destroyed by the licensed veterinarian in a humane manner.

(2) If a licensed veterinarian follows the procedures of this section, the veterinarian is relieved of any further liability for disposal and shall not be subject to disciplinary action under this chapter.

(3) The disposal of an abandoned animal shall not relieve the client of any financial obligation incurred for treatment, boarding or other care provided by the licensed veterinarian.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-75-19 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 75-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-75-19
Status: in_force

(1) The board, by an affirmative vote of at least three (3) of its five (5) members, shall withhold, deny, revoke or suspend any license issued or applied for in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or otherwise discipline a licensed behavior analyst or licensed assistant behavior analyst upon finding that the applicant or licensee:

(a) Has violated the current Behavior Analyst Certification Board Professional Disciplinary and Ethical Standards, the Behavior Analyst Certification Board Guidelines for Responsible Conduct for Behavior Analysts, or other codes of ethical standards adopted by the board, or has lost or failed to renew certification by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board; or

(b) Has been convicted of a felony or any offense involving moral turpitude, the record of conviction being conclusive evidence thereof; or

(c) Is using any narcotic or any alcoholic beverage to an extent or in a manner dangerous to any other person or the public, or to an extent that such use impairs his ability to perform the work of a licensed behavior analyst or licensed assistant behavior analyst; or

(d) Has impersonated another person holding a license issued under this chapter or allowed another person to use his license; or

(e) Has used fraud or deception in applying for a license provided for in this chapter; or

(f) Has accepted commissions or rebates or other forms of remuneration for referring clients to other professional persons; or

(g) Has allowed his name or license issued under this chapter to be used in connection with any person or persons who perform applied behavior analysis services outside the area of their training, experience or competence; or

(h) Is legally adjudicated mentally incompetent, the record of such adjudication being conclusive evidence thereof; or

(i) Has willfully or negligently violated any of the provisions of this chapter.

(2) The board may recover from any person disciplined under this chapter the costs of investigation, prosecution, and adjudication of the disciplinary action.

(3) Notice shall be effected by registered mail or personal service setting forth the particular reasons for the proposed action and fixing a date not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days from the date of such mailing or such service, at which time the applicant or licensee shall be given an opportunity for a prompt and fair hearing. For the purpose of such hearing the board, acting by and through its executive secretary, may exercise all authority granted to conduct investigations and hearings pursuant to Section 73-75-9(2)(a) and (b) . At such hearing the applicant or licensee may appear by counsel and personally on his own behalf. On the basis of any such hearing, or upon default of applicant or licensee, the board shall make a determination specifying its findings of fact and conclusions of law. A copy of such determination shall be sent by registered mail or served personally upon the applicant or licensee. The decision of the board denying, revoking or suspending the license shall become final thirty (30) days after so mailed or served unless within that period the licensee appeals the decision to the Chancery Court of Madison or Rankin Counties, pursuant to the provisions hereof, and the proceedings in chancery shall be conducted as other matters coming before the court. All proceedings and evidence, together with exhibits, presented at such hearing before the board in the event of appeal, shall be admissible in evidence in the court.

(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted to prohibit the board from immediately suspending any license prior to a hearing under subsection (3) of this section, when in its sole discretion the suspension is required for the instruction, safety or well-being of any member of the public.

(5) Every order and judgment of the board shall take effect immediately upon its promulgation unless the board in such order or judgment fixes a probationary period for applicant or licensee. Such order and judgment shall continue in effect unless upon appeal the court by proper order or decree terminates it earlier. The board may make public its order and judgments in such manner and form as it deems proper.

(6) Suspension by the board of a license issued under this chapter shall be for a period not to exceed one (1) year. At the end of this period the board shall reevaluate the suspension, and shall either reinstate or revoke the license. A person whose license has been revoked under the provisions of this section may reapply for license after more than two (2) years have elapsed from the date such revocation is legally effective.

(7) In addition to the reasons specified in subsection (1) of this section, the board shall be authorized to suspend the license of any licensee for being out of compliance with an order for support, in compliance with the procedures set forth in Sections 93-11-151 through 93-11-163 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-43 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-43
Status: in_force

It shall not be lawful for a clerk of any court of record or the deputy or assistant of any such clerk, or for any sheriff or his deputy, to exercise the profession or employment of an attorney or counselor at law, or to be engaged in the practice of law, or to receive any fee or reward for any such services rendered during his continuance in such position; and any person offending herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, to be fined in a sum not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and be removed from office; but this shall not prohibit the clerk of any court of record or the sheriff of any county from practicing in any of the courts so far as to enable them to bring to conclusion civil cases in which such clerk or sheriff are employed and which are actually filed and pending at the time when such clerk or sheriff is appointed or nominated in a party primary and subsequently elected to office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-65-17 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 65-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-65-17
Status: in_force

Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or sentenced to three (3) months in the county jail, or both, for each violation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-355 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-355
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-355
Status: in_force

Service of process or notice to an attorney who has been committed or declared incompetent shall be accomplished in the same manner as that for process of incompetents in proceedings in the chancery courts of Mississippi. After the appointment of a guardian ad litem, notices shall be served upon said guardian ad litem.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-17 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-17
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) through (5) below, the executive officer of the state board of medical licensure may issue under his signature a temporary license to practice medicine which shall be valid until the next succeeding meeting of the board for examining applicants; and such license shall show the date of its issuance, otherwise it shall be void. Only one (1) temporary license shall ever be issued to the same person pursuant to this subsection, and it shall always be made to an individual and not to a partnership; provided, however, that the temporary license of a person enrolled in any American Medical Association-approved internship, residency or fellowship program within the state, other than the fellowship program set forth in subsection (3) below, may be renewed annually for the duration of the internship, residency or fellowship program for a period not to exceed five (5) years.

(2) The state board of medical licensure may issue a temporary license to practice medicine at a youth camp licensed by the state board of health to nonresident physicians and retired resident physicians under the provisions of Section 75-74-8 .

(3) The state board of medical licensure may issue a temporary license to practice medicine to physicians who have been admitted for treatment in a drug and/or alcohol treatment program approved by the board, or who are enrolled in the fellowship of addictionology in the Mississippi State Medical Association Impaired Professionals Program; provided that, if the applicant is a nonresident of the state said applicant shall hold a valid license to practice medicine in another state and the medical licensing authority of that state shall certify to the board of medical licensure in writing that such license is in good standing. A temporary license issued under this subsection shall be valid for a period of ninety (90) days but may be renewed every ninety (90) days for the duration of the fellowship or treatment program, provided that if the applicant discontinues treatment or leaves the fellowship program the temporary license shall automatically become null and void. The board may rescind or extend this temporary license for cause.

A temporary license issued to a physician under this subsection shall be limited to only the out-patient phase of the treatment program or that period of time necessary to complete the fellowship of addictionology and shall authorize that physician to whom the license is issued to administer treatment and care within the scope of the drug and/or alcohol treatment program or fellowship in an institutional setting and shall not authorize the physician to otherwise practice in this state. A physician licensed under this subsection shall not apply to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for a controlled substances registration certificate and must be under the supervision of another physician holding a valid and permanent license in this state.

(4) A physician who has had his permanent license to practice in this state revoked or suspended by the board due to habitual personal use of intoxicating liquors or narcotic drugs, or any other drug having addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability, may be granted a temporary license pursuant to subsection (3) above, provided the issuance of such a temporary license is not in conflict with the prior disciplinary order of the board rendered against the physician.

(5) The applicant applying for a ninety-day temporary license to practice while in treatment in an approved drug and/or alcohol treatment program or while enrolled in the fellowship of addictionology shall pay a fee not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) to the board. No additional fee shall be charged for an extension.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-4-27 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 4-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-4-27
Status: in_force

(1) No person or party who is not otherwise exempt from licensure under Section 73-34-5 shall sell, or offer to sell, goods or real estate at auction in this state or perform any act for which an auction firm license is required, unless the person or party holds a currently valid license issued by the commission.

(2) Any person who is not otherwise licensed under this chapter and who only provides auction services or holds himself out as providing auction services shall do so only with a valid auction firm license issued under this section.

(3) The commission may grant an auction firm license to an auction firm that is determined to be qualified by the commission. To be eligible for license, the auction firm shall:

(a) Comply with the requirements of Sections 73-4-17 and 73-4-29 and the rules and regulations of the commission; and

(b) Employ a firm manager as required under subsection (5) of this section.

(4) An application submitted under this section for an auction firm license shall list the names of all of the owners, directors, partners or members of the applicant, as applicable.

(5) An auction firm shall designate a firm manager. The firm manager shall have sufficient authority in the operation of the auction firm to ensure compliance with this chapter and rules and regulations of the commission. If the firm manager does not have a current license issued under this chapter, the firm manager must become licensed under this chapter before the commission may issue a license under this section to the auction firm.

(6) An auction firm license issued under this section immediately shall terminate if any of the following occur:

(a) The auction firm ceases to operate as a corporation.

(b) The auction firm changes ownership or there is any change in ownership.

(c) If the auction firm is a partnership, the firm changes the number of partners in the partnership or changes the partners comprising the partnership.

(d) The auction firm changes the firm manager.

(e) The auction firm changes the name under which the firm conducts business.

(f) The auction firm changes its permanent business location.

(7) If the applicant for a firm license maintains more than one (1) place of business within the state, the applicant shall apply for and obtain an additional firm license for each branch office.

(8) A firm license shall automatically be suspended if no licensed auctioneer is engaged in business therein. Such license may be reinstated by the commission for the unexpired term upon proof that a duly licensed auctioneer has been affiliated with the firm.

(9) Any person in this state who for a fee is in the business of managing auctions to the extent such person is responsible for the advertising, consignments, promotion and/or distribution of funds must hold a valid firm license.

(10) In addition to the other requirements contained elsewhere in this chapter, the holder of an auction firm license shall comply with the following:

(a) Enter into a written contract with a licensed auctioneer to call bids prior to the start of any auction sale. A copy of such contract shall be maintained on the premises and available for inspection by the commission.

(b) The firm license and the license of its manager shall be conspicuously posted at the firm location.

(c) Maintain complete records of each sale held at the licensed premises which shall include, but shall not be limited to, consignment receipts, bidder registrations, final settlements with consignors and any other documents relevant to the conduct of the sale. These records shall be maintained for a period of one (1) year from the date of the sale.

(d) Maintain a file on all current and past employees of the auction firm for the previous year. Such file should contain the employee's name, last known address and social security number.

(e) Assume responsibility for all checks, drafts and other negotiable instruments tendered by buyers in payment for goods sold through the auction firm.

(f) Deposit all proceeds from auction sales into the licensee's escrow account and make all disbursements from such escrow account.

(g) The licensee shall make all of his records pertaining to the auction firm available to a member or employee of the commission for inspection upon demand.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-23-53 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-23-53
Status: in_force

(1) A temporary license to practice as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant may be granted to those persons meeting the requirements stated in Section 73-23-47 and who (a) have not taken the approved examination, or (b) have taken the approved examination but have not received the results of the examination. The temporary license shall be granted for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days. Any physical therapist granted a temporary license under the provisions of this subsection shall restrict his practice to the State of Mississippi and shall be under the direct supervision of a physical therapist licensed in Mississippi (physical therapy assistants shall be under the direct on-site supervision of a Mississippi licensed physical therapist). Documentation verifying the supervision shall be on file with the board before a temporary license is granted.

(2) The board may by rule provide for the issuance of a temporary license to a physical therapist or a physical therapist assistant licensed in another state who is moving into the state and has filed an application with the board for a permanent license in this state. This temporary license will be granted for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days. The issuance of a temporary license to a military-trained applicant, military spouse or person who establishes residence in this state shall be subject to the provisions of Section 73-50-1 or 73-50-2 , as applicable.

(3) Any person granted a temporary license who is required to take the approved examination and fails to take the exam as required by the board or does not pass the required exam shall have the temporary license automatically expire by operation of law and without further action of the board and no license of any type shall be issued until such person has passed an approved examination.

(4) Any person who has taken but not passed the required examination in this or another jurisdiction shall not be eligible for a license of any type until an approved examination is passed.

(5) Any person who has been trained as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant in a foreign country and desires to be temporarily licensed under this subsection shall, in addition to satisfying such other requirements established by the board, demonstrate proficiency in the English language and meet the other requirements of Section 73-23-51(2) before such temporary license shall be issued.

(6) During a lawfully declared local, state or national disaster or emergency, the board may issue a temporary license to any otherwise qualified physical therapist or physical therapist assistant licensed and in good standing in another state or territory of the United States and who meets such other requirements as the board may prescribe by rule and regulation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-9-111 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-9-111
Status: in_force

(1) The examining committee shall report to the board its findings on the examination of the dentist or dental hygienist under Section 73-9-107 , the determination of the committee as to the fitness of the dentist or dental hygienist to engage in the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene with reasonable skill and safety to patients, either on a restricted or unrestricted basis, and any management that the committee may recommend. Such recommendation by the committee shall be advisory only and shall not be binding on the board.

(2) The board may accept or reject the recommendation of the examining committee to permit a dentist or dental hygienist to continue to practice with or without any restriction on his license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene, or may refer the matter back to the examining committee for further examination and report thereon.

(3) In the absence of a voluntary agreement by a dentist or dental hygienist under Section 73-9-109 for restriction of the licensure of such dentist or dental hygienist to practice dentistry or dental hygiene, any dentist or dental hygienist shall be entitled to a hearing in formal proceedings before the board and a determination on the evidence as to whether or not restriction, suspension or revocation of licensure shall be imposed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-63-11 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 63-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-63-11
Status: in_force

Each member of the board, except a state employee, shall receive per diem in accordance with Section 25-3-69 when actually attending meetings of the board or its committees. Board members shall be reimbursed for traveling expenses in accordance with Section 25-3-41 . If the president of the board assumes the powers and duties under Section 73-63-19 , the president shall receive per diem for each day spent executing those powers and duties. The board, by majority vote, may elect not to receive per diem compensation, which election shall be revocable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-53-19 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 53-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-53-19
Status: in_force

All complaints concerning a licensee's business or professional practice shall be received by the board. Each complaint received shall be logged, recording at a minimum the following information: (a) licensee's name; (b) name of the complaining party; (c) date of complaint; (d) brief statement of complaint; and (e) disposition.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-363 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-363
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-363
Status: in_force

Procedures for the filing of the record and appeal from the judgment of the complaint tribunal shall be the same as the appeal procedures from a judgment of suspension or disbarment upon disciplinary grounds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-17-3 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-17-3
Status: in_force

From and after July 1, 1970, it shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association or corporation to act as the administrator, hereinafter defined, of a nursing home within this state without first obtaining a license as a nursing home administrator as provided for in this chapter, from the Mississippi State Board of Nursing Home Administrators.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-10-9 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 10-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-10-9
Status: in_force

(1) An applicant for a license as a dietitian shall file a written application on forms provided by the board, showing to the satisfaction of the board that he or she meets the following requirement.

(2) Applicants shall provide evidence of current registration as a registered dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.

(3) Applicants shall pay a fee as established by the board. Any increase in the fee charged by the board under this subsection shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 .

(4) Each application or filing made under this section shall include the social security number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Section 93-11-64 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-21-87 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-87
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-21-87
Status: in_force

(1) To obtain a license to engage in the practice of pharmacy by reciprocity or license transfer, the applicant shall:

(a) Have submitted a written application on the form prescribed by the board;

(b) Be of good moral character;

(c) Have possessed at the time of initial licensure as a pharmacist such other qualifications necessary to have been eligible for licensure at that time in that state;

(d) Have presented to the board proof that any license or licenses granted to the applicant by any other states have not been suspended, revoked, cancelled or otherwise restricted for any reason except nonrenewal or the failure to obtain required continuing education credits; and

(e) Have paid all fees specified by the board for licensure.

(2) No applicant shall be eligible for licensure by reciprocity or license transfer unless the state in which the applicant was initially licensed also grants a reciprocal license or transfer license to pharmacists licensed by this state under like circumstances and conditions.

(3) The issuance of a license by reciprocity to a military-trained applicant, military spouse or person who establishes residence in this state shall be subject to the provisions of Section 73-50-1 or 73-50-2 , as applicable.

(4) Each application or filing made under this section shall include the social security number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Section 93-11-64 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-21-153 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-153
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-21-153
Status: in_force

For purposes of Sections 73-21-151 through 73-21-163 , the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Board ” means the State Board of Pharmacy.

(b) “ Commissioner ” means the Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance.

(c) “ Day ” means a calendar day, unless otherwise defined or limited.

(d) “ Electronic claim ” means the transmission of data for purposes of payment of covered prescription drugs, other products and supplies, and pharmacist services in an electronic data format specified by a pharmacy benefit manager and approved by the department.

(e) “ Electronic adjudication ” means the process of electronically receiving, reviewing and accepting or rejecting an electronic claim.

(f) “ Enrollee ” means an individual who has been enrolled in a pharmacy benefit management plan.

(g) “ Health insurance plan ” means benefits consisting of prescription drugs, other products and supplies, and pharmacist services provided directly, through insurance or reimbursement, or otherwise and including items and services paid for as prescription drugs, other products and supplies, and pharmacist services under any hospital or medical service policy or certificate, hospital or medical service plan contract, preferred provider organization agreement, or health maintenance organization contract offered by a health insurance issuer.

(h) “Pharmacy benefit manager” shall have the same definition as provided in Section 73-21-179 . However, through June 30, 2014, the term “pharmacy benefit manager” shall not include an insurance company that provides an integrated health benefit plan and that does not separately contract for pharmacy benefit management services. From and after July 1, 2014, the term “pharmacy benefit manager” shall not include an insurance company unless the insurance company is providing services as a pharmacy benefit manager as defined in Section 73-21-179 , in which case the insurance company shall be subject to Sections 73-21-151 through 73-21-159 only for those pharmacy benefit manager services. In addition, the term “pharmacy benefit manager” shall not include the pharmacy benefit manager of the Mississippi State and School Employees Health Insurance Plan or the Mississippi Division of Medicaid or its contractors when performing pharmacy benefit manager services for the Division of Medicaid.

(i) “ Pharmacy benefit manager affiliate ” means a pharmacy or pharmacist that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with a pharmacy benefit manager.

(j) “Pharmacy benefit management plan” shall have the same definition as provided in Section 73-21-179 .

(k) “Pharmacist,” “pharmacist services” and “pharmacy” or “pharmacies” shall have the same definitions as provided in Section 73-21-73 .

(l) “ Uniform claim form ” means a form prescribed by rule by the State Board of Pharmacy; however, for purposes of Sections 73-21-151 through 73-21-159 , the board shall adopt the same definition or rule where the State Department of Insurance has adopted a rule covering the same type of claim. The board may modify the terminology of the rule and form when necessary to comply with the provisions of Sections 73-21-151 through 73-21-159 .

(m) “ Plan sponsors ” means the employers, insurance companies, unions and health maintenance organizations that contract with a pharmacy benefit manager for delivery of prescription services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-15-17 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-15-17
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Board of Nursing is authorized and empowered to:

(a) Adopt and from time to time revise such rules and regulations consistent with the law as shall be necessary to govern its proceedings and carry into effect the provisions of this article; however, the board shall not adopt any rule or regulation or impose any requirement regarding the licensing or certification of advanced practice registered nurses that conflicts with the prohibitions in Section 73-49-3 .

(b) Require the secretary to keep records of all meetings of the board and keep a record of all proceedings, and to prepare a register of registered nurses and a register of licensed practical nurses, all nurses appearing thereon to be duly licensed under this article, and which registers shall be open for public inspection at all reasonable times.

(c) Issue subpoenas, require attendance of witnesses, and administer oaths of persons giving testimony.

(d) Cause the prosecution of all persons violating the provisions of this article, and incur such necessary expenses therefor.

(e) Conduct hearings upon charges calling for discipline of a licensee or revocation of a license or of the privilege to practice.

(f) Present a true and full report to the Governor and the Legislature, together with a statement of receipts and disbursements on or before February 1 of each year.

(g) Maintain an office in the greater Jackson area for the administration of this article.

(h) File an annual list of all certificates of registration issued by the board with the Secretary of State's office for both registered nurses and licensed practical nurses.

(i) File an annual list of all certificates of registration issued by the board to registered nurses, including addresses of the persons with the Mississippi Nurses' Association; and file a similar list of all certificates of registration issued to licensed practical nurses, including addresses of the persons, with the Mississippi Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses and the Mississippi Licensed Practical Nurses Association.

(j) Adopt a seal which shall be in the form of a circle with the image of an eagle in the center, and around the margin the words “Mississippi Board of Nursing,” and under the image of the eagle the word “Official.” The seal shall be affixed to certificates and warrants issued by the board, and to all records sent up on appeal from its decisions.

(k) Schedule dates and locations for state board examinations for examining qualified applicants for licensure.

(l) Examine, license and renew licenses of duly qualified applicants.

(m) Appoint and employ a qualified person who shall not be a member of the board to serve as executive director, define the duties, fix the compensation, and delegate to him or her those activities that will expedite the functions of the board. The executive director shall meet all the qualifications for board members, and shall in addition:

(i) Have had at least a master's degree in nursing, eight (8) years' experience as a registered nurse, five (5) of which shall be in teaching or in administration, or a combination thereof; and

(ii) Have been actively engaged in nursing for at least five (5) years immediately preceding appointment.

(n) Employ, discharge, define duties, and fix compensation of such other persons as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.

(o) Secure the services of research consultants as deemed necessary who shall receive a per diem, travel and other necessary expenses incurred while engaged by the board.

(p) Enter into contracts with any other state or federal agency or with any private person, organization or group capable of contracting, if it finds such action to be in the public interest and in the furtherance of its responsibilities.

(q) Upon reasonable suspicion that a holder of a license issued under this article has violated any statutory ground for denial of licensure as set forth in Section 73-15-29 or is guilty of any offense specified in Section 73-15-33 , require the license holder to undergo a fingerprint-based criminal history records check of the Mississippi central criminal database and the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history database, in the same manner as required for applicants for licensure under Sections 73-15-19(1) and 73-15-21(1) .

(r) Perform the duties prescribed by the Nurse Licensure Compact in Section 73-15-201 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-53-15 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 53-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-53-15
Status: in_force

(1) Upon passing the examination and meeting the requirements prescribed for licensure and upon paying the initial licensure fee, an applicant shall be issued the appropriate license by the board. Except as provided in Section 33-1-39 , licenses shall be renewed biennially after initial licensure in the manner prescribed by the rules and regulations of the board and upon the payment of the fees for renewal prescribed by the board. However, the fee for an initial license may be prorated in proportion to the period of time from the date of issuance.

(2) Any person who desires to be licensed as a social worker or marriage and family therapist shall apply to the board in writing on a form furnished by the board. The applicant shall provide any documents as required by the application forms provided by the board. The applicant shall pay the board at the time of filing an application fee to the board, no part of which shall be refunded. Additionally, the board shall adopt a fee schedule by rule and regulation, which shall include late fees.

(3) The initial and renewal license fees shall not exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for a licensed social worker, Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for a licensed master's social worker, and Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($350.00) for a licensed certified social worker. When increased by the board, fees may not be increased by more than ten percent (10%) of the amount of the previous year's fee.

(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) of this section, in all instances where the board uses the services of a national testing service for preparation, administration, or grading of examinations, the applicant shall pay the required fees to the national testing service, in addition to other board fees.

(5) During a lawfully declared local, state or national disaster or emergency, the board may issue a temporary license to any otherwise qualified social worker or marriage and family therapist licensed and in good standing in another state or territory of the United States of America and who meets any other requirements as the board may prescribe by rule and regulation.

(6) Every person to whom a license is issued under the authority of the board shall, as a condition precedent to its issuance, pay the application and any other fee(s) prescribed by the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-9 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-9
Status: in_force

Each member of the board shall receive per diem in accordance with Section 25-3-69 when actually attending to the work of the board or any of its committees, and shall be reimbursed for traveling expenses in accordance with Section 25-3-41 in carrying out the provisions of Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-105 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-67-1 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 67-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-67-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-38 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-38
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-38
Status: in_force

(1) If a lawyer, attorney at law, or counselor at law of another state is not licensed to practice law in Mississippi, a television or billboard advertisement of the person's legal services in any language must include in the advertisement the following: “THE PERSON APPEARING IN THIS AD IS NOT LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN MISSISSIPPI.”

(2)(a) The notice must be of conspicuous size and duration in the visual component of an advertisement; the audio portion of an advertisement must plainly include substantially the same message. The notice must be in the languages used in the advertisement.

(b) In lieu of the disclaimer required in paragraph (a) of this subsection, the advertiser may conspicuously state in both the visual and audio components of the advertisement that the person is licensed only in the specific states in which the person is licensed to practice law.

(3) A violation of this section shall be subject to the rights and remedies as provided for by Title 75, Chapter 24, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-73-19 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 73-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-73-19
Status: in_force

(1) The board and IDAC shall set forth and regulate the conduct and professional ethics of those certified under this chapter.

(2) Conflict of Interest:

(a) A Mississippi Certified Interior Designer may not accept compensation for interior design services from more than one (1) party on a project unless the circumstances are fully disclosed to and accepted by all parties involved in the project. Any disclosure and agreement must be in writing.

(b) A Mississippi Certified Interior Designer may not solicit or accept compensation or gratuities from contractors, material or furniture suppliers, or manufacturer's sales representatives from endorsing their companies or specifying their products.

(3) Compliance with laws:

(a) A Mississippi Certified Interior Designer may not offer or make payment or gifts of value to elected or appointed government officials with the intent of influencing the decision or recommendation of that official in connection with a project in which the Mississippi Certified Interior Designer may be interested.

(b) A Mississippi Certified Interior Designer must comply with the certification laws and regulations governing the state recognition of interior design in other states and jurisdictions where the Mississippi Certified Interior Designer is certified or otherwise recognized as an interior designer.

(4) Full disclosure:

(a) A Mississippi Certified Interior Designer may not falsify or misrepresent his professional qualifications. A Mississippi Certified Interior Designer may not exaggerate his degree of responsibility in or for prior assignments. Presentations for the solicitation of employment or future projects may not misrepresent the work of a Mississippi Certified Interior Designer with the intent of enhancing the Mississippi Certified Interior Designer's qualifications.

(b) If, in the course of work on a project, the Mississippi Certified Interior Designer becomes aware of a decision or condition that may materially and adversely affect the safety and welfare of any member of the project team, owner or the public, the Mississippi Certified Interior Designer shall report the condition to the design professional of record or a public building official.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-7-31 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-7-31
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall apply to:

(a) Cosmetology, barbering, nail technology or facial treatments given in the home to members of family or friends for which no charge is made. Cosmetology, barbering, nail technology or facial treatments given at an event venue to members of family or friends for which no charge is made may be permitted upon the express, written approval of the board.

(b) Persons whose practice is limited to only performing makeup artistry, threading or applying or removing eyelash extensions; however, a person may perform a combination of not more than these three (3) such practices and still be exempt from this chapter.

(c) Persons engaged in the practice of hair braiding as defined in Section 73-7-71 who have completed the self-test part of the brochure on infection control techniques prepared by the State Department of Health and who keep the brochure and completed self-test available at the location at which the person is engaged in hair braiding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-310 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-310
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-310
Status: in_force

The chancery and circuit courts shall have the duty to file a complaint under the terms and provisions as outlined in Section 73-3-309 against any attorney who is a resident of the court's district and who demonstrates conduct evincing unfitness for the practice of law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-29 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-29
Status: in_force

The grounds for the nonissuance, suspension, revocation or restriction of a license or the denial of reinstatement or renewal of a license are:

(1) Habitual personal use of narcotic drugs, or any other drug having addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability.

(2) Habitual use of intoxicating liquors, or any beverage, to an extent which affects professional competency.

(3) Administering, dispensing or prescribing any narcotic drug, or any other drug having addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability otherwise than in the course of legitimate professional practice.

(4) Conviction of violation of any federal or state law regulating the possession, distribution or use of any narcotic drug or any drug considered a controlled substance under state or federal law, a certified copy of the conviction order or judgment rendered by the trial court being prima facie evidence thereof, notwithstanding the pendency of any appeal.

(5) Procuring, or attempting to procure, or aiding in, an abortion that is not medically indicated.

(6) Conviction of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, a certified copy of the conviction order or judgment rendered by the trial court being prima facie evidence thereof, notwithstanding the pendency of any appeal.

(7) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a license by fraud or deception.

(8) Unprofessional conduct, which includes, but is not limited to:

(a) Practicing medicine under a false or assumed name or impersonating another practitioner, living or dead.

(b) Knowingly performing any act which in any way assists an unlicensed person to practice medicine.

(c) Making or willfully causing to be made any flamboyant claims concerning the licensee's professional excellence.

(d) Being guilty of any dishonorable or unethical conduct likely to deceive, defraud or harm the public.

(e) Obtaining a fee as personal compensation or gain from a person on fraudulent representation of a disease or injury condition generally considered incurable by competent medical authority in the light of current scientific knowledge and practice can be cured or offering, undertaking, attempting or agreeing to cure or treat the same by a secret method, which he refuses to divulge to the board upon request.

(f) Use of any false, fraudulent or forged statement or document, or the use of any fraudulent, deceitful, dishonest or immoral practice in connection with any of the licensing requirements, including the signing in his professional capacity any certificate that is known to be false at the time he makes or signs such certificate.

(g) Failing to identify a physician's school of practice in all professional uses of his name by use of his earned degree or a description of his school of practice.

(9) The refusal of a licensing authority of another state or jurisdiction to issue or renew a license, permit or certificate to practice medicine in that jurisdiction or the revocation, suspension or other restriction imposed on a license, permit or certificate issued by such licensing authority which prevents or restricts practice in that jurisdiction, a certified copy of the disciplinary order or action taken by the other state or jurisdiction being prima facie evidence thereof, notwithstanding the pendency of any appeal.

(10) Surrender of a license or authorization to practice medicine in another state or jurisdiction or surrender of membership on any medical staff or in any medical or professional association or society while under disciplinary investigation by any of those authorities or bodies for acts or conduct similar to acts or conduct which would constitute grounds for action as defined in this section.

(11) Final sanctions imposed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General or any successor federal agency or office, based upon a finding of incompetency, gross misconduct or failure to meet professionally recognized standards of health care; a certified copy of the notice of final sanction being prima facie evidence thereof. As used in this paragraph, the term “ final sanction ” means the written notice to a physician from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Officer of Inspector General or any successor federal agency or office, which implements the exclusion.

(12) Failure to furnish the board, its investigators or representatives information legally requested by the board.

(13) Violation of any provision(s) of the Medical Practice Act or the rules and regulations of the board or of any order, stipulation or agreement with the board.

(14) Violation(s) of the provisions of Sections 41-121-1 through 41-121-9 relating to deceptive advertisement by health care practitioners.

(15) Performing or inducing an abortion on a woman in violation of any provision of Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 .

(16) Performing an abortion on a pregnant woman after determining that the unborn human individual that the pregnant woman is carrying has a detectable fetal heartbeat as provided in Section 41-41-34.1 .

(17) Violation(s) of any provision of Title 41, Chapter 141, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

In addition to the grounds specified above, the board shall be authorized to suspend the license of any licensee for being out of compliance with an order for support, as defined in Section 93-11-153 . The procedure for suspension of a license for being out of compliance with an order for support, and the procedure for the reissuance or reinstatement of a license suspended for that purpose, and the payment of any fees for the reissuance or reinstatement of a license suspended for that purpose, shall be governed by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 , as the case may be. If there is any conflict between any provision of Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 and any provision of this chapter, the provisions of Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 , as the case may be, shall control.

A physician who provides a written certification as authorized under the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act and in compliance with rules and regulations adopted thereunder shall not be subject to any disciplinary action under this section solely due to providing the written certification.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-5-17 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-5-17
Status: in_force

The Board of Barber Examiners shall conduct examinations of applicants for certificates of registration to practice as registered barbers not less than three (3) times a year, which examination shall be had in some town or city selected by the examining board. Examinations of applicants for certificates of registration as barber instructors shall be conducted at a time and place selected by the examining board.

The examination of applicants for certificates of registration as registered barbers shall include both a practical demonstration and a written and oral test, and shall embrace the subjects usually practiced in a duly licensed shop of Mississippi under the direct and personal supervision of a registered barber. The examination of applicants for certificates of registration as barber instructors shall include such subjects as the board deems necessary to determine the applicant's fitness to practice as a barber instructor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-53-27 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 53-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-53-27
Status: in_force

(1) The board has the power to take testimony either orally or by deposition, or both, with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as is prescribed by law for judicial proceedings in civil cases. Any member of the board or its designee has the power to administer oaths at any hearing which the board is authorized by law to conduct.

(2) The board shall provide a stenographer to take down the testimony and preserve a record of all proceedings at the hearing of any case in which a license may be revoked, suspended, placed on probationary status, or other disciplinary action taken with regard thereto. The notice of hearing, complaint and all other documents in the nature of pleadings and written motions filed in the proceedings, the recording of testimony, the report of the board, and the orders of the board constitute the record of such proceedings. The board shall furnish a transcript of such record to any person interested in such hearing upon payment of the cost of each original transcript or for each copy.

(3) Upon the suspension or revocation of a license issued under Section 73-53-13 , a licensee shall be required to surrender the license to the board, and upon failure to do so the board shall have the right to seize the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-11-58 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-58
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-11-58
Status: in_force

(1) Residents of the state shall have the right to direct their own disposition without interference from others, regardless of their relationship. This right of self-authorization can be executed through the use of the Self-Directed Disposition Authorization document. This document shall supersede the wishes and rights commonly executed by the next of kin. If a decedent has left no written authorization for the cremation and/or disposition of the decedent's body as permitted by law, any of the following persons, in the order of priority listed below, may authorize any lawful manner of disposition of the decedent's body by completion of a written instrument:

(a) The person designated by the decedent as authorized to direct disposition pursuant to Public Law No. 109-163 , Section 564, as listed on the decedent's United States Department of Defense Record of Emergency Data, DD Form 93, or its successor form, if the decedent died during military service, as provided in 10 USC Section 1481(a)(1) through (8) , in any branch of the United States Armed Forces, United States Reserve Forces or National Guard.

(b) The surviving spouse.

(c) A surviving child who is at least eighteen (18) years of age.

(d) A grandchild who is at least eighteen (18) years of age.

(e) Either surviving parent.

(f) A surviving sibling who is at least eighteen (18) years of age.

(g) A person acting as a representative of the decedent under a signed authorization of the decedent.

(h) The guardian of the person of the decedent at the time of the decedent's death, if a guardian has been appointed.

(i) A person in the class of the next degree of kinship, in descending order, who, under state law, would inherit the decedent's estate if the decedent died intestate and who is at least eighteen (18) years of age.

(j) A person who has exhibited special care and concern for the decedent and is willing and able to make decisions about the cremation and disposition.

(k) In the case of individuals who have donated their bodies to science or whose death occurred in a nursing home or private institution and in which the institution is charged with making arrangements for the final disposition of the decedent, a representative of the institution may serve as the authorizing agent in the absence of any of the above.

(l) In the absence of any of the above, any person willing to assume responsibility for the cremation and disposition of the decedent.

(m) In the case of indigents or any other individuals whose final disposition is the responsibility of the state or any of its instrumentalities, a public administrator, medical examiner, coroner, state-appointed guardian, or any other public official charged with arranging the final disposition of the decedent may serve as the authorizing agent.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any listed person, regardless of priority, when that person has been finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be at fault for the decedent's death, whether that liability be criminal or civil. Such persons shall be barred and precluded from deciding the disposition of the decedent's body.

(a) Upon motion by the state or any person listed in subsection (1) of this section in the chancery court of the county of the decedent's residence, the chancellor shall designate the next available person listed in subsection (1) of this section and such person may then authorize any lawful manner of disposition of the decedent's body by completion of a written instrument.

(b) If a criminal prosecution arising from the decedent's death is actively ongoing at the time of the disposition of the decedent's remains, the chancellor may request a bond be filed with the court in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) by the moving party before granting the motion.

(3) No funeral establishment shall accept a dead human body from any public officer or employee or from the official of any institution, hospital or nursing home, or from a physician or any person having a professional relationship with a decedent, without having first made due inquiry as to the desires of the persons who have the legal authority to direct the disposition of the decedent's body. If any persons are found, their authority and directions shall govern the disposal of the remains of the decedent. Any funeral establishment receiving the remains in violation of this subsection shall make no charge for any service in connection with the remains before delivery of the remains as stipulated by the persons having legal authority to direct the disposition of the body. This section shall not prevent any funeral establishment from charging and being reimbursed for services rendered in connection with the removal of the remains of any deceased person in case of accidental or violent death and rendering necessary professional services required until the persons having legal authority to direct the disposition of the body have been notified.

(4) A person who does not exercise his or her right to dispose of the decedent's body under subsection (1) of this section within five (5) days from the date of the death shall be deemed to have waived his or her right to authorize disposition of the decedent's body or contest disposition in accordance with this section. If, during the aforesaid time period, the funeral director, funeral service practitioner and/or funeral establishment has been provided contrary written consent from members of the same class with the highest priority as to the disposition of the decedent's body, the licensed funeral director or service practitioner or funeral establishment shall act in accordance with the directive of the greatest number of consents received from members of the class. If that number is equal, the funeral director or funeral service practitioner and/or the funeral establishment shall act in accordance with the earlier consent unless the person(s) providing the later consent is granted an order from a court of competent jurisdiction in which the funeral establishment is located, and such order will be filed and paid for by the family of the deceased within twenty (20) days from the date of death.

(5) If no consent for the embalming, cremation or other disposition of a dead human body from any of the relatives or interested persons or institutions listed above in subsection (1) of this section is received within ten (10) days of the decedent's death, the coroner for, or other person designated by, the county in which the funeral establishment is located is authorized to sign the consent authorizing the disposition of the decedent's remains.

(6) If none of the parties listed above in subsection (1) of this section is financially capable of providing for the cremation, embalming or disposition of a dead human body, the coroner for, or other person designated by, the county in which the funeral establishment is located is authorized to sign the consent authorizing the disposition of the decedent's remains.

(7) The licensed funeral director, funeral service practitioner or funeral establishment shall have authority to control the disposition of the remains of a decedent and proceed to recover the costs for the disposition when: (a) none of the persons or parties described above in subsection (1)(a) through (l) assume responsibility for the disposition of the remains, and (b) the coroner or other public official designated in subsection (1)(m) fails to assume responsibility for disposition of the remains within seven (7) days after having been given written notice of the facts. Written notice may be made by personal delivery, United States mail, facsimile or transmission. The method of disposition must be in the least costly and most environmentally sound manner that complies with law, and that does not conflict with known wishes of the decedent.

(8) A funeral director, funeral service and/or funeral establishment licensee acting in accordance with this section, or attempting in good faith to act in accordance with this section, shall not be subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability for carrying out the otherwise lawful instructions of the person or persons described in this section.

(9) The liability for the reasonable cost of the final disposition of the remains of the decedent devolves upon the individual or entity authorizing the disposition and/or upon the estate of the decedent and, in cases when the county board of supervisors has the right to control the disposition of the remains under this section, upon the county in which the death occurred.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-5-37 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-5-37
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 33-1-39 , every registered barber and barber instructor who continues in active practice or service shall annually on or before the anniversary date of the issuance of his certificate of registration renew the certificate by paying the required fee and meeting all applicable requirements of the State Board of Health. Every certificate of registration which has not been renewed within thirty (30) days of its anniversary date shall expire. A registered barber or barber instructor whose certificate of registration has expired may have his certificate restored immediately upon payment of the renewal fee plus the required restoration fee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-369 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-369
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-369
Status: in_force

The acceptance by a nonresident attorney of the rights and privileges of the practice of law within this state, as evidenced by his practice of law in this state, shall be deemed equivalent to an appointment by such nonresident attorney of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Bar to be his true and lawful attorney, upon whom may be served all process summons or notice of any and all proceedings against him instituted pursuant to and conducted under these rules of disciplinary procedure; and the acceptance of such rights and privileges and the practice of law by any such nonresident attorney in this state shall be a signification of his agreement that any such process, summons or notice against him which is so served shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served on him personally.

Notice of the service of such process, summons or notice, together with a copy of any complaint or charge, shall be mailed forthwith by the executive director by United States certified mail or registered mail, return receipt requested, restricted for delivery to addressee only, and with postage prepaid, to such nonresident attorney at his last known address.

When such process, summons or notice is served as herein provided it shall be deemed sufficient to give the court, and its disciplinary agencies provided for herein jurisdiction over said nonresident attorney for the purpose of investigating and finally determining any complaint or charge touching upon the professional conduct or conduct evincing unfitness for the practice of law or the personal incapacity to practice law of any such nonresident attorney.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-36-36 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 36-36
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-36-36
Status: in_force

In addition to the penalties provided under Section 73-36-33 and Section 73-36-35 , any person, found by the board to be in violation of this chapter or any rule or regulation of the board, shall be subject to an administrative fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation. The person shall be given at least ten (10) days’ written notice and an opportunity for a hearing before the board. If the administrative fine is not paid within ninety (90) days after the date of the board's order, the order shall become a judgment and may be filed and executed. Any person aggrieved of the board's order may appeal the order to the Circuit Court of Hinds County within thirty (30) days after the date of the order of the board is issued. Appeal shall be on the record made before the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-54-17 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 54-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-54-17
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who applies for a marriage and family therapy license after September 1, 2000, shall be issued that license by the board if he or she meets the qualifications set forth in Section 73-54-13 , and submits the required application fees, and provides satisfactory evidence to the board that he or she:

(a) Meets educational and experience qualifications as follows:

(i) Holds a master's degree or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from an institution of higher education in a program that is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE), or that was in COAMFTE candidacy status at the time of graduation and subsequently received COAMFTE accreditation, or holds a master's degree or doctoral degree in marriage, couple and family counseling from an institution of higher education that is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP);

(ii) Following the receipt of the first qualifying degree, has at least two (2) years of supervised experience in marriage and family therapy, or its equivalent, acceptable to the board;

(iii) Has completed at least one hundred (100) hours of marriage and family therapy supervision following receipt of the first qualifying degree, as defined by the board;

(iv) Has completed one hundred (100) hours of clinical supervision before receipt of the qualifying degree; and

(v) Has completed a clinical practicum that meets the accreditation requirements of COAMFTE or CACREP programs;

(b) Passes the national Examination in Marital and Family Therapy prescribed by the Association for Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Boards; and

(c) Has been successfully cleared through a criminal history records check, including a fingerprint and an acceptable sex offender check, by appropriate governmental authorities as prescribed by the board.

(2) Any person who applies for a marriage and family therapy associate license after September 1, 2011, shall be issued that license by the board for a period of twenty-four (24) months, which may be renewed biennially for a period not to exceed a total of forty-eight (48) months, if the applicant meets the qualifications set forth in Section 73-54-13 , submits the required application fees, and provides satisfactory evidence to the board that he or she:

(a) Holds a master's degree or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from an institution of higher education in a program that is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE), or that was in COAMFTE candidacy status at the time of graduation and subsequently received COAMFTE accreditation; or holds a master's degree or doctoral degree in marriage, couple and family counseling from an institution of higher education that is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP);

(b) Completed a clinical practicum that meets the accreditation requirements of COAMFTE or CACREP programs and one hundred (100) hours of clinical supervision before receipt of the qualifying degree;

(c) Passes the national Examination in Marital and Family Therapy prescribed by the Association for Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Boards;

(d) Provides all professional services under the supervision of a qualified supervisor in accordance with a supervision contract approved by the board; and

(e) Has been successfully cleared through a criminal history records check, including a fingerprint and an acceptable sex offender check, by appropriate governmental authorities as prescribed by the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-69-21 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 69-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-69-21
Status: in_force

(1) The Electronic Protection Licensing Advisory Board is hereby created within the Department of Insurance. The board shall be composed of seven (7) members, as follows:

(a) Three (3) members shall be appointed by the Governor, one (1) member from each State Supreme Court District. Each member shall possess a valid Class A or Class B license and may be appointed from a list submitted by the Mississippi Alarm Association. Each of these appointments initially will have staggered terms. One (1) appointment will serve for two (2) years, one (1) appointment will serve for three (3) years, and the last appointment will serve for four (4) years. After the initial appointment terms, each appointee will serve for four (4) years.

(b) One (1) member shall be appointed by the State Fire Marshal from a list of nominees submitted to the State Fire Marshal by the Mississippi Alarm Association as a representative from the Alarm Manufacturing Industry. This appointment will serve for four (4) years.

(c) Two (2) members shall be appointed by the Governor at his discretion, one (1) of which shall be a law enforcement officer and one (1) shall be from the private sector. Each of these appointments will serve for four (4) years, concurrent with the term of the Governor.

(d) One (1) member shall be an employee of the Office of the State Fire Marshal designated by the State Fire Marshal. Such member shall serve as the chairman of the advisory board.

(2)(a) Each appointed member shall serve a term of four (4) years.

(b) The member designated by the State Fire Marshal shall serve a term concurrent with the term of the State Fire Marshal making such designation.

(c) No member shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms except the member designated by the State Fire Marshal.

(d) A vacancy on the board occurring prior to expiration of a term shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the remainder of the term.

(3) The board shall meet at every quarter, or upon the call of the chairman or upon the written request of any three (3) members of the board. Notice of any such meeting shall be given to board members and the public at least fourteen (14) days in advance.

(4) Four (4) members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The board may take action by majority vote of its members present and voting.

(5) Each appointed member of the board shall be reimbursed for travel and related expenses incurred, not to exceed those expenses authorized for reimbursement by the Department of Insurance, for each day that the member engages in board business.

(6) No member of the board shall be liable to civil action for any act performed in good faith in the execution of his duties as a board member.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-14-39 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 14-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-14-39
Status: in_force

(1) From any revocation, the person charged may, within thirty (30) days thereof, appeal to the chancery court of the county of the residence of the licensee.

(2) Notice of appeals shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court, who shall issue a writ of certiorari directed to the board, commanding it within ten (10) days after service thereof to certify to such court its entire record in the matter in which the appeal has been taken. The appeal shall thereupon be heard in the due course by said court without a jury, and the court shall review the record and make its determination of the cause between the parties.

(3) Any order, rule or decision of the board shall not take effect until after the time of appeal in the said court shall have expired. If there is an appeal, such appeal may, in the discretion of and on motion to the chancery court, act as a supersedeas. The chancery court shall dispose of the appeal and enter its decision promptly. The hearing on the appeal may, in the discretion of the chancellor, be tried in vacation.

(4) Any person taking an appeal shall post a satisfactory bond in the amount of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for payment of any costs which may be adjudged against him.

(5) Actions taken by the board in suspending a certificate of registration when required by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 are not actions from which an appeal may be taken under this section. Any appeal of a suspension of a certificate that is required by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 shall be taken in accordance with the appeal procedure specified in Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 , as the case may be, rather than the procedure specified in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-38-7 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 38-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-38-7
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall be construed as preventing or restricting:

(a) A physician from engaging in the practice of medicine in this state, or a person using an audiometer to test hearing under the direct supervision of a licensed physician, provided such person does not present himself or herself to the public by any title or description of services incorporating the words “audiologist,” “hearing clinician,” “hearing therapist,” or any similar title or description of services;

(b) Any person licensed as a hearing aid dispenser from measuring and testing hearing in relation to the fitting, usage and dispensing of hearing aids or rendering post fitting services to his or her clients or using any title provided in Sections 73-14-1 through 73-14-47 ;

(c) Any person licensed in this state by any other law from engaging in the profession or occupation for which he or she is licensed;

(d) A person from being employed or working in a volunteer capacity without a license, as provided in this article, or without holding the privilege to practice, as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist by the government of the United States or by the governing authority of any school district or private or parochial school in this state, if such person performs speech-language pathology or audiology services solely within the confines or under the jurisdiction of the organization by which he or she is employed, or working in a volunteer capacity; however, such person may, without obtaining a license under this article or holding the privilege to practice, consult with or disseminate his or her research findings and other scientific information to speech-language pathologists and audiologists outside the jurisdiction of the organization by which he or she is employed; such person may also offer lectures to the public for a fee, monetary or other, without being licensed under this article or holding the privilege to practice; such person may additionally elect to be subject to this article;

(e) The activities and services of persons pursuing a course of study leading to a degree in speech-language pathology at a college or university if such activities and services constitute a part of the supervised course of study and that such person is designated speech-language pathology intern, speech-language pathology trainee, or by other such titles clearly indicating the training status appropriate to his or her level of training;

(f) The activities and services of a person pursuing a course of study leading to a degree in audiology at a college or university if such activities and services constitute a part of a supervised course of study and such person is designated audiology intern, audiology trainee, or by any other such titles clearly indicating the training status appropriate to his or her level of training;

(g) The performance of speech-language pathology or audiology services in this state by any person not a resident of this state who is not licensed under this article or does not hold the privilege to practice, if such services are performed for no more than five (5) days in any calendar year and in cooperation with a speech-language pathologist or audiologist licensed under this article or holding the privilege to practice, and if such person meets the qualifications and requirements for application for licensure described in subsections (a) through (c) of Section 73-38-9 or the requirements for holding the privilege to practice; however, a person not a resident of this state who is not licensed under this article or does not hold the privilege to practice, but who is licensed under the law of another state which has established licensure requirements at least equivalent to those established by Section 73-38-9 , or who is the holder of the ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology or its equivalent, may offer speech-language pathology or audiology services in this state for no more than thirty (30) days in any calendar year if such services are performed in cooperation with a speech-language pathologist or audiologist licensed under this article or holding the privilege to practice; or

(h) Any person employed by a private industry or firm for the purpose of conducting hearing tests incident to the operations of such firm or industry relative to its employees and employment practices.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-19 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-19
Status: in_force

The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of all applications for licensure, which register shall show (a) the name, age and residence of such applicant, (b) the date of the application, (c) the place of business of such applicant, (d) his educational and other qualifications, (e) whether or not an examination was required, (f) whether the applicant was rejected, (g) whether a certificate of licensure was granted, (h) the date of the action of the board, and (i) such other information as may be deemed necessary by the board.

The records of the board shall be prima facie evidence of the proceedings of the board set forth therein, and a transcript thereof, duly certified by the executive director of the board under seal, shall be admissible in evidence with the same force and effect as if the original were produced.

Annually, on or before March 15, the board shall submit to the Governor a report of its transactions of the preceding year, and shall file with the Secretary of State a copy of such report of the board, attested by affidavits of its president and its secretary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-29-43 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-29-43
Status: in_force

If any person violates any provisions of this chapter, the secretary shall, upon direction of a majority of the board, in the name of the State of Mississippi, through the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39 , apply in any chancery court of competent jurisdiction, for an order enjoining such violation or for an order enforcing compliance with this chapter. Upon the filing of a verified petition in the court, the court, or any judge thereof, if satisfied by affidavit or otherwise that the person has violated this chapter, may issue a temporary injunction, without notice or bond, enjoining such continued violation and if it is established that the person has violated or is violating this chapter, the court, or any judge thereof, may enter a decree perpetually enjoining the violation or enforcing compliance with this chapter. In case of violation of any order or decree issued under the provisions of this section, the court, or any judge thereof, may try and punish the offender for contempt of court. Proceedings under this section shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, all other remedies and penalties provided by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-63-53 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 63-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-63-53
Status: in_force

Within one (1) year following its appointment, the board shall seek to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Mississippi State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors and any other necessary agencies, containing guidelines for resolving jurisdictional concerns that may arise between registered professional geologists and licensed professional engineers and other registered, licensed or certified professional personnel.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-14-1 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 14-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-14-1
Status: in_force

The State Board of Health established and empowered by Section 41-3-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall discharge as additional duties and responsibilities the provisions of this chapter in the examination, licensing and regulation of persons who sell and fit hearing aids and who test hearing while engaged in the selling and fitting of hearing aids.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-111 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-111
Status: in_force

A secretary, who may be designated as executive director, shall be elected by the Board of Commissioners and shall hold office for one (1) year.

The secretary shall keep and maintain rolls which shall contain the name and place of residence of every lawyer in the state. He may adopt such means as he thinks best to make the rolls accurate and complete. There shall be made a separate roll for each circuit court district.

The secretary shall keep minutes of all meetings of the Board of Commissioners and such minutes, signed by the chairman and secretary, shall be the evidence of the proceedings had and actions taken by the board. He shall also keep the minutes of each meeting of the bar, which minutes signed by him and by the presiding officer shall be evidence of the proceedings had and actions taken by the bar.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-31-17 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 31-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-31-17
Status: in_force

The status of psychologist emeritus is created. To qualify for status as psychologist emeritus, a psychologist must apply for psychologist emeritus status with the board upon a form and in the manner as the board prescribes, accompanied by a fee equal to one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the amount of the permanent licensure renewal fee as determined by the board. The applicant shall be required to make a satisfactory showing to the board, in a manner to be determined by the board, that the applicant (a) is sixty-five (65) years old or older, (b) has held continuous licensure as a psychologist in the State of Mississippi for at least twenty (20) years, and (c) at the time of application is retired from the full-time practice of psychology and is not practicing more than eighty (80) hours per month in any capacity in the State of Mississippi. For the purposes of this section, the practice of psychology shall be construed without regard to the means of service provision (e.g., face-to-face, telephone, Internet, telehealth). The applicant must renew his or her psychologist emeritus status annually on the same renewal schedule as permanent licensure. Renewal shall include confirmation of the psychologist's eligibility and attestation, at the time of renewal, of his or her continued “retired” status.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-7-18 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-18
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-7-18
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall admit to examination for an esthetician's license any person who is at least sixteen (16) years old and who has made application to the board in proper form, who has paid the required fee, and who:

(a) Has a high school education or its equivalent or has been successfully enrolled in a community college; and

(b) Has successfully completed a course of training in esthetics of not less than six hundred (600) hours, comprised of not less than one hundred (100) hours of theory and five hundred (500) hours of skill practice, in a licensed school in which the practice of esthetics is taught or of no less than twelve hundred (1200) hours in an apprenticeship program certified by the board.

Apprenticeships provided for in this section shall be monitored or mentored by a person with an instructor license in cosmetology or esthetics. Only one (1) apprentice may be mentored by any person at the same time.

(2) The board may, in its discretion, issue to any student who has completed the prescribed hours in a licensed school or approved apprenticeship program and paid the required fee a temporary permit until such time as the next examination may be held but not exceeding six (6) months. Such student shall be issued only one (1) temporary permit. Application for an examination and license shall be accompanied by two (2) recent passport-style photographs of the applicant. No temporary permit will be issued to an applicant from any other state to operate a beauty salon, barber shop or school of any profession regulated by the board in this state unless in case of emergency.

(3) Licensed estheticians desiring to pursue additional hours to be eligible for a license as a cosmetologist may be credited with any hours acquired in studying and training to be an esthetician, which may be applied to the number of hours required for a cosmetology license examination.

(4) Every person who has completed not less than three hundred fifty (350) hours of training in esthetics approved by the board in this or any other state prior to July 1, 1987, shall be granted an esthetician's license by the board if such person presents satisfactory evidence to the board that he or she has fulfilled all the requirements to be admitted to examination except the training hours requirement.

(5) Each application or filing made under this section shall include the social security number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Section 93-11-64 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-11-55 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-11-55
Status: in_force

(1) No person or party shall conduct, maintain, manage or operate a funeral establishment or branch thereof unless a license for each such establishment has been issued by the board and is conspicuously displayed in such funeral establishment. In case of funeral services held in any private residence, church, cemetery, cemetery chapel, cemetery facility, or lodge hall, no license shall be required.

(2) There shall be four (4) funeral establishment license classifications:

(a) Full-service funeral establishment;

(b) Branch establishment;

(c) Mortuary service establishment; and

(d) Crematory establishment.

(3) To be licensed as a funeral establishment, a place or premise must be at a fixed and specified address or location and must be used for immediate post-death activities, whether used for the custody, shelter, care, preparation and/or embalming of the human dead. Every funeral establishment shall be under the charge and personal supervision of a Mississippi funeral director licensee or a Mississippi funeral service licensee. The licensee in charge and the licensee with personal supervisory responsibilities need not be the same licensee. Each licensed funeral establishment shall be inspected at least once during each licensing period. Such inspections may be unannounced. After inspection of a funeral establishment, if the board cites the funeral establishment for failure to comply with any provision of this chapter or a rule or regulation of the board, the funeral establishment shall resolve the violation to the satisfaction of the board and be in full compliance with this chapter and board rules and regulations not later than thirty (30) days after the board files the inspection report.

(4)(a) A funeral establishment where embalming is conducted must contain an embalming room with a sanitary floor, walls and ceiling, adequate sanitary drainage and disposal facilities, including running water and exhaust fans. A full-service funeral establishment must also have an adequate casket and/or vault selection room, holding facilities and proper room or rooms in which rites and ceremonies may be held. A funeral establishment shall be subject to an inspection at least once during a two-year license period. Each new establishment must be inspected before the opening. All portions of each facility licensed under this section shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.

(b)(i) A branch establishment must contain an office and/or an arrangement room, and a room for viewing and/or a chapel or proper place for ceremonies. A branch establishment need not meet all requirements specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection and need not be under the personal supervision of a Mississippi funeral director licensee or a Mississippi funeral service licensee.

(ii) If the branch meets all requirements of a funeral establishment as specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection, such establishment must be under the charge and personal supervision of a Mississippi funeral director licensee or a Mississippi funeral service licensee.

(c) A commercial mortuary service is a funeral establishment that embalms and transports for licensed funeral establishments and does not sell any services or merchandise directly or at retail to the public. A mortuary service establishment shall not arrange or conduct a funeral or direct burial. A mortuary service establishment may arrange for and transport dead human bodies for direct cremation purposes only under the following circumstances:

(i) On behalf of a full-service funeral establishment;

(ii) On behalf of a branch funeral establishment; or

(iii) At the direction of a public administrator, medical examiner, coroner or any other public official charged with arranging the final disposition of dead human bodies.

(d) A crematory establishment shall have the authority to cremate dead human bodies and to transport dead human bodies to and from the establishment and shall meet the requirements of Section 73-11-69 . An establishment licensed only as a crematory establishment is prohibited from the care and preparation of dead human bodies other than by cremating and shall also be prohibited from embalming, making funeral arrangements or cremation arrangements with any person or party that is not licensed by the board, conducting visitations and funeral ceremonies, and furnishing any funeral service in connection with the disposition of dead human bodies or selling funeral merchandise.

(5) Applications for funeral establishment licenses, branch establishment licenses or commercial mortuary service licenses shall be made on blanks furnished by the board and shall be accompanied by a fee in an amount fixed by the board under Section 73-11-56 . All establishment licenses shall be issued for a period of two (2) years, except initial licenses may be prorated from the date of issuance to the next renewal date.

Renewal funeral establishment and branch establishment license applications and license fees shall be due and payable to the board on or before the expiration date of the license. The board shall mail the notice of renewal and the due date for payment of the renewal fee at least thirty (30) days before that date. Failure of the license holder to receive the notice of renewal shall not exempt or excuse the holder from the requirement of renewing the license on or before the license expiration date.

(6) If the renewal fee is not paid on or postmarked by the due date, the license shall by operation of law automatically expire and become void without further action of the board. All establishments whose licenses have expired under this section may be reinstated by filing with the board an application for reinstatement, submitting to an inspection during which time the licensee in charge of such establishment shall be interviewed by the board or its designee and by paying all renewal fees, a reinstatement fee, and other applicable fees.

(7) No license shall be assignable or transferable or valid for any establishment other than the original licensee. License fees and application fees are nonrefundable.

(8) A license for each new establishment shall not be issued until an inspection has been made, license and inspection fees have been paid, and the licensee in charge and/or owners of such establishment has been interviewed by the board or its designee.

(9) The board is authorized to establish rules and regulations for the issuance of a special funeral establishment work permit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-9-65 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-9-65
Status: in_force

No disciplinary action against a licensee shall be taken until the accused has been furnished a statement of the charges against him or her and a notice of the time and place of hearing thereof. The accused may be present at the hearing in person, by counsel, or both. The board may, for good cause shown, reinstate any license revoked or suspended. The procedure for the reinstatement of a license that is suspended for being out of compliance with an order for support, as defined in Section 93-11-153 , shall be governed by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 , as the case may be. The right to appeal any disciplinary actions of the board regarding the license of any dentist or dental hygienist is granted. The appeal shall be to the chancery court of the county in which the dentist or dental hygienist resides, except where the dentist or dental hygienist does not reside in the State of Mississippi, in which case the appeal shall be to the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi. The appeal must be taken within thirty (30) days after notice of the action of the board. The appeal is perfected upon filing a notice of appeal, together with a bond in the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), with two (2) sureties, conditioned that if the action of the board regarding the license is affirmed by the chancery court the dentist or dental hygienist will pay the costs of the appeal and the action in the chancery court. Those bonds shall be approved by the president of the board. In lieu of the bond, the dentist or dental hygienist may deposit One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) with the clerk of the chancery court. If there is an appeal, the appeal may, in the discretion of and on motion to the chancery court, act as a supersedeas. The chancery court shall dispose of the appeal and enter its decision promptly. The hearing on the appeal may, in the discretion of the chancellor, be tried in vacation. Appeals may be had to the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi as provided by law from any final action of the chancery court. No such person shall be allowed to practice dentistry or dental hygiene or deliver health care services in violation of any action of the chancery court while any such appeal to the Supreme Court is pending. All procedural appeal requirements as enumerated above also shall apply to any other license or permit issued by the board under this chapter or regulations duly adopted by the board.

Actions taken by the board in suspending a license when required by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 are not actions from which an appeal may be taken under this section. Any appeal of a license suspension that is required by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 shall be taken in accordance with the appeal procedure specified in Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 , as the case may be, rather than the procedure specified in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-7-7 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-7-7
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall have authority to make reasonable rules and regulations for the administration of the provisions of this chapter. The board shall set up a curriculum for operation of schools of all of the professions that it is charged to regulate in this state. The board shall receive and consider for adoption recommendations for rules and regulations, school curriculum, and related matters from the Mississippi Cosmetology and Barbering Council, whose membership shall consist of, in addition to the six (6) appointed board members, five (5) elected delegates from the Mississippi Cosmetology and Barbering Association, five (5) elected delegates from the Mississippi Cosmetology and Barber School Association, five (5) elected delegates from the Mississippi Esthetics Association, five (5) elected delegates from the Mississippi Independent Beauticians and Barbers Association, and five (5) elected delegates from the Cosmetology and Barbering School Owners and Teachers Association. The board may revoke the license or may refuse to issue a license to any cosmetologist, barber, esthetician, nail technician, instructor, school of any profession regulated by the board, or salon/barber shop that fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations of the board in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

(2) The board shall have authority to prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing sanitation of schools of all professions regulated by the board, salons, and barber shops for the guidance of persons licensed under this chapter in the operation of schools of all professions regulated by the board, salons or barber shops, and in the practice of cosmetology, barbering, esthetics, and nail technology. However, any and all rules and regulations relating to sanitation shall, before adoption by the board, have the written approval of the State Board of Health. When the board has reason to believe that any of the provisions of this chapter or of the rules and regulations of the board have been violated, either upon receipt of a written complaint alleging such violations or upon the board's own initiative, the board, or any of its authorized agents, shall investigate same and shall have authority to enter upon the premises of a school of any profession regulated by the board, salon or barber shop at any time during the regular business hours of that school, salon or barber shop to conduct the investigation. Such investigation may include, but not be limited to, conducting oral interviews with the complaining party, school, salon or barber shop owner(s) and/or students of the school, and reviewing records of the school, salon or barber shop pertinent to the complaint and related to an area subject to the authority of the board. Such investigation shall not include written interviews or surveys of school employees or students, and the privacy of patrons shall be respected by any person making such investigation.

(3) The board shall adopt regulations to ensure that all fingernail service products used by licensees regulated by the board do not contain methyl methacrylate (MMA) as a monomer agent for cosmetic nail applications.

(4) If the board finds that a violation of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations of the board has occurred, it may cause a hearing to be held as set forth in Section 73-7-27 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-19-13 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-19-13
Status: in_force

Each member of the state board of optometry shall be entitled to receive per diem as authorized under Section 25-3-69 in addition to all actual, necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties, including mileage as authorized by law for state officials and employees.

The secretary shall receive an annual salary, to be fixed by the board, and his necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his official duties. The state board of optometry may engage the services of an attorney to assist it in the discharge of its duties on terms to be fixed by the board.

The compensation and expenses of the secretary, attorney and members of the board, and the expenses of the board necessary in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, shall be paid from the fund in the state treasury for use of the board on the requisition signed by the president and secretary of the board and the warrant of the auditor of the state; provided, however, that said compensation and expenses shall not exceed the amount paid into the state treasury under the provisions of this chapter; and provided further, that all expenditures from such special fund shall be authorized by the legislature and shall be subject to all applicable provisions of the state budget law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-95 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-95
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-95
Status: in_force

Any person against whom disciplinary action is taken pursuant to Sections 73-25-81 through 73-25-95 shall have the right of judicial appeal as provided in Section 73-25-27 relating to judicial appeal of board decisions. Provided, further, that no such person shall be allowed to practice medicine or deliver health care services in violation of any disciplinary order or action of the board while any such appeal is pending.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-3 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-3
Status: in_force

The term “ engineer ” as used in Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 shall mean a professional engineer as hereinafter defined.

The term “ professional engineer ” within the meaning and intent of Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 shall mean a person who has met the qualifications as required under Section 73-13-23(1) and who has been issued a certificate of registration as a professional engineer.

The term “ engineer intern ” as used in Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 shall mean a candidate for licensure as a professional engineer who has met the qualifications as required under Section 73-13-23(2) and who has been issued a certificate of enrollment as an engineer intern.

The term “ practice of engineering ” within the meaning and intent of Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 shall mean any service or creative work the adequate performance of which requires engineering education, training, and experience in the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences to such services or creative work as consultation, investigation, expert technical testimony, evaluation, planning, design, and design coordination of engineering works and systems, planning the use of land, air and water, performing engineering surveys and studies, and the review of construction for the purpose of monitoring compliance with drawings and specifications, any of which embraces such engineering services or work, either public or private, in connection with any utilities, water resources, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, work systems, projects, communication systems, transportation systems, industrial or consumer products or equipment of control systems; or engineering services or work of a communications, mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, geotechnical (including geology and geohydrology incidental to the practice of engineering), geological, environmental, or thermal nature, insofar as they involve safeguarding life, health or property, and including such other professional services as may be necessary to the planning, progress and completion of any engineering services.

Design coordination includes the review and coordination of those technical submissions prepared by others, including as appropriate and without limitation, consulting engineers, surveyors, architects, landscape architects and other professionals working under direction of the engineer.

The term “ firm ,” as used in Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 , shall mean a business entity that offers the professional engineering or surveying services to the public of its licensed personnel who are either employees, officers, directors, partners, members or managers. A business entity may be formed as either:

(a) A professional service corporation;

(b) A corporation;

(c) A partnership, including limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships; or

(d) A limited liability company.

Prior to any contract for or the provision of professional engineering or surveying services in this jurisdiction, a firm shall obtain a certificate of authority under Section 73-13-43 or Section 73-13-105 of this chapter. A sole proprietorship, owned and operated by a licensee under this chapter is not required to obtain a certificate of authority under Section 73-13-43 or Section 73-13-105 . A professional association of licensed professional engineers or professional surveyors is not required to obtain a certificate of authority under Section 73-13-43 or Section 73-13-105 . Both the licensed sole proprietor and the licensees within a professional association shall maintain their individual licenses in active status and only offer the professional services for which they are licensed and qualified to provide.

Engineering surveys include all survey activities required to support the sound conception, planning, design, construction, maintenance and operation of engineered projects but exclude the practice of surveying as defined in Section 73-13-71(4) .

A person or firm shall be construed to practice or offer to practice engineering within the meaning and intent of Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 , who practices any branch of the profession of engineering; or provides, by verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, card, or in any other way represents himself to be a professional engineer, or through the use of some other title implies that he is a professional engineer; or who holds himself out as able to perform or provide, or who does perform any engineering service or work or any other professional service designated by the practitioner or recognized by educational authorities as engineering.

The term “ board ” as used in Sections 73-13-1 through 73-13-45 shall mean the Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors provided for by said sections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-14-41 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 14-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-14-41
Status: in_force

No person may:

(a) Sell, barter or offer to sell or barter a license.

(b) Purchase or procure by barter a license with intent to use it as evidence of the holder's qualifications to practice the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids.

(c) Alter materially a license with fraudulent intent.

(d) Use or attempt to use as a valid license one which has been purchased, fraudulently obtained, counterfeited or materially altered.

(e) Willfully make a false material statement in an application for registration or for renewal of a license.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-36-19 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 36-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-36-19
Status: in_force

(1) The State Board of Registration for Foresters shall have the following powers and duties:

(a) To adopt rules and regulations governing the holding of its meetings, hearings, applications for licenses and any and all other duties provided by this chapter.

(b) To establish and promulgate standards of practice and a code of ethics for registered foresters and provide for the enforcement thereof.

(c) To establish minimum requirements for professional continuing education.

(d) To prepare a biennial roster showing the names, business addresses and such other information as the board may deem necessary of all foresters registered under this chapter, and to provide copies to the registered foresters and the public. A copy of the roster shall be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Mississippi on or before April 1 in the year such roster is prepared.

(e) To issue, suspend or revoke licenses and to take all actions necessary.

(2) At any hearing before the board, any member may administer oaths to witnesses appearing before the board. If any person shall refuse to testify or to produce any books, papers or documents, the board may present its petition to any court of competent jurisdiction within the state setting forth the facts, and then the court, in a proper case, may issue its subpoena to the person requiring his attendance before the court and to testify or to produce such books, papers and documents as may be deemed necessary and pertinent thereto. Any person failing or refusing to obey the subpoena of the court may be proceeded against in the same manner as for refusal to obey any other subpoena of the court.

(3) The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of all applications for registration. The register shall show the name, age and residence of each applicant, the date of the application and the board's action on the application and any other information as may be deemed necessary by the board. The board shall submit an annual report to the Governor and a report to the regular session of the Legislature. The report to the Legislature shall include a financial statement of the transactions of the board during the year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-34-39 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 34-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-34-39
Status: in_force

(1) A licensed real estate appraiser shall retain for a period of five (5) years the original or a true copy of: (a) each appraisal report prepared or signed by such real estate appraiser; and (b) all supporting data assembled and formulated by the appraiser in preparing each such appraisal report.

(2) The five-year period for retention of records is applicable to each engagement of the services of the appraiser and shall commence upon the date of the delivery of each appraisal report to the client unless, within such five-year period, the appraiser is notified that the appraisal or the appraisal report is involved in litigation, in which event a minimum of a two-year period for the retention of records shall commence upon the date of the final disposition of such litigation.

(3) Upon reasonable notice, a licensed real estate appraiser shall make all records required to be maintained under the provisions of this chapter available for inspection and copying by the board or its designated agent.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-4-51 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 4-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-4-51
Status: in_force

All new programs authorized in this chapter are subject to the availability of funds specifically appropriated therefor by the Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-341 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-341
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-341
Status: in_force

Whenever any attorney subject to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the court shall be disbarred or suspended from the practice of law in another jurisdiction, such disbarment or suspension shall be grounds for disciplinary action in this state, and certification of such disbarment or suspension by the appropriate authority of such jurisdiction to the Executive Director of the Mississippi Bar shall be conclusive evidence of his guilt of the offense or unprofessional conduct on which said disbarment or suspension was ordered, and it shall not be necessary to prove the grounds of such offense in the disciplinary proceeding in this state. The sole issue to be determined in the disciplinary proceeding in this state shall be the extent of the final discipline to be imposed on said attorney, which may be less or more severe than the discipline imposed by the other jurisdiction.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-69-27 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 69-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-69-27
Status: in_force

(1) Except for requirements which pertain to all types of businesses generally, no county or municipality shall enact any new ordinance, rule or regulation regulating companies and persons subject to licensure pursuant to this chapter.

(2) This chapter shall supersede any existing county or municipal ordinance, rule or regulation requiring certification or licensure of companies and persons engaged in alarm contracting, and such ordinances, rules and regulations shall be null, void and of no effect.

(3) Additionally, this chapter shall supersede any existing county or municipal ordinance, rule or regulation requiring certification or licensure of companies and persons engaged in alarm contracting, battery-charged security fence contracting, closed-circuit video system contracting or electronic access control system contracting and such ordinances, rules and regulations shall be null, void and of no effect.

(4) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a municipality or county may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, order or regulation that:

(a) Requires a permit or fee for the installation or use of a battery-charged security fence that is in addition to an alarm system permit issued by the municipality or county; no further permit or fee shall be required for the battery-charged security fence;

(b) Imposes installation or operational requirements for the battery-charged security fence that are inconsistent with the requirements and standards described in Section 73-69-5(y) ; or

(c) Prohibits the installation or use of a battery-charged security fence.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-73-35 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 73-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-73-35
Status: in_force

It is a misdemeanor for any person to:

(a) Offer to hold himself out as a Mississippi Certified Interior Designer, unless duly certified under this chapter.

(b) Present as his own the certificate of another.

(c) Give false or forged evidence to the board or any member of the board in obtaining a certificate.

(d) Falsely impersonate any other practitioner of like or different name.

(e) Use or attempt to use a certificate that has been revoked.

(f) Otherwise violate any provision of this chapter.

A misdemeanor under this section is punishable by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisonment for not more than one (1) year in the county jail, or both.

If any person, firm or corporation violates any provision of this chapter, the secretary of the board, upon direction of a majority of the board and in the name of the State of Mississippi, shall apply, through an attorney employed by the board, in any chancery court of competent jurisdiction for an order enjoining that violation or for an order enforcing compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Upon the filing of a verified petition in the proper court, the court or any judge of that court, if satisfied by the sworn petition, affidavit or otherwise, that the person has violated this chapter may issue a temporary injunction of five (5) days' notice to the defendant enjoining the continued violation, and the injunction shall remain in force and effect until final hearing. If it is established at the hearing that the person has violated, or is violating this chapter, the court may enter a decree permanently enjoining the violation or enforcing compliance with this chapter and awarding all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, to the board. In case of violation of any decree issued in compliance with this section, the court may try and punish the offender for contempt of court and shall fine the offender a sum of not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) per offense. Each day of the violation is a separate offense, and the court shall proceed as in other cases in chancery.

The proceedings in this section shall be in addition to and not in lieu of the other remedies and penalties provided in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-10-21 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 10-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-10-21
Status: in_force

(1) Rules, regulations and standards.

(a) The board is empowered, authorized and directed to adopt, amend, promulgate and enforce such rules, regulations and standards governing dietitians as may be necessary to further the accomplishment of the purpose of the governing law, and in so doing shall utilize as the basis thereof the corresponding recommendations of the advisory council. The rules, regulations and minimum standards for licensing of dietitians may be amended by the board as deemed necessary. In so doing, the board shall utilize as the basis thereof the corresponding recommendations of the advisory council.

(b) The board shall publish and disseminate to all licensees, in appropriate manner, the licensure standards prescribed by this chapter, any amendments thereto, and such rules and regulations as the board may adopt under the authority vested by Section 73-38-13 , within sixty (60) days of their adoption.

(2) The board shall adopt a code of ethics for dietitians using as the basis thereof the ADA “Code of Ethics for the Profession of Dietetics.”

(3) Issuance and renewal of licenses.

(a) The board shall issue a license to any person who meets the requirements of this chapter upon payment of the license fee prescribed.

(b) Except as provided in Section 33-1-39 , licenses under this chapter shall be valid for two (2) calendar years and shall be subject to renewal and shall expire unless renewed in the manner prescribed by the rules and regulations of the board, upon the payment of a biennial renewal fee to be set at the discretion of the board, but not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and the presentation of evidence satisfactory to the board that the licensee has met such continuing education requirements as the board may require. Any increase in the fee charged by the board under this paragraph shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 . An applicant for license renewal shall demonstrate to the board evidence of satisfactory completion of the continuing education requirements established by the American Dietetic Association and/or other continuing education requirements as may be required by the board.

(c) The board may provide for the late renewal of a license upon the payment of a late fee in accordance with its rules and regulations, but no such late renewal of a license may be granted more than one (1) year after its expiration. Any increase in the fee charged by the board under this paragraph shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 .

(d) A suspended license shall be subject to expiration and may be renewed as provided in this section, but such renewal shall not entitle the licensee, while the license remains suspended and until it is reinstated, to engage in the licensed activity, or in any other conduct or activity in violation of the order of judgment by which the license was suspended. If a license revoked on disciplinary grounds is reinstated, the licensee, as a condition of reinstatement, shall pay the renewal fee and any late fee that may be applicable.

(4) Denial or revocation of license.

(a) The board may deny or refuse to renew a license, or suspend or revoke a license, or issue orders to cease or desist from certain conduct, or issue warnings or reprimands where the licensee or applicant for license has been convicted of unlawful conduct or has demonstrated unprofessional conduct which has endangered or is likely to endanger the health, welfare or safety of the public. Such conduct includes:

(i) Obtaining a license by means of fraud, misrepresentation or concealment of material facts;

(ii) Being guilty of unprofessional conduct as defined by the rules and established by the board or violating the Code of Ethics of the American Dietetic Association;

(iii) Being convicted of a crime in any court other than a misdemeanor;

(iv) Violating any lawful order, rule or regulation rendered or adopted by the board; or

(v) Violating any provision of this chapter.

(b) Such denial, refusal to renew, suspension, revocation, order to cease and desist from designated conduct, or warning or reprimand may be ordered by the board in a decision made after a hearing in the manner provided by the rules and regulations adopted by the board. One (1) year from the date of the revocation of a license, application may be made to the board for reinstatement. The board shall have discretion to accept or reject an application for reinstatement and may, but shall not be required to, hold a hearing to consider such reinstatement.

(c) In addition to the reasons specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (4), the board shall be authorized to suspend the license of any licensee for being out of compliance with an order for support, as defined in Section 93-11-153 . The procedure for suspension of a license for being out of compliance with an order for support, and the procedure for the reissuance or reinstatement of a license suspended for that purpose, and the payment of any fees for the reissuance or reinstatement of a license suspended for that purpose, shall be governed by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 , as the case may be. If there is any conflict between any provision of Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 and any provision of this chapter, the provisions of Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 , as the case may be, shall control.

(5) Establish fees.

(a) A person licensed under this chapter shall pay to the board a fee, not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), to be set by the board for the issuance of a license.

(b) Such fees shall be set in such an amount as to reimburse the state to the extent feasible for the cost of the services rendered.

(c) Any increase in the fee charged by the board under this subsection shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 .

(6) Collect funds.

(a) The administration of the provisions of this chapter shall be financed from income accruing from fees, licenses and other charges assessed and collected by the board in administering this chapter.

(b) The board shall receive and account for all funds received and shall keep such funds in a separate fund.

(c) Funds collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be used solely for the expenses of the advisory council and the board to administer the provisions of this chapter. Such funds shall be subject to audit by the State Auditor.

(d) Members of the advisory council shall receive no compensation for services performed on the council, but may be reimbursed for necessary and actual expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of the council or for authorized business of the council from funds made available for such purpose, as provided in Section 25-3-41 .

(7) Receive and process complaints.

(a) The board shall have full authority to investigate and evaluate each and every applicant applying for a license to practice dietetics, with the advice of the advisory council.

(b) The board shall have the authority to issue subpoenas, examine witnesses and administer oaths, and shall, at its discretion, investigate allegations or practices violating the provisions of this chapter, and in so doing shall have power to seek injunctive relief to prohibit any person from providing professional dietetic services as defined in Section 73-10-3(1)(j) without being licensed as provided herein.

(8) A license certificate issued by the board is the property of the board and must be surrendered on demand.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-6-13 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 6-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-6-13
Status: in_force

(1) Any adult of good moral character who has (a) graduated from a school or college of chiropractic recognized by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, preceded by the successful completion of at least two (2) academic years at an accredited institution of higher learning, or accredited junior college, and (b) successfully completed parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the physical modality section of the examination prepared by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, shall be entitled to take the examination for a license to practice chiropractic in Mississippi. The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall keep on file a list of schools or colleges of chiropractic which are so recognized. No chiropractic school shall be approved unless it is recognized and approved by the Council on Chiropractic Education, its successor or an equivalent accrediting agency, offers an accredited course of study of not less than four (4) academic years of at least nine (9) months in length, and requires its graduates to receive not less than forty (40) clock hours of instruction in the operation of x-ray machinery and not less than forty (40) clock hours of instruction in x-ray interpretation and diagnosis.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the State Board of Health shall prescribe rules and regulations for the operation and use of x-ray machines.

(3) The examination to practice chiropractic used by the board shall consist of testing on the statutes and the rules and regulations regarding the practice of chiropractic in the State of Mississippi.

(4) Reciprocity privileges for a chiropractor from another state shall be granted at the board's option on an individual basis and by a majority vote of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners to an adult of good moral character who (a) is currently an active competent practitioner for at least eight (8) years and holds an active chiropractic license in another state with no disciplinary proceeding or unresolved complaint pending anywhere at the time a license is to be issued by this state, (b) demonstrates having obtained licensure as a chiropractor in another state under the same education requirements which were equivalent to the education requirements in this state to obtain a chiropractic license at the time the applicant obtained the license in the other state, (c) satisfactorily passes the examination administered by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, and (d) meets the requirements of Section 73-6-1(3) pertaining to therapeutic modalities. The issuance of a license by reciprocity to a military-trained applicant, military spouse or person who establishes residence in this state shall be subject to the provisions of Section 73-50-1 or 73-50-2 , as applicable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-1-9 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-1-9
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt all necessary rules, regulations and bylaws to govern its proceedings not inconsistent with this chapter or the laws of this state. The board shall adopt a seal, and the secretary shall have the care and custody thereof, and shall keep a record of all proceedings of the board, which shall always be open to public examination. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-37-27 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 37-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-37-27
Status: repealed

Sections 73-37-1 through 73-37-25, Mississippi Code of 1972 , which create the State Board of Registration for Sanitarians and prescribe its duties and powers, shall stand repealed as of December 31, 1982.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-339 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-339
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-339
Status: in_force

Whenever any attorney subject to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the court shall be convicted in any state court or in any federal court, or enter a plea of guilty or a plea of nolo contendere therein, of any felony other than manslaughter or any violation of the United States Internal Revenue Code, or of any offense involving fraud, dishonesty, misrepresentation, deceit, failure to account for money or property of a client, or of any offense involving moral turpitude, a certified copy of the judgment of conviction shall be presented to the court by the Board of Commissioners. Upon the presentation of such certified copy of judgment, the court shall forthwith strike the name of the attorney so convicted or who entered such a plea from the rolls of the Mississippi Bar and order his immediate suspension from practice, pending an appeal and final disposition of disciplinary proceedings. Such attorney will be reinstated immediately upon the reversal of his conviction for the offense that has resulted in his automatic suspension, but such reinstatement shall not terminate any disciplinary proceeding then pending against the attorney.

A certified copy of the final judgment of conviction of an attorney for any offense hereinabove specified shall be conclusive evidence of his guilt of that offense in any disciplinary proceeding instituted against him and based on said conviction.

Upon the conviction of an attorney, or the entry by him of a plea of nolo contendere, for the above offenses, excluding manslaughter or any violation of the United States Internal Revenue Code, the Board of Commissioners shall immediately direct complaint counsel to institute a disciplinary proceeding in which the sole issue to be determined will be the extent of the final discipline to be imposed; provided, however, a disciplinary proceeding so instituted shall not be brought to hearing until all appeals from such conviction have been concluded.

The judge of any court within this state in which an attorney has been convicted for any of the above enumerated offenses shall cause to be transmitted to the court and to the Board of Commissioners a certified copy of the judgment of conviction.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-23-31 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-23-31
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Physical Therapy Practice Law.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-137 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-137
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-137
Status: in_force

If any member of the board shall be absent from three successive meetings thereof, unless the reason for his absence shall be temporary illness, the board may declare his office vacant and proceed to fill it as provided in the last preceding section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-39 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-39
Status: in_force

(1) It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the State of Mississippi that the practice of law before any court or administrative agency is a matter of privilege and not a matter of right.

(2) Subject to the conditions, rules and regulations adopted by the Supreme Court of Mississippi, any attorney or counselor at law of another state, in good professional standing, of good moral character and who is familiar with the ethics, principles, practices, customs and usages of the legal profession in the State of Mississippi may appear and plead in any special cause before any court or administrative agency in this state; provided, however, that in so appearing such attorney or counselor at law shall subject himself to the jurisdiction of the State Board of Bar Admissions and shall consent to the application of the provisions of this article.

(3) Upon petition of two (2) members in good standing of the bar of any county of the State of Mississippi, not members of the same firm, representing that any attorney or counselor at law of another state is appearing in any cause before any court or administrative agency of this state and raising the question of the qualifications of such attorney or counselor at law as set out in subsection (2) of this section or compliance by such attorney with the conditions, rules and regulations adopted by the Supreme Court of Mississippi, the State Board of Bar Admissions shall, or upon its own initiative may, make inquiry as to the professional standing, moral character, familiarity with the ethics, principles, practices, customs and usages of the legal profession in the State of Mississippi of any such attorney or counselor at law of another state and shall inquire as to such attorney's professional standing with his local bar and into the question of whether or not such attorney is familiar with and willing to abide by the ethics, principles, practices, customs and usages of the legal profession in the State of Mississippi.

(4) In conducting the inquiry referred to in the preceding subsection, the State Board of Bar Admissions shall have authority to require the appearance of the attorney or counselor at law involved before it and shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and require the production of evidence, oral and documentary, and issue appropriate process therefor, and to do any and all other things which may be required to determine fully and completely the facts as issued before it. After such hearing the State Board of Bar Admissions shall make such determination as, in its opinion and sound discretion, is justified from the evidence before it and may permit or refuse to permit the said attorney or counselor at law to continue to appear and plead in such special cause.

(5) The action or decision of the Board of Bar Admissions in administering this section is hereby declared to be a judicial function and not administrative in character, and appeals from the decision of said board may be taken in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-51-75, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(6) Any attorney or counselor at law who wilfully makes any false or misleading statement to said board touching upon the matters under inquiry shall be guilty of perjury, shall be punished according to law upon conviction thereof, and the judgment of the court imposing such punishment shall, in addition, provide that such attorney or counselor at law shall be perpetually barred from practice before any court or administrative agency of this state.

(7) Any such attorney or counselor at law of another state who shall appear or plead in any court or administrative agency in this state after his qualifications shall have been called into question by the petition hereinbefore mentioned or by the State Board of Bar Admissions acting upon its own initiative and before having obtained an order from the said State Board of Bar Admissions authorizing his appearance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-11-61 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-11-61
Status: in_force

Every funeral director or funeral service licensee shall provide, before the rendering of services, the funeral establishment's current general price list, casket price list, outer container price list, and a statement of goods and services to the person or persons who authorize the services and is responsible for payment of the expenses therefor, in a manner and format as prescribed by the Federal Trade Commission's Funeral Rule of 1984 and any future changes with regard to required disclosures. The general price list must be made available to any person upon request.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-71-5 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 71-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-71-5
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “ Accredited college of acupuncture ” means any college, school or division of a university or college that offers the degree of Master of Science in Oriental Medicine (MSOM) or its equivalent and that is accredited by the Accreditation Commission of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM).

(b) “ Acupuncturist ” means a person who has received a professional degree from a college of acupuncture and Oriental medicine.

(c) “ Acupuncturist-patient relationship ” means that the acupuncturist has assumed the responsibility for making clinical judgments regarding the health of the patient and the need for medical treatment, and the patient has agreed to follow the acupuncturist's instructions.

(d) “ Acupuncture practitioner ” means a practitioner licensed under this chapter to practice the techniques of acupuncture in this state and includes the term “acupuncturist.”

(e) “ Advisory council ” means the Mississippi Council of Advisors in Acupuncture established in this chapter.

(f) “ Board ” means the State Board of Medical Licensure established in Section 73-43-1 et seq.

(g) “ Complementary and integrative therapies ” means a heterogeneous group of preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic philosophies and practices, which at the time they are performed may differ from current scientific knowledge, or whose theoretical basis and techniques may diverge from western medicine routinely taught in accredited medical colleges, or both. These therapies include, but are not limited to, acupuncture, acutherapy and acupressure.

(h) “ Impaired practitioner ” means a practitioner who is unable to practice acupuncture with reasonable skill and safety because of a physical or mental disability as evidenced by a written determination from a competent authority or written consent based on clinical evidence, including deterioration of mental capacity, loss of motor skills, or abuse of drugs or alcohol of sufficient degree to diminish the person's ability to deliver competent patient care.

(i) “ Informed consent ” means the acupuncture practitioner has informed the patient, in a manner that would be understood by a reasonable person, of the diagnostic and treatment options, risk assessment and prognosis and has provided the patient with an estimate of the charges for treatment to be rendered and the patient has consented to the recommended treatment.

(j) “ NCCAOM ” means the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

(k) “ Physician ” means a doctor of medicine or osteopathy who is legally authorized to practice medicine in the State of Mississippi.

(l) “ Practice of acupuncture ” means:

(i) To treat, correct, change, alleviate or prevent disease, illness, pain, deformity, defect, injury or other physical or mental conditions by the techniques of acupuncture, including:

1. The administering or applying of an apparatus or other therapeutic technique as defined in this chapter; or

2. The using of complementary and integrative therapies as defined in this chapter; or

3. The rendering of advice or recommendation by any means including telephonic and other electronic communications with regard to any of the above.

(ii) To represent, directly or indirectly, publicly or privately, an ability and willingness to do an act described in this paragraph.

(iii) To use any title, words, abbreviation or letters in a manner or under circumstances that induce the belief that the person using them is qualified to do any act described in this paragraph.

(m) “ Techniques of acupuncture ” includes acupuncture, moxibustion or heating modalities, cupping, magnets, ion pumping cords, electroacupuncture including electrodermal assessment, application of cold packs, dietary, nutritional and lifestyle counseling, manual therapy (Tui Na), massage, breathing and exercise techniques, the administration of any herb and nutritional supplement and meridian therapy. The terms used in this paragraph are defined as follows:

(i) “ Acupuncture ” means the insertion and manipulation of needles to the body, and the use of Oriental medicine and other modalities and procedures at specific locations on the body, for the prevention or correction of any disease, illness, injury, pain or other condition.

(ii) “ Cupping ” means the heating of air or mechanical creation of suction in a cup, application to specific locations on the body to induce local vasodialation and mechanical expansion of underlying tissue.

(iii) “ Ion pumping cords ” means the application of wires containing diodes to acupuncture needles that have been placed on the body.

(iv) “ Magnets ” means the application of magnets to specific locations on the body.

(v) “ Electroacupuncture including electrodermal assessment ” means the use of electronic biofeedback, and electrostimulation instruments.

(vi) “ Cold packs ” means the application of cold packs and ice to specific locations on the body to reduce heat conditions or inflammation in surface tissues of the body.

(vii) “ Dietary, nutritional and lifestyle counseling ” means in depth patient interviews and counseling to determine whether poor dietary, lifestyle or nutritional practices are a factor in a patient's illness and to educate toward a healthier lifestyle.

(viii) “ Manual therapy (Tui Na) and massage ” means mobilization of skeletal and soft tissues.

(ix) “ Breathing and exercise techniques ” means the use of Qi Gong and other techniques of therapeutic breathing and exercise.

(x) “ Administration of herbal and botanical substances ” means the administration of herbs of animal, vegetable or mineral origin for health maintenance and the treatment of effects of disease.

(xi) “ Vitamin, mineral or nutritional supplement ” means a nutritional substance, including a concentrate or extract of such a substance.

(xii) “ Devices for meridian therapy ” means all assessment and/or treatment devices for use with acupuncture meridians.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-51-5 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 51-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-51-5
Status: in_force

The authority conferred by this chapter is in addition to and supplementary to all other statutes, civil and criminal, dealing with the subject matter herein, and the institution and prosecution of any action shall not preclude the institution and prosecution of an action under other appropriate civil or criminal statutes dealing therewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-57-3 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 57-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-57-3
Status: in_force

In order to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare; to insure the highest degree of professional conduct on the part of respiratory care practitioners; and to insure the availability of high quality respiratory care services, it is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the regulation of persons offering respiratory care services to the public.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-21-69 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-21-69
Status: repealed

Sections 73-21-71 through 73-21-129 , which create the State Board of Pharmacy and prescribe its duties and powers, shall stand repealed on July 1, 2025.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-105 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-13-105
Status: in_force

As of January 1, 2005, no corporation, firm or partnership may engage in the practice of professional surveying in this state unless it has been issued a certificate of authority by the board. In order to qualify for a certificate of authority, a corporation, firm or partnership must have at least one (1) Mississippi-licensed professional surveyor as a principal officer or partner of the firm who has management responsibility for such practice.

The board shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations setting procedures, standards and other requirements for issuing and maintaining a certificate of authority for corporations, firms or partnerships practicing surveying in the State of Mississippi.

Applications for a certificate of authority shall be on the forms prescribed and furnished by the board, and provide all the information required by said board. The board shall establish a fee for the certificate of authority application, not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for a one-year certificate and Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) for a two-year certificate. Any corporation, firm or partnership having the necessary qualifications as prescribed herein and the rules and regulations of the board shall be issued a certificate of authority for said corporation, firm or partnership to practice surveying and to contract and collect fees for furnishing this service.

Each certificate of authorization will expire on December 31 of the end of the renewal period year. It shall be the duty of the board to notify every corporation, firm or partnership holding a certificate of authority under Sections 73-13-71 through 73-13-105 of the date of the expiration of the certificate and the amount of the fee that shall be required for its renewal for one (1) year or two (2) years. The renewal fee shall not exceed One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) for one (1) year or Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for two (2) years; penalties for late renewal shall be ten percent (10%) per month that payment is delayed. Additionally, if any of the information on the initial or any subsequent renewal application changes for the corporation, firm or partnership, said corporation, firm or partnership shall notify the board in the form and manner prescribed by the board within thirty (30) days of the change.

Effective January 1, 2005, the Secretary of State shall not issue a certificate of incorporation, licensure or authorization to an applicant or licensure as a foreign firm to a corporation, firm or partnership which includes in its name, or among the objectives for which it is established, any of the words, “surveyor,” “surveying” or any modification or derivation thereof, unless the board has issued for said applicant a certificate of authority or a letter indicating the eligibility of such applicant to receive such a certificate. The corporation, firm or partnership applying shall supply such certificate or letter from the board with its application for incorporation, licensure or authorization to the Secretary of State.

A surveyor who renders occasional, part-time or consulting surveying services to or for a corporation, firm or partnership may not, for the purposes of this section, be designated as being responsible for the professional activities of the firm.

No such corporation, firm or partnership shall be relieved of responsibility for the conduct or acts of its agents, employees, officers, partners, members or managers by reason of its compliance with the provisions of this section. No individual practicing surveying under this chapter shall be relieved of responsibility for surveying services performed by reason of employment or other relationship with a firm holding an authorization certificate.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-1-21 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-1-21
Status: in_force

Any architect residing outside this state may obtain a certificate to practice in the State of Mississippi by complying with Section 73-1-13 , and by paying the fees prescribed by the rules of the board; however, no such nonresident applicant shall receive a certificate to practice in this state unless the applicant furnishes evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant holds a current and valid registration issued by a registration authority recognized by the board, holds a National Council of Architectural Registration Board's certificate, has never been restrained from practicing architecture, and has never had a certificate or license revoked. Each nonresident applicant shall submit, as a part of the application, a sworn affidavit stating that neither such applicant nor any person in, or agent of, the applicant's firm has practiced or is practicing architectural work in this state prior to the applicant having been licensed by the board unless such person or agent holds a license to practice architecture in this state. Failure to submit this affidavit is just cause for disapproval of the application. Every applicant for reciprocity registration shall comply fully with the requirements for resident applicants, except that nonresident applicants who met the requirements for issuance of a certificate of registration by the board prior to January 1, 1987, and who, on that date, held a current and valid registration by a registration authority recognized by the board or were qualified exam candidates in another jurisdiction recognized by the board, shall not be required to meet the degree requirements of Section 73-1-13 . The board shall have the further right to exercise its discretion as to whether such nonresident architect shall be issued such certificate to practice.

The issuance of a certificate by reciprocity to a military-trained applicant, military spouse or person who establishes residence in this state shall be subject to the provisions of Section 73-50-1 or 73-50-2 , as applicable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-6-33 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 6-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-6-33
Status: repealed

Sections 73-6-1 through 73-6-31, Mississippi Code of 1972 , which create the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and prescribe its duties and powers, shall stand repealed as of July 1, 2026.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-19-5 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-19-5
Status: in_force

(1) Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction for his first offense shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) at the discretion of the court, and upon conviction for a second or later offense shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned not less than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year, at the discretion of the court.

(2) Any entity, organization or person, including the board, any member of the board and its agents or employees, acting in good faith and without malice, who makes any report or information available to the board regarding violation of any of the provisions of Sections 73-19-1 through 73-19-111 , or who assists in the organization, investigation or preparation of any such report or information or assists the board in carrying out any of its duties or functions provided by law, shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for such acts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-5 — MS Code / Title 73 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-5
Status: in_force

The application for license must include such information as the State Board of Medical Licensure shall require.

Each application or filing made under this section shall include the social security number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Section 93-11-64, Mississippi Code of 1972 .