Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-5 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 17 / Section 26-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-5
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to any other duties required by law, the board shall have the following powers and duties concerning safe drinking water:

(a) To establish policies, requirements or standards governing the source, collection, distribution, purification, treatment and storage of water for public water systems as it deems necessary for the provision of safe drinking water;

(b) To adopt, modify, repeal and promulgate, after due notice and hearing and in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law and Section 41-26-6 , and where not otherwise prohibited by federal or state law, to make exceptions to and grant exemptions and variances from, and to enforce rules and regulations implementing the powers and duties of the board under this chapter;

(c) To enter into, and to authorize the director to execute contracts, grants and cooperative agreements with, any federal or state agency or subdivision thereof, interstate agency, or any other person in connection with carrying out this chapter; and

(d) To discharge other powers, duties and responsibilities which may be necessary to implement this chapter.

(2)(a) Except as provided in Section 41-26-5(2)(b) , regulations adopted under this section shall apply to each public water system in the state.

(b) Regulations shall not apply to a public water system:

(i) Which consists only of distribution and storage facilities, and which does not have any collection and treatment facilities;

(ii) Which obtains all of its water from, but is not owned or operated by, a public water system to which such regulations apply;

(iii) Which does not sell water to any person; and

(iv) Which is not a carrier which conveys passengers in interstate commerce.

(3) The board shall develop and implement a technical assistance program to help existing potentially non-viable community public water systems to become viable and to improve the technical, managerial or financial capabilities of small community public water systems. In developing this program, the board shall work cooperatively with organizations which currently provide training and assistance to public water systems.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-43-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 43-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-43-3
Status: in_force

When any donation or bequest is made by any person, company or corporation, of money or property to be used for the maintenance and preservation of any private or family cemetery or burying ground, and no trustee be appointed by such person, company or corporation, or if appointed, the trustee should die, resign, or otherwise become incompetent, the chancellor, on petition of any person having, or feeling, any interest therein, may, in vacation or in term-time, appoint a trustee to administer the trust on such terms as he may deem proper. If a trustee shall improperly administer the trust, he may be removed by the chancellor and another appointed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-135 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 23 / Section 39-135
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-135
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who, in good faith and acting in reliance upon and authorization made under the provisions of Sections 41-39-101 through 41-39-149 and without notice of revocation thereof, takes possession of, performs surgical operations upon, removes tissue, substances or parts from the human body, or refuses such a gift, and any person who unknowingly fails to carry out the wishes of the donor according to the provisions of Sections 41-39-101 through 41-39-149 shall not be liable for damages in a civil action brought against him for that act.

(b) Neither the person making an anatomical gift nor the donor's estate is liable for any injury or damage that results from the making or use of the gift.

(c) In determining whether an anatomical gift has been made, amended, or revoked under Sections 41-39-101 through 41-39-149 , a person may rely upon representations of an individual listed in Section 41-39-117(a)(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) relating to the individual's relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-23 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 27-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-23
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of each county so combined in such joint agreement shall, at the time of making and approving the budget of such county for the ensuing year, clearly state the amount of funds to be applied to mosquito control work under the authority of such joint agreement. It shall be the duty of the clerk of each board of supervisors, upon the fixing and approving of such budget, to notify by letter addressed to the presidents of the boards of supervisors of each other county included in such joint activity the amount provided for such mosquito control work in said budget. In event any county included in such joint activity by its board of supervisors should be dissatisfied with the amount of funds allocated by any other county within such group for the aforesaid purpose, such county shall have the right, by order spread upon its minutes and a copy thereof mailed to the president of the board of supervisors of each other county in such joint agreement, of the withdrawal of such dissatisfied county from said agreement and, insofar as such dissatisfied county shall be concerned, the said agreement shall be terminated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-229 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 21 / Section 41-229
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-229
Status: in_force

On petition of a patient, the patient's agent, guardian, or surrogate, a health-care provider or institution involved with the patient's care, or an individual described in Section 41-41-211(2) or (3) , any court of competent jurisdiction may enjoin or direct a health-care decision or order other equitable relief. A proceeding under this section shall be governed by the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-43 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 20 / Section 57-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-43
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the state registrar of vital statistics, in addition to the duties now required of him by law, to carry into effect the provisions of law relating to registration of marriages and the rules, regulations and orders of the State Board of Health which may be promulgated pursuant to Section 41-57-45 . The said State Board of Health shall provide for such clerical and other assistance as may be necessary, and may fix the compensation of persons thus employed. The said board shall provide suitable apartments properly equipped with fireproof vault and filing cases for the permanent and safe preservation of all official records made and returned to said bureau.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-37-5 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 24 / Section 37-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-37-5
Status: in_force

Only a physician duly licensed by the Mississippi State Board of Health may perform an autopsy.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 22 / Section 55-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-3
Status: in_force

In acting jointly the board of supervisors of any such county acting for the county or supervisors district of the county, and the governing authorities of any city or town, acting for the city or town, are hereby authorized and empowered to contract with each other, for and on behalf of the political subdivisions or parts thereof which each represents, with respect to any and all things related to the matters and things authorized in Sections 41-55-1 through 41-55-11 , and particularly to apportion and prorate the ownership of the property acquired or to be acquired in such a joint undertaking, and to determine the proportionate part of the cost of maintenance, support and operation to be assumed by each.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 20 / Section 73-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-7
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created, with such duties and powers as are set forth in this act, a body politic and corporate, not a state agency, but an independent instrumentality exercising essential public functions, to be known as the Mississippi Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority.

(2) The authority shall be governed by seven (7) members who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.

(3) The members shall at all times include the following:

(a) One (1) resident of each of the three (3) Supreme Court districts in the state;

(b) One (1) certified public accountant experienced in hospital finance;

(c) One (1) possessing not less than ten (10) years' experience in hospital management and finance;

(d) One (1) banker with experience in commercial lending or one (1) investment banker with experience in municipal finance;

(e) One (1) chosen at large.

(4) All members shall be residents of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-115 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 25 / Section 41-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-115
Status: in_force

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

(2) It is not the intention of Sections 41-41-101 through 41-41-117 to make lawful an abortion that is currently unlawful.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-15 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 20 / Section 26-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-15
Status: in_force

The following acts and the causing of these acts are prohibited:

(a) Failure by a supplier of water to comply with the requirements of Section 41-26-13 , or dissemination by that supplier of any false or misleading information with respect to notices required under Section 41-26-13 , or with respect to remedial actions being undertaken to achieve compliance with Mississippi Primary Drinking Water Regulations;

(b) Failure by a supplier of water to comply with this chapter or applicable rules or regulations promulgated under this chapter, or with conditions of any variances or exemptions granted under this chapter;

(c) Failure by any person to comply with any order issued by the director, administrative law judge or hearing officer under this chapter;

(d) Refusal by a supplier of water to allow an authorized representative of the department to inspect any public water system;

(e) Contamination of a public water system;

(f) Intentionally damaging any pipe or other part of a public water system;

(g) Discharge of sewage or other waste at any location that may come into contact with a public water system intake, unless that discharge is permitted or authorized by a state or federal agency; and

(h) Abandonment or other termination of water services to more than fifty percent (50%) of the customers of a system by a supplier of water, without providing at least sixty (60) days' notice to all customers served by the public water system and the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-83-13 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 20 / Section 83-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-83-13
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall deny a certificate to any applicant if, upon review of the application, the department finds that the applicant proposing to conduct utilization review does not:

(a) Have available the services of a physician to carry out its utilization review activities;

(b) Meet any applicable regulations the department adopted under this chapter relating to the qualifications of private review agents or the performance of utilization review; and

(c) Provide assurances satisfactory to the department that the procedure and policies of the private review agent will protect the confidentiality of medical records and the private review agent will be reasonably accessible to patients and providers for five (5) working days a week during normal business hours in this state.

(2) The department may revoke or deny a certificate if the holder does not comply with the performance assurances under this section, violates any provision of this chapter, or violates any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(3) Before denying or revoking a certificate under this section, the department shall provide the applicant or certificate holder with reasonable time to supply additional information demonstrating compliance with the requirements of this chapter and the opportunity to request a hearing. If an applicant or certificate holder requests a hearing, the department shall send a hearing notice and conduct a hearing.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-75 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 13 / Section 73-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-75
Status: in_force

Neither Sections 41-73-1 through 41-73-73 nor anything contained in Sections 41-73-1 through 41-73-73 is or shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which the authority might otherwise have under any other law of the state, and Sections 41-73-1 through 41-73-73 are cumulative to such powers. Sections 41-73-1 through 41-73-73 do and shall be construed to provide a complete, additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by any other laws. The issuance of bonds under the provisions of Sections 41-73-1 through 41-73-73 need not comply with the requirements of any other state laws applicable to the issuance of bonds, notes and other obligations. Any issuance of bonds hereunder may be validated in the manner set forth in Sections 31-13-1 et seq. No proceedings, notice or approval shall be required for the issuance of any bonds or any instrument or the security therefor, except as provided in Sections 41-73-1 through 41-73-73 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-145-5 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 20 / Section 145-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-145-5
Status: in_force

(1) The council shall perform the following duties:

(a) Convene public hearings, make inquiries and solicit comments from the general public in Mississippi to assist the council with developing a first year landscape of rare diseases in the state.

(b) Consult with experts on the board of directors, council and externally, as needed, on rare diseases to develop policy recommendations to improve access and quality of care for health insurance, education and treatment in the state.

(c) Research and make policy recommendations to the Legislature on access to insurance, specialists and other needed services for patients with rare diseases.

(d) Research and make recommendations to state agencies and insurers that provide services to persons with a rare disease on the impact of coverage, cost-sharing, tiering or other utilization management procedures on the provision of treatment and care services.

(e) Research and identify priorities relating to treatments and services provided to persons with rare diseases in Mississippi, and develop policy recommendations that include safeguards against discrimination for these populations on these and related issues.

(f) Evaluate and make recommendations to improve the state's newborn screening program.

(g) Evaluate and make recommendations to improve Medicaid coverage for approved treatment and medications for rare disease patients.

(h) Publish a list of existing, publicly accessible resources on research, diagnosis, treatment and education relating to those rare diseases in Mississippi, including publishing the information on a state webpage.

(i) Collect additional research topic areas from the public to inform future studies and reports on which the council can work for the state.

(j) Establish policies for training academic institutions, state agencies, health care professionals and others to foster a greater understanding of rare diseases in Mississippi.

(k) Identify a mechanism for sharing best practices for health care providers to ensure they are informed adequately of the most effective strategies for recognizing and treating rare diseases in Mississippi.

(2) The council shall submit an annual report on its activities to the Governor and Legislature before July 1 of each year, with the first report being due before July 1, 2025. The report must describe the activities and progress made by the council on the duties prescribed under this section and give an update on the status of funding for the council, including information on grant applications and which grants were accepted, used and have remaining balances. The report also must include recommendations on ways to address the needs of people living with rare diseases in the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-141 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 10 / Section 21-141
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-141
Status: in_force

(1) To implement a comprehensive psychiatric emergency service, a single point of entry must request licensure from the State Department of Health for the number of extended observation beds that are required to adequately serve the designated catchment area. A license for the requested beds must be obtained before beginning operation.

(2) If the State Department of Health determines that a comprehensive psychiatric emergency service can provide for the privacy and safety of all patients receiving services in the hospital, the department may approve the location of one or more of the extended observation beds within another area of the hospital rather than in proximity to the emergency department.

(3) Each comprehensive psychiatric emergency service shall provide or contract to provide qualified physicians, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychiatric physician assistants and ancillary personnel necessary to provide services twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week.

(4) A comprehensive psychiatric emergency service shall have at least one (1) physician, psychiatric nurse practitioner or psychiatric physician assistant, who is a member of the staff of the hospital, on duty and available at all times. However, the medical director of the service may waive this requirement if provisions are made for a physician in the emergency department to assume responsibility and provide initial evaluation and treatment of a person in custody of a CIT officer or referred by the community mental health center and provisions are made for the physician, psychiatric nurse practitioner or psychiatric physician assistant on call for the comprehensive psychiatric emergency service to evaluate the person onsite within thirty (30) minutes of notification that the person has arrived.

(5) Any person admitted to a comprehensive psychiatric emergency service must have a final disposition within a maximum of seventy-two (72) hours. If a person cannot be stabilized within seventy-two (72) hours, that person shall be transferred from an extended observation bed to a more appropriate inpatient unit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-43-53 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 43-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-43-53
Status: in_force

(1) Violation of any of the provisions of Sections 41-43-31 through 41-43-53 by any person, partnership, corporation or organization shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding one (1) year, or by both.

(2)(a) Any person, partnership, corporation or organization that embezzles or fraudulently or knowingly and willfully misapplies or converts perpetual care trust funds shall, upon conviction, be punished as follows:

(i) If the amount embezzled, misapplied or converted is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and confinement in the county jail not more than one (1) year; or

(ii) If the amount embezzled, misapplied or converted is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, by imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections for a term of not more than ten (10) years.

(b) Each such violation shall constitute a separate offense.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-51-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 51-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-51-7
Status: repealed

Nothing contained in this chapter shall apply to or affect any of the following persons, matters, or vocations, to wit:

(a) Any persons legally engaged in the course of slaughtering, butchering, manufacturing, or selling, in any manner, any animal flesh and products, where such animals are killed for the purpose of being used solely for human consumption, or any persons engaged in transporting and disposing of the dead bodies of any such animals so killed or of any parts or products thereof to any persons solely for such purpose and use.

(b) Any person transporting, disposing of, or selling the hides or skins of animals, or tanning such hides or skins for himself or other persons.

(c) Any bodies of dead game, birds, fish, reptiles, or small animals of any kind, such as dogs, cats and small game.

(d) Slaughter houses and poultry processing plants which are engaged in the processing of animals or poultry for human consumption and which are operating a rendering plant under the supervision of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce or the United States Department of Agriculture for the purpose of disposing of the waste and by-products from such plants only.

(e) Any governmental agency, collecting, transporting, or disposing of the bodies of any dead animals in any manner.

(f) Any person slaughtering animals on his own premises for the manufacture of pet foods, provided the products of same are not transported from his own premises until canned or packaged and properly labeled.

No provisions of any other laws or ordinances regulating any of the persons, matters or vocations aforesaid shall be affected or repealed by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-7-209 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-209
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-7-209
Status: in_force

(1) Any person or entity violating the provisions of Sections 41-7-171 through 41-7-209 , or regulations promulgated thereunder, by not obtaining a certificate of need, by deviating from the provisions of a certificate of need, or by refusing or failing to cooperate with the State Department of Health in its exercise or execution of its functions, responsibilities and powers shall be subject to the following:

(a) Revocation of the license of a health-care facility or a designated section, component or bed service thereof, or revocation of the license of any other person for which the State Department of Health is the licensing agency. If the State Department of Health lacks jurisdiction to revoke the license of such person, the State Health Officer shall recommend and show cause to the appropriate licensing agency that such license should be revoked.

(b) Nonlicensure by the State Department of Health of a specific or designated bed service offered by the entity or person;

(c) Nonlicensure by the State Department of Health where infractions occur concerning the acquisition or control of major medical equipment;

(d) Revoking, rescinding or withdrawing a certificate of need previously issued.

(2) Violations of Sections 41-7-171 through 41-7-209 , or any rules or regulations promulgated in furtherance thereof by intent, fraud, deceit, unlawful design, willful and/or deliberate misrepresentation, or by careless, negligent or incautious disregard for such statutes or rules and regulations, either by persons acting individually or in concert with others, shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each such offense. Each day of continuing violation shall be considered a separate offense. The venue for prosecution of any such violation shall be in any county of the state wherein any such violation, or portion thereof, occurred.

(3) The Attorney General, upon certification by the State Health Officer, shall seek injunctive relief in a court of proper jurisdiction to prevent violations of Sections 41-7-171 through 41-7-209 or any rules or regulations promulgated in furtherance of Sections 41-7-171 through 41-7-209 in cases where other administrative penalties and legal sanctions imposed have failed to prevent or cause a discontinuance of any such violation.

(4) Major third party payers, public or private, shall be notified of any violation or infraction under this section and shall be requested to take such appropriate punitive action as is provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-135 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 10 / Section 21-135
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-135
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(5) The director of the community mental health center shall establish a process by which complaints from the public regarding the operation of a Crisis Intervention Team may be evaluated and addressed and provide for the inclusion of consumer representatives in that process.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-117 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 21 / Section 27-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-117
Status: in_force

The permits and applications therefor, shall be in a form prescribed by the board of supervisors. Each applicant shall, on or before March 31st of each year, make application for said permit at the office of the tax collector of said county. Such application shall include the name or names of the persons applying for such permit, a description of the land to be planted in rice for the following crop year, and such other information as may be required by the board of supervisors. Said application shall contain a statement to the effect that the applicant thereby gives his consent for the application of poison or other mosquito control material to the land to be planted in rice, by the commission or its employees. The tax collector, upon receipt of the application and the payment of the fee which shall be computed by multiplying the total number of acres of land to be planted in rice by such applicant by the cost per acre set by the board of supervisors, shall issue the permit to the applicant. All moneys collected from the sale of such permits shall be placed in a special fund for the mosquito control district in the county depository.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-20-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 20-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-20-3
Status: in_force

(1) There is created within the Department of Finance and Administration a position to be known as the Coordinator of Mental Health Accessibility. The coordinator shall be appointed by the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration and shall serve at the will and pleasure of the executive director. The executive director shall appoint the coordinator within thirty (30) days from July 8, 2020.

(2) The coordinator must have a master's degree, doctoral degree or juris doctorate from an accredited institution of higher learning and have not less than five (5) years of professional experience.

(3) The coordinator shall be housed at the Department of Finance and Administration. All of the expenses of the coordinator, including the coordinator's salary and the salaries of any staff of the coordinator, shall be paid out of funds appropriated to the Department of Finance and Administration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-145 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 41-145
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-145
Status: in_force

(1) Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 shall be construed, as a matter of state law, to be enforceable up to but no further than the maximum possible extent consistent with federal constitutional requirements, even if that construction is not readily apparent, as such constructions are authorized only to the extent necessary to save Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 from judicial invalidation. Judicial reformation of statutory language is explicitly authorized only to the extent necessary to save the statutory provision from invalidity.

(2) If any court determines that a provision of Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 is unconstitutionally vague, the court shall interpret the provision, as a matter of state law, to avoid the vagueness problem and shall enforce the provision to the maximum possible extent. If a federal court finds any provision of Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 or its application to any person, group of persons, or circumstances to be unconstitutionally vague and declines to impose the saving construction described by this subsection, the Mississippi Supreme Court shall provide an authoritative construction of the objectionable statutory provisions that avoids the constitutional problems while enforcing the statute's restrictions to the maximum possible extent, and shall agree to answer any question certified from a federal appellate court regarding the statute.

(3) State executive or administrative officials may not decline to enforce Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 , or adopt a construction of Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 in a way that narrows their applicability, based on the official's own beliefs about what the state or federal constitution requires, unless the official is enjoined by a state or federal court from enforcing Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 .

(4) Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 may not be construed to authorize the prosecution of or a cause of action to be brought against a woman on whom an abortion is performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced in violation of Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-67-25 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 67-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-67-25
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not operate as an installer of individual on-site wastewater disposal systems unless that person is currently certified by the department. A person who installs an individual on-site wastewater disposal system on his own property for his primary residence is not considered an installer for purposes of this subsection.

(2) An installer of advanced treatment systems or products must be a factory-trained and authorized representative. The manufacturer must furnish documentation to the department certifying the satisfactory completion of factory training and the establishment of the installer as an authorized manufacturer's representative.

(3) The department shall issue a certification to an installer if the installer:

(a) Completes an application form that complies with this chapter and rules and regulations adopted by the board;

(b) Satisfactorily completes the training program for installation and maintenance provided by the department;

(c) Pays the certification fee once every three (3) years, which shall be an amount not greater than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00); any increase in the fee charged by the department under this paragraph shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 ; and

(d) Provides proof of having a valid general business liability insurance policy in effect with liability limits of at least Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) per occurrence and at least One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) in total aggregate amount.

(4) Each installer shall furnish proof of certification to a property owner, lessee, the owner's representative or occupant of the property on which an individual on-site wastewater disposal system is to be designed, constructed, repaired or installed by that installer and to the department or its authorized representative, if requested.

(5) The department shall provide for renewal of certifications once every three (3) years.

(6)(a) An installer's certification may be suspended or revoked by the department after notice and hearing if the installer violates this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted under this chapter.

(b) The installer may appeal a suspension or revocation under this section as provided by law.

(7) The department shall disseminate to the public an official list of certified installers.

(8) If any person is operating in the state as an installer without certification by the board, the board, after due notice and opportunity for a hearing, may impose a monetary penalty not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for each violation.

(9) The department shall provide for renewal of installer certifications to be applied for at the local department offices.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-139 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 39-139
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-139
Status: in_force

(a) The Mississippi Department of Public Safety may establish or contract for the establishment of a donor registry.

(b) The Mississippi Department of Public Safety shall cooperate with a person that administers any donor registry that this state establishes, contracts for, or recognizes for the purpose of transferring to the donor registry all relevant information regarding a donor's making, amendment to, or revocation of an anatomical gift.

(c) A donor registry must:

(1) Allow a donor or other person authorized under Section 41-39-107 to include on the donor registry a statement or symbol that the donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift;

(2) Be accessible to a procurement organization to allow it to obtain relevant information on the donor registry to determine, at or near death of the donor or a prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift; and

(3) Be accessible for purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) seven (7) days a week on a twenty-four-hour basis.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f), personally identifiable information on a donor registry about a donor or prospective donor may not be used or disclosed without the express consent of the donor, prospective donor, or person that made the anatomical gift for any purpose other than to determine, at or near death of the donor or prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift.

(e) This section does not prohibit any person from creating or maintaining a donor registry that is not established by or under contract with the state. Any such registry must comply with subsections (c) and (d).

(f) At the time that a person is renewing his or her driver's license, the Department of Public Safety shall ask the person if he or she would like to be a donor. If the answer is yes, the department shall inform the prospective donor that his or her decision to be a donor cannot be revoked, changed or contested after his or her death by the donor's next of kin or by any other person, and shall ask the person if he or she desires information about the person's decision to be a donor to be sent to another person or persons. If the answer is yes, the department shall obtain the name and mailing address of the person or persons designated by the prospective donor, and the donor registry shall send the information about the prospective donor's decision to the designated person or persons as requested.

(g) The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks may also participate in the donor registry in accordance with this section and Section 49-7-21 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-77-9 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 77-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-77-9
Status: in_force

An application for a license shall be made to the licensing agency upon forms provided by it and shall contain such information as the licensing agency reasonably requires, which may include affirmative evidence of ability to comply with such reasonable standards, rules and regulations as are lawfully prescribed hereunder. Each application for a license shall be accompanied by a license fee of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), which shall be paid to the licensing agency. Any increase in the fee charged by the licensing agency under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 26 / Section 27-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-7
Status: in_force

The county board of supervisors and the county mosquito control commission, may with the approval of the state health officer receive and accept any aid whatsoever from any source calculated to further the success of a plan or plans based on this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-81 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 22 / Section 59-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-81
Status: in_force

(1) The State Board of Health is authorized to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to provide for the best and most effective emergency medical care by medical first responders, and to comply with national standards for medical first responders. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, medical first responder personnel may be authorized to provide medical first responder services as defined by rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Health.

Rules and regulations promulgated under this authority shall, as a minimum:

(a) Define and authorize functions and training programs for medical first responder personnel; however, all those training programs shall meet or exceed the performance requirements of the most current training program “First Responder: National Standard Curriculum” as developed by the United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

(b) Specify minimum testing and certification requirements and provide for continuing education and periodic recertification for all medical first responder personnel.

(2) Counties, municipalities and designated EMS districts may regulate the activities of medical first responders in addition to the regulation imposed by rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Health.

(3) The State Board of Health and the State Department of Health shall not be authorized to regulate the activities of, or require the state certification of, those first responders who are not medical first responders.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-45 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 13 / Section 55-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-45
Status: in_force

(1) Any air ambulance service district, through its board of directors, is hereby empowered:

(a) To develop, in conjunction with the head of any federal and/or state agency as may be involved, a plan for air ambulance services to persons within or without the district, including communications and other systems incident to the efficient performance of such services.

(b) To acquire and maintain any equipment necessary for the provision of such services.

(c) To set reasonable rates for services and charge for each ambulance call made.

(d) To establish rules and regulations for the use of air ambulance services both within and without the boundaries of the district, including cooperation with other air ambulance district organizations within the state and other emergency service agencies, including ground ambulances.

(e) To employ professional managerial, technical, and clerical help as may be needed in providing air ambulance services.

(f) To enter into agreements with ground ambulance facilities.

(g) To borrow, acting by and through the boards of supervisors of the individual counties comprising the district, a sum of money in anticipation of the revenue to be received from taxes levied by such counties for the support of the district; the boards of supervisors in so doing shall follow the requirements of Section 19-9-27 .

(h) To make contracts and to execute instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers, rights, privileges, and functions conferred upon it by Sections 41-55-31 through 41-55-57 .

(i) To make, or cause to be made, surveys and engineering investigations relating to the project, or related projects, for the information of the district, to facilitate the accomplishment of the purposes for which it is created.

(j) To apply for and accept grants from the United States of America, or from any corporation or agency created or designated by the United States of America, and to ratify and accept applications heretofore or hereafter made by voluntary associations to such agencies for grants to construct, maintain or operate any project or projects which hereafter may be undertaken or contemplated by said district.

(k) To do any and all other acts or things necessary, requisite or convenient to the exercising of the powers, rights, privileges or functions conferred upon it by Sections 41-55-31 through 41-55-57 or any act of law.

(2) In addition to the powers set forth in subsection (1), the board of directors of any air ambulance service district is further authorized and empowered to exercise all powers conferred upon the governing boards of emergency medical service districts under the provisions of the Emergency Medical Services Act of 1974 and amendments thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-45 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 55-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-45
Status: in_force

(1) Any air ambulance service district, through its board of directors, is hereby empowered:

(a) To develop, in conjunction with the head of any federal and/or state agency as may be involved, a plan for air ambulance services to persons within or without the district, including communications and other systems incident to the efficient performance of such services.

(b) To acquire and maintain any equipment necessary for the provision of such services.

(c) To set reasonable rates for services and charge for each ambulance call made.

(d) To establish rules and regulations for the use of air ambulance services both within and without the boundaries of the district, including cooperation with other air ambulance district organizations within the state and other emergency service agencies, including ground ambulances.

(e) To employ professional managerial, technical, and clerical help as may be needed in providing air ambulance services.

(f) To enter into agreements with ground ambulance facilities.

(g) To borrow, acting by and through the boards of supervisors of the individual counties comprising the district, a sum of money in anticipation of the revenue to be received from taxes levied by such counties for the support of the district; the boards of supervisors in so doing shall follow the requirements of Section 19-9-27 .

(h) To make contracts and to execute instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers, rights, privileges, and functions conferred upon it by Sections 41-55-31 through 41-55-57 .

(i) To make, or cause to be made, surveys and engineering investigations relating to the project, or related projects, for the information of the district, to facilitate the accomplishment of the purposes for which it is created.

(j) To apply for and accept grants from the United States of America, or from any corporation or agency created or designated by the United States of America, and to ratify and accept applications heretofore or hereafter made by voluntary associations to such agencies for grants to construct, maintain or operate any project or projects which hereafter may be undertaken or contemplated by said district.

(k) To do any and all other acts or things necessary, requisite or convenient to the exercising of the powers, rights, privileges or functions conferred upon it by Sections 41-55-31 through 41-55-57 or any act of law.

(2) In addition to the powers set forth in subsection (1), the board of directors of any air ambulance service district is further authorized and empowered to exercise all powers conferred upon the governing boards of emergency medical service districts under the provisions of the Emergency Medical Services Act of 1974 and amendments thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-47 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 22 / Section 59-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-47
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all counties and incorporated municipalities except those counties and incorporated municipalities electing not to comply as expressed to the board in a written resolution by the governing body of such county or incorporated municipality. The election of any county to be included or excluded shall in no way affect the election of any incorporated municipality to be included or excluded. If any county or municipality elects to be excluded from this chapter, they may later elect to be included by resolution.

All financial grants administered by the state for emergency medical services pertaining to this chapter shall be made available to those counties and incorporated municipalities which are governed by the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-9-73 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-9-73
Status: in_force

Any hospital may retain, preserve and store hospital records for such longer periods as in its discretion it may find proper or as may be required by any court of competent jurisdiction.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-77-17 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 17 / Section 77-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-77-17
Status: in_force

The licensing agency shall make or cause to be made such inspections and investigations as it deems necessary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-63-23 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 63-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-63-23
Status: in_force

Accreditation and quality assurance materials, as defined in Sections 41-63-21 through 41-63-29 , shall be held in confidence and shall not be subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil action against the health care professional or institution. No person involved in preparation, evaluation or review of accreditation or quality assurance materials shall be permitted or required to testify in any civil action as to any evidence or other matters produced or presented during the course of preparation, evaluation or review of such materials or as to any finding, recommendation, evaluation, opinion, or other action of such accreditation or quality assurance or other person involved therein. Information, documents or records otherwise available from original sources are not to be construed as being unavailable for discovery or for use in any civil action merely because they were presented or used in preparation of accreditation or quality assurance materials, nor should any person involved in preparation, evaluation or review of such materials be prohibited from testifying as to matters within his knowledge, but the witness testifying should not be asked about any opinions or data given by him in preparation, evaluation or review of accreditation or quality assurance materials.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-81-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 81-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-81-1
Status: in_force

The State Department of Health is authorized to coordinate the development and implementation of a regionalized system of perinatal health care services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-137 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-137
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-137
Status: in_force

(1) The internal operation of a single point of entry shall be governed by the administration of the hospital and regulated by the State Department of Health, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and other state and federal agencies that have regulatory authority over hospitals. All collaborative agreements must be in compliance with these governing authorities.

(2) A hospital operating as a single point of entry for a Crisis Intervention Team shall appoint a medical director to oversee the operation of the hospital-based service. The medical director will assure that the services provided are within the guidelines established by the collaborative agreements.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing in Sections 41-21-131 through 41-21-143 shall be interpreted to create an entitlement for any individual to receive psychiatric emergency services at a single point of entry.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-37 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 25 / Section 41-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-37
Status: in_force

When a medical emergency compels the performance or induction of an abortion, the physician shall inform the woman, before the abortion if possible, of the medical indications supporting his judgment that an abortion is necessary to avert her death or for which a twenty-four-hour delay will create grave peril of immediate and irreversible loss of major bodily function.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-53-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 20 / Section 53-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-53-7
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the manufacturer or manufacturers contracted with to furnish virus (vaccine) to furnish with each ampoule (dose) of virus (vaccine), a suitable metal tag approved by the state board of health, which may be securely bradded to the collar of the dog inoculated (vaccinated). Said tag shall have stamped thereon the serial number of vaccination and the year in which said dog was inoculated. This tag shall be furnished to the owner when said dog is inoculated (vaccinated), and it shall be his duty to securely attach same to the collar, and each dog owned by or in the possession of any person within the State of Mississippi shall wear at all times a collar or other device which shall have securely bradded on to it the metal tag provided for above. Any such tag shall not be transferable to any dog other than the dog for which it was issued.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-61 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 73-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-61
Status: in_force

The authority may create and establish such funds and accounts as may be necessary or desirable for its purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-137-37 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 137-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-137-37
Status: in_force

(1) A municipality or county may enact ordinances or regulations not in conflict with this chapter, or with regulations enacted under this chapter, governing the time, place, and manner of medical cannabis establishment operations in the locality. A municipality or county may establish penalties for violation of an ordinance or regulation governing the time, place and manner of a medical cannabis establishment that may operate in the municipality or county.

(2) No municipality or county may prohibit dispensaries either expressly or through the enactment of ordinances or regulations that make their operation impracticable in the jurisdiction. The main point of entry of a medical cannabis establishment shall not be located within one thousand (1,000) feet of the nearest property boundary line of any school, church or child care facility. A medical cannabis establishment may receive a waiver to this distance restriction by receiving approval from the school, church or child care facility and by applying for a waiver with its respective licensing agency, provided that the main point of entry of the cannabis establishment is not located within five hundred (500) feet of the nearest property boundary line of any school, church or child care facility.

(3) A dispensary, cannabis research facility or cannabis testing facility may be located in any area in a municipality or county that is zoned as commercial or for which commercial use is otherwise authorized or not prohibited, provided that it being located there does not violate any other provisions of this chapter. A cannabis cultivation facility and/or cannabis processing facility may be located in any area in a municipality or county that is zoned as agricultural or industrial or for which agricultural or industrial use is otherwise authorized or not prohibited, provided that it being there does not violate any other provision of this chapter. A cannabis cultivation facility and/or cannabis processing facility may be located in any area in a municipality or county that is zoned as commercial or for which commercial use is otherwise authorized or not prohibited, provided that the municipality or county has authorized the entity to be located in such area and that it being there does not violate any other provision of this chapter. The municipality or county may authorize this by granting a variance to an existing zoning ordinance or by adopting a change in the zoning ordinance that allows for those entities to be located in specific commercial areas.

(4) A municipality or county may require a medical cannabis establishment to obtain a local license, permit or registration to operate, and may charge a reasonable fee for the local license, permit or registration, provided that this fee is consistent with fees charged to businesses that are not involved in the cannabis industry.

(5) No medical cannabis dispensary may be located within a one-thousand-five-hundred-feet radius from the main point of entry of the dispensary to the main point of entry of another medical cannabis dispensary. If the sole basis of denial by the licensing agency in refusing to issue the medical cannabis dispensary a license to operate is that the dispensary fails the distance requirement of this subsection (5), then the licensing agency may refund all or part of the license application fee in Section 41-137-35(5) to the applicant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-323 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-323
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-323
Status: in_force

The State Department of Mental Health shall develop and implement a comprehensive statewide fentanyl and drug abuse education, prevention and cessation program that is based on scientific data and research that have been shown to be effective at accomplishing the purposes of this section. At a minimum, the program shall include the following components:

(a) The use of mass media, including paid advertising and other communication tools, to discourage the use of fentanyl and abuse of other drugs and to educate people, especially youth, about the health hazards from the use of fentanyl and abuse of other drugs, which shall be designed to be effective at achieving these goals and shall include, but need not be limited to, television, radio and print advertising, as well as sponsorship, exhibits and other opportunities to raise awareness statewide;

(b) Materials, curricula and programs that may be used or implemented in schools and other locations to educate youth about fentanyl and other harmful drugs and to discourage the use of fentanyl and abuse of other drugs, including, but not limited to, materials, curricula and programs that involve youth, educate youth about the health hazards from the use of fentanyl and abuse of other drugs, help youth develop skills to refuse fentanyl and other harmful drugs, and demonstrate to youth how to stop using fentanyl and abusing other drugs;

(c) Local community programs, including, but not limited to, youth-based partnerships that discourage the use of fentanyl and abuse of other drugs and involve community-based organizations in fentanyl and drug abuse education, prevention and cessation programs in their communities;

(d) Programs to assist and help people to stop using fentanyl and/or abusing other drugs; and

(e) A surveillance and evaluation system that monitors program accountability and results, produces publicly available reports that review how monies expended for the program are spent, and includes an evaluation of the program's effectiveness in reducing and preventing the use of fentanyl and abuse of other drugs, and annual recommendations for improvements to enhance the program's effectiveness.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-31-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 13 / Section 31-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-31-1
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them, unless the context requires a different meaning:

(a) “ Alcoholic ” means any person who chronically and habitually uses alcoholic beverages to the extent that he has lost the power of self-control with respect to the use of such beverages, or any person who, while chronically under the influence of alcoholic beverages, endangers public morals, health, safety or welfare.

(b) “ Alcoholic beverage ” means alcoholic spirits, liquors, wines, beer, and every liquid or fluid, patented or not, containing alcoholic spirits, wine or beer, which is capable of being consumed by human beings and produces or results in intoxication in any form or degree.

(c) “ Alcoholism ” means any condition of abnormal behavior or illness resulting directly or indirectly from the chronic and habitual use of alcoholic beverages.

(d) “ Drug addict ” means any person who chronically and habitually uses any form of habit-forming drugs, such as opioids, opiates and the derivatives thereof, barbiturates, and every tablet, powder, substance, liquid or fluid, patented or not, containing habit-forming drugs if same is capable of being used by human beings and produces drug addiction in any form or degree.

(e) “ Drug addiction ” means any condition of abnormal behavior or illness resulting directly or indirectly from the chronic and habitual use of habit-forming drugs.

(f) “ Hospital ” or “ institution ” means either the Mississippi State Hospital, at Whitfield, Mississippi, or the East Mississippi State Hospital, at Meridian, Mississippi, and shall include the grounds thereof and the facilities used for the treatment of alcoholics and the drug addicts.

(g) “ Medical director ” means the physician in charge of: (i) Mississippi State Hospital, or (ii) East Mississippi State Hospital, as the case may be.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-75-18 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 75-18
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-75-18
Status: in_force

Each abortion facility shall report monthly to the State Department of Health such information as may be required by the department in its rules and regulations for each abortion performed by such facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-147 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 41-147
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-147
Status: in_force

Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 may not be construed to repeal, by implication or otherwise, any other provision of Mississippi law regulating or restricting abortion not specifically addressed by Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 . An abortion that complies with Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 but violates any other law is unlawful. An abortion that complies with another state law but violates Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 is unlawful as provided in Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-51 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 59-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-51
Status: in_force

A special subdivision to be known as an emergency medical service district may be established by the board of supervisors or boards of supervisors of any county or group of counties, and/or governing authority or authorities of a municipality or municipalities located in such counties, acting separately or jointly in any combination, to provide emergency hospital care and ambulance services for an area composed of all or part of the geographic areas under the jurisdiction of such boards of supervisors or municipal governing authorities, as may be agreed upon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-11 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 24 / Section 39-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-11
Status: in_force

(1) In respect to a gift of an eye as provided for in this chapter, a person licensed for the practice of funeral service under the provisions of Sections 73-11-41 et seq. , who has successfully completed a course in eye enucleation and has received a certificate of competence from the state board of health, may enucleate eyes for such gift after the proper certification of death by a physician and compliance with the extent of such gift as defined within Sections 41-39-31 through 41-39-53 . No such properly certified funeral service licensee acting in accordance with the terms of this chapter shall have any liability, civil or criminal, for such eye enucleation.

(2) The state board of health shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to provide for the proper certification of such funeral service licensees and for the implementation of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-71-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 71-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-71-7
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of an application for a license and the license fee, and a determination by the licensing agency that the application is in compliance with Section 41-7-173 et seq. and in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, such license shall be issued. A license, unless suspended or revoked, shall be renewable annually upon payment by the licensee of a renewal fee of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and upon approval by the licensing agency of an annual report, required to be submitted by the licensee, containing such information in such form and at such time as the licensing agency prescribes by rule or regulation. Any increase in the fee charged by the licensing agency under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 . Each license shall be issued only for the home health agency and person or persons or other legal entity or entities named in the application and shall not be transferable or assignable except with the written approval of the licensing agency. Licenses shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the designated business office of the licensee. Each licensee shall designate, in writing, one (1) individual person as the responsible party for the conducting of the business of the home health agency with the licensing agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-317 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 22 / Section 29-317
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-317
Status: in_force

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

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

(3) Retailers reporting information to the Bureau of Narcotics in good faith pursuant to this section shall be immune from civil and criminal liability for a violation of Section 41-29-313 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-67-31 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 67-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-67-31
Status: repealed

Sections 41-67-1 through 41-67-29 and Sections 41-67-33 through 41-67-41 shall stand repealed on July 1, 2028.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-93-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 23 / Section 93-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-93-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 24 / Section 55-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-7
Status: in_force

If there is in operation an adequate privately run ambulance service, then the governing authorities are hereby prohibited from contracting for ambulance services to be run by the public body. The governing authorities may, however, subsidize such existing privately run ambulance service, in their discretion, if they deem necessary to keep such service in operation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 10 / Section 55-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-7
Status: in_force

If there is in operation an adequate privately run ambulance service, then the governing authorities are hereby prohibited from contracting for ambulance services to be run by the public body. The governing authorities may, however, subsidize such existing privately run ambulance service, in their discretion, if they deem necessary to keep such service in operation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-86-11 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 21 / Section 86-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-86-11
Status: in_force

(1) The division shall adopt, in accordance with Section 25-43-1.101 et seq. , rules and regulations for the implementation of the program, and for the coordination of the program with the state's other medical assistance programs.

(2) The division shall have all of the authority set forth in Section 43-13-101 et seq. in administering the program.

(3) The division shall make reports to the federal government and to the Legislature on the providing of benefits to those children under the program.

(4) The division shall execute a contract or contracts to provide the health care coverage and services under the program in a manner that is consistent with all federal and state procurement regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-30 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 23-30
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-30
Status: in_force

County health departments shall provide testing for and treatment of sexually transmitted disease. Such testing and/or treatment shall be kept in strict confidence. The county boards of supervisors are directed to make known to the public, through available media, the confidentiality of the testing for and treatment of sexually transmitted disease.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-121-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 121-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-121-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The Patient's Right to Informed Health Care Choices Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-145 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-145
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-145
Status: in_force

With funds provided by the legislature, by direct appropriation or authorized bond issue, with federal matching funds, or any other available funds, the Mississippi State Building Commission is hereby authorized to construct and equip the necessary residential and service buildings and other facilities to care for approximately five hundred (500) residents. The general design of the center and all construction plans shall be approved and recommended by the board of trustees of mental institutions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-103 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-103
Status: in_force

(1) Unless he or she has a legal guardian or conservator, a married person or a person eighteen (18) years of age or older may be admitted to a treatment facility as a voluntary admittee for treatment, provided that the director deems the person suitable for admission, upon the filing of an application with the director, accompanied by certificates of two (2) physicians or by one (1) physician and one (1) psychologist, one (1) nurse practitioner or one (1) physician assistant who certify that they examined the person within the last five (5) days and that the person is in need of observation, diagnosis and treatment. The director may accept applications from the person seeking admission or any interested person with the applicant's written consent.

(2) A person with an intellectual disability who is under the age of eighteen (18) years and who is not married may be admitted to a treatment facility upon application of his or her parent or legal guardian if the following has occurred:

(a) An investigation by the director that carefully probes the person's social, psychological and developmental background; and

(b) A determination by the director that the person will benefit from care and treatment of his or her disorder at the facility and that services and facilities are available. The reasons for the determination shall be recorded in writing.

(3) A person with an intellectual disability or with mental illness who is married or eighteen (18) years of age or older and who has a legal guardian or conservator may be admitted to a treatment facility upon application of his or her legal guardian or conservator if authorization to make the application has been received from the court having jurisdiction of the guardianship or conservatorship and the following has occurred:

(a) An investigation by the director that carefully probes the person's social, psychological and developmental background; and

(b) A determination by the director that the person will benefit from care and treatment of his or her disorder at the facility and that services and facilities are available. The reasons for the determination shall be recorded in writing.

(4) A person with mental illness who is under the age of fourteen (14) years may be admitted to a treatment facility upon the application of his or her parent or legal guardian if the following has occurred:

(a) An investigation by the director that carefully probes the person's social, psychological and developmental background; and

(b) A determination by the director that the person will benefit from care and treatment of his or her disorder at the facility and that services and facilities are available. The reasons for the determination shall be recorded in writing.

(5) A person with mental illness who is fourteen (14) years of age or older but less than eighteen (18) years of age may be admitted to a treatment facility in the same manner as an adult may be involuntarily committed.

(6) Any voluntary admittee may leave a treatment facility after five (5) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after he or she gives any member of the treatment facility staff written notice of his or her desire to leave, unless before leaving, the patient withdraws the notice by written withdrawal or unless within those five (5) days a petition and the certificates of two (2) examining physicians, or one (1) examining physician and one (1) psychologist, nurse practitioner or physician assistant, stating that the patient is in need of treatment, are filed with the chancery clerk in the county of the patient's residence or the county in which the treatment facility is located; however, if the admittee is at Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield, the petition and certificate shall be filed with the chancery clerk in the county of patient's residence or with the Chancery Clerk for the First Judicial District of Hinds County, and the chancellor or clerk shall order a hearing under Sections 41-21-61 through 41-21-107 . The patient may continue to be hospitalized pending a final order of the court in the court proceedings.

(7) The written application form for voluntary admission shall contain in large, bold-face type a statement in simple, nontechnical terms that the admittee may not leave for five (5) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after giving written notice of his or her desire to leave. This right to leave must also be communicated orally to the admittee at the time of his or her admission, and a copy of the application form given to the admittee and to any parent, guardian, relative, attorney or friend who accompanied the patient to the treatment facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-141-5 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 141-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-141-5
Status: in_force

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

(2) A person shall not knowingly engage in conduct that aids or abets the performance or inducement of gender transition procedures to any person under eighteen (18) years of age. This subsection may not be construed to impose liability on any speech protected by federal or state law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-141 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 21-141
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-141
Status: in_force

(1) To implement a comprehensive psychiatric emergency service, a single point of entry must request licensure from the State Department of Health for the number of extended observation beds that are required to adequately serve the designated catchment area. A license for the requested beds must be obtained before beginning operation.

(2) If the State Department of Health determines that a comprehensive psychiatric emergency service can provide for the privacy and safety of all patients receiving services in the hospital, the department may approve the location of one or more of the extended observation beds within another area of the hospital rather than in proximity to the emergency department.

(3) Each comprehensive psychiatric emergency service shall provide or contract to provide qualified physicians, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychiatric physician assistants and ancillary personnel necessary to provide services twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week.

(4) A comprehensive psychiatric emergency service shall have at least one (1) physician, psychiatric nurse practitioner or psychiatric physician assistant, who is a member of the staff of the hospital, on duty and available at all times. However, the medical director of the service may waive this requirement if provisions are made for a physician in the emergency department to assume responsibility and provide initial evaluation and treatment of a person in custody of a CIT officer or referred by the community mental health center and provisions are made for the physician, psychiatric nurse practitioner or psychiatric physician assistant on call for the comprehensive psychiatric emergency service to evaluate the person onsite within thirty (30) minutes of notification that the person has arrived.

(5) Any person admitted to a comprehensive psychiatric emergency service must have a final disposition within a maximum of seventy-two (72) hours. If a person cannot be stabilized within seventy-two (72) hours, that person shall be transferred from an extended observation bed to a more appropriate inpatient unit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 41-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-3
Status: in_force

(1) It is hereby recognized and established that, in addition to such other persons as may be so authorized and empowered, any one (1) of the following persons who is reasonably available, in descending order of priority, is authorized and empowered to consent on behalf of an unemancipated minor, either orally or otherwise, to any surgical or medical treatment or procedures not prohibited by law which may be suggested, recommended, prescribed or directed by a duly licensed physician:

(a) The minor's guardian or custodian.

(b) The minor's parent.

(c) An adult brother or sister of the minor.

(d) The minor's grandparent.

(2) If none of the individuals eligible to act under subsection (1) is reasonably available, an adult who has exhibited special care and concern for the minor and who is reasonably available may act; the adult shall communicate the assumption of authority as promptly as practicable to the individuals specified in subsection (1) who can be readily contacted.

(3) Any female, regardless of age or marital status, is empowered to give consent for herself in connection with pregnancy or childbirth.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-31 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 13 / Section 59-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-31
Status: in_force

The board shall develop an emergency medical technicians training program based upon the nationally approved United States Department of Transportation “Basic Training Program for Emergency Medical Technicians-Ambulance” prepared in compliance with recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences. The program shall be periodically revised by the board to meet new and changing needs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-301 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 26 / Section 29-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-301
Status: in_force

No person shall manufacture, compound, mix, cultivate, grow or by any other process produce or prepare narcotic drugs, and no person as a wholesaler shall supply the same, without having first obtained a license so to do from the state board of pharmacy. However, the provisions of this section shall not apply to the dispensing, administration, giving away, mixing or otherwise preparing any of such drugs by a registered physician, dentist or veterinarian in the course of his professional practice, where said drugs are dispensed, administered, given away, mixed or otherwise prepared for legitimate medical purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-51-13 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 51-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-51-13
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of every person operating a disposal plant or rendering plant to apply to the commissioner for a license to operate such establishment, and no person shall engage in this state in the business of operating such a disposal plant or rendering plant without first having obtained for each such disposal plant so operated by him, or in his behalf, a license pursuant to this chapter.

Said commissioner shall keep a record of all applications for licenses, showing all issued, denied or revoked by him and such other facts as he may prescribe. The application for a license shall be made on a form to be supplied by the commissioner, and shall show the location of each establishment and the name and address of the owner and the name and address of the lessor or lessee. Such application shall also set forth the particular method or methods which the applicant intends to employ, or is employing, in the transportation and in the disposal or processing of poultry by-products or the bodies of such dead animals; the number and location of all substations he desires to operate, if any; the number and kind of vehicles he will use; and such other essential information thereto as the commissioner, by his rules and regulations, may require.

The application shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the person applying for the licensing that the facts set forth therein are true and correct.

Such application shall be accompanied by an initial fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each disposal plant or rendering plant, Five Dollars ($5.00) for each substation operated in conjunction therewith, and Five Dollars ($5.00) for each vehicle unit used in transportation of the poultry by-products, bodies of dead animals and products of said rendering operation. Like fees shall be paid to the commissioner annually for each renewal thereof. All fees collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in the general fund in the state treasury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-75-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 75-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-75-7
Status: in_force

An application for a license shall be made to the licensing agency upon forms provided by it and shall contain such information as the licensing agency reasonably requires, which may include affirmative evidence of ability to comply with such reasonable standards, rules and regulations as are lawfully prescribed hereunder. Each application for a license shall be accompanied by a license fee of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), which shall be paid to the licensing agency. Any increase in the fee charged by the licensing agency under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-93-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 21 / Section 93-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-93-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-111 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 21 / Section 29-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-111
Status: in_force

(1) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall administer this article and shall work in conjunction and cooperation with the State Board of Pharmacy, county and municipal law enforcement agencies, the district and county attorneys, the Office of the Attorney General and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics. The State Board of Health shall work with the bureau in an advisory capacity and shall be responsible for recommending to the Legislature the appropriate schedule for all substances to be scheduled or rescheduled in Sections 41-29-113 through 41-29-121 . In making a recommendation regarding a substance, the State Board of Health shall consider the following:

(a)(i) The actual or relative potential for abuse;

(ii) The scientific evidence of its pharmacological effect, if known;

(iii) The state of current scientific knowledge regarding the substance;

(iv) The history and current pattern of abuse;

(v) The scope, duration and significance of abuse;

(vi) The risk to the public health;

(vii) The potential of the substance to produce psychic or physiological dependence liability; and

(viii) Whether the substance is an immediate precursor of a substance already controlled under this article.

(b) After considering the factors enumerated in paragraph (a), the State Board of Health shall make findings with respect thereto and issue a recommendation to control the substance if it finds the substance has a potential for abuse.

(c) If the State Board of Health designates a substance as an immediate precursor, substances that are precursors of the controlled precursor shall not be recommended for control solely because they are precursors of the controlled precursor.

(d) If any substance is designated, rescheduled, or deleted as a controlled substance under federal law and notice thereof is given to the State Board of Health, it shall recommend the control of the substance under this article at the next session of the Legislature.

(e)(i) Authority to control under this article does not extend to distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, or tobacco as those terms are defined or used in the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, being Sections 67-1-1 through 67-1-91 , and the Tobacco Tax Law of 1934, being Sections 27-69-1 through 27-69-77 . It is the intent of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi that the bureau shall concentrate its efforts and resources on the enforcement of the Uniform Controlled Substances Law with respect to illicit narcotic and drug traffic in the state.

(ii) The controlled substances listed in the schedules in Sections 41-29-113 through 41-29-121 are included by whatever official, common, usual, chemical or trade name designated.

(f) The State Board of Health shall recommend the exclusion of any nonnarcotic substance from a schedule if such substance may, under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the laws of this state, be lawfully sold over the counter without a prescription.

(2) Any drug that is scheduled on the federal schedule for the purpose of preventing or treating COVID-19 is automatically scheduled on the corresponding state schedule in Sections 41-29-113 through 41-29-121 . This automatic scheduling is effective from the date that the COVID-19-related drug is designated on the federal schedule until the effective date of legislation amending the corresponding state schedule in the next regular session of the Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-33-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 13 / Section 33-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-33-3
Status: in_force

Any person who has been diagnosed as having active tuberculosis and who fails or refuses to carry out minimum precautions outlined to him in writing by the county health officer for the prevention of spread of the disease to another may be committed under duress to any hospital under contract with the state department of health providing services to the tuberculosis patients or any facility of the Mississippi Department of Corrections under contract capable of adequately isolating patients with tuberculosis so long as his disease is active or until such time as it is believed by the county health officer that he will carry out suitable precautions at home to prevent spread of the disease. Any contractual agreement between the Mississippi Department of Corrections and the state department of health shall be voluntary, discretionary and mutually agreed upon by the contracting parties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-7-189 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-189
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-7-189
Status: in_force

(1) Prior to review of new institutional health services or other proposals requiring a certificate of need, the State Department of Health shall disseminate to all health-care facilities and health maintenance organizations within the state, and shall publish in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the state, a description of the scope of coverage of the commission's certificate of need program. Whenever the scope of such coverage is revised, the State Department of Health shall disseminate and publish a revised description thereof in like manner.

(2) Selected statistical data and information obtained by the State Department of Health as the licensing agency for health-care facilities requiring licensure by the state and as the agency which provides certification for the Medicaid and/or Medicare program, may be utilized by the department in performing the statutory duties imposed upon it by any law over which it has authority, and regulations necessarily promulgated for such facilities to participate in the Medicaid and/or Medicare program; provided, however, that the names of individual patients shall not be revealed except in hearings or judicial proceedings regarding questions of licensure.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-75-13 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 10 / Section 75-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-75-13
Status: in_force

(1) The licensing agency shall adopt, amend, promulgate and enforce rules, regulations and standards, including classifications, with respect to ambulatory surgical facilities and abortion facilities, freestanding emergency rooms and post-acute residential brain injury rehabilitation facilities licensed, or which may be licensed, to further the accomplishment of the purpose of this chapter in protecting and promoting the health, safety and welfare of the public by ensuring adequate care of individuals receiving services from such facilities. The licensing agency also shall adopt, amend, promulgate and enforce rules, regulations and standards with respect to the enforcement of the informed consent requirements of Sections 41-41-31 through 41-41-39 at abortion facilities. Such rules, regulations and standards for freestanding emergency rooms shall include a patient transfer policy under which the freestanding emergency room enters into an agreement with a general hospital for a protocol for patient transfers. Such rules, regulations and standards shall be adopted and promulgated by the licensing agency in accordance with the provisions of Section 25-43-1 et seq. , and shall be recorded and indexed in a book to be maintained by the licensing agency in its main office in the State of Mississippi, entitled “Rules and Regulations for Operation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities and Abortion Facilities, Freestanding Emergency Room Facilities and Post-Acute Residential Brain Injury Rehabilitation Facilities.” The book shall be open and available to all ambulatory surgical facilities and abortion facilities, freestanding emergency rooms and post-acute residential brain injury rehabilitation facilities and the public during regular business hours.

(2) The licensing agency shall not issue licenses for more than five (5) pilot freestanding emergency rooms. The licensing agency shall adopt criteria for determining which applicants will have priority for receiving a license if there are more than five (5) applications for pilot freestanding emergency room licenses.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-135 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-135
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-135
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(5) The director of the community mental health center shall establish a process by which complaints from the public regarding the operation of a Crisis Intervention Team may be evaluated and addressed and provide for the inclusion of consumer representatives in that process.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-125-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 20 / Section 125-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-125-1
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature to develop, establish, and enforce licensure and basic standards for prescribed pediatric extended care centers in order to assure that the centers provide the necessary family-centered medical, developmental, physiological, nutritional, psychosocial and family training services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-137 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-137
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-137
Status: in_force

(1) The internal operation of a single point of entry shall be governed by the administration of the hospital and regulated by the State Department of Health, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and other state and federal agencies that have regulatory authority over hospitals. All collaborative agreements must be in compliance with these governing authorities.

(2) A hospital operating as a single point of entry for a Crisis Intervention Team shall appoint a medical director to oversee the operation of the hospital-based service. The medical director will assure that the services provided are within the guidelines established by the collaborative agreements.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing in Sections 41-21-131 through 41-21-143 shall be interpreted to create an entitlement for any individual to receive psychiatric emergency services at a single point of entry.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-7-91 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-91
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-7-91
Status: in_force

All funds collected under the provisions of Sections 41-7-71 through 41-7-95 shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the operating fund of the institution where the patient is confined or is receiving treatment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-74 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-74
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-74
Status: in_force

(1) If the commitment order directs outpatient treatment, the outpatient treatment physician may prescribe or administer to the respondent treatment consistent with accepted medical standards.

(2) If the respondent fails or clearly refuses to comply with outpatient treatment, the director of the treatment facility, his designee or an interested person shall make all reasonable efforts to solicit the respondent's compliance. These efforts shall be documented and, if the respondent fails or clearly refuses to comply with outpatient treatment after such efforts are made, such efforts shall be documented with the court by affidavit. Upon the filing of the affidavit, the sheriff of the proper county is authorized to take the respondent into his custody.

(3) The respondent may be returned to the treatment facility as soon thereafter as facilities are available. The respondent may request a hearing within ten (10) days of his return to the treatment facility. Such hearing shall be held pursuant to the requirements set forth in Section 41-21-81 .

(4) The chancery court of the county where the public facility is located or the committing court shall have jurisdiction over matters concerning outpatient commitments when such an order is sought subsequent to an inpatient course of treatment pursuant to Sections 41-21-61 through 41-21-107 , 43-21-611 , 99-13-7 and 99-13-9 . An outpatient shall not have or be charged for a recommitment process within a period of twelve (12) months of the initial outpatient order.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-43-47 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 10 / Section 43-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-43-47
Status: in_force

The owner of any cemetery may make and enforce reasonable rules and regulations for the use, care, control, management, restriction and protection of such cemetery.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-91-9 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 91-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-91-9
Status: in_force

The department, in cooperation with other cancer reporting organizations and research institutions, may publish reports the department determines are necessary or desirable to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-101 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 17 / Section 27-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-101
Status: in_force

This article is passed with the knowledge and in recognition of the fact that the cultivation of rice systematically breeds a mosquito known as the “rice field mosquito,” and that in areas where rice is produced within the State of Mississippi, such mosquitoes have become a nuisance affecting the health and welfare of residents in and around such areas, and this article is designed to provide a method of control and extermination of such mosquitos in rice producing areas.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-67-10 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 20 / Section 67-10
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-67-10
Status: in_force

(1) Advanced treatment systems may be installed only if they have been tested and are listed by an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) third-party certifying program at the time of installation. Advanced treatment systems shall be in compliance with standards for a Class I system as defined by the most current revision of American National Standards Institute/National Sanitation Foundation (ANSI/NSF) International Standard Number 40, which are incorporated by reference. An approved ANSI third-party certifying program shall comply with the following provisions for systems which it has certified to be installed in Mississippi:

(a) Be accredited by the American National Standards Institute;

(b) Have established procedures which send representatives to distributors in Mississippi on a recurring basis to conduct evaluations to assure that distributors of certified advanced treatment systems are providing proper maintenance, have sufficient replacement parts available and are maintaining service records;

(c) Notify the department of the results of monitoring visits to manufacturers and distributors within sixty (60) days of the conclusion of the monitoring; and

(d) Submit completion reports on testing and any other information as the department may require for its review.

(2) All manufacturers of advanced treatment systems certified in Mississippi shall provide technical training staff to the department as needed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-112-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 20 / Section 112-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-112-1
Status: in_force

(1) The State Department of Health is authorized to establish the Maternal Mortality Review Committee to review maternal deaths and establish strategies to prevent maternal deaths. The committee shall be multidisciplinary and be composed of such members as deemed appropriate by the department. The committee may develop subcommittees to carry out the purposes of the committee.

(2) The chairman of the committee shall be elected annually by the committee membership. The committee shall develop and implement such procedures and policies necessary for its operation, including providing the necessary data, information and resources to ensure successful completion of the ongoing review required by this section. The committee shall be assigned to the State Department of Health for administrative purposes, and the department shall designate staff to assist the committee.

(3) The committee shall submit a report annually to the Chairmen of the House Public Health and Human Services Committee and the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee on or before December 1. The report shall include the numbers, causes and relevant demographic information on maternal mortality deaths in Mississippi, and appropriate recommendations to the Legislature on how to most effectively direct state resources to decrease maternal mortality in Mississippi. Data for the committee's review and reporting shall be provided to the committee, upon the request of the committee, by the State Medical Examiner's Office, State Department of Health, Department of Human Services, medical examiners, coroners, health care providers, law enforcement agencies, any other agencies or officials having information that is necessary for the committee to carry out its duties under this section.

(4) Physicians licensed under Section 73-25-1 et seq. , hospitals licensed under Section 41-9-1 et seq. , and pharmacies licensed under Section 73-21-69 et seq. , shall provide reasonable access to the committee to all relevant medical records associated with a case under review by the committee.

(5) A physician, hospital or pharmacy providing access to medical records under this section shall not be held liable for civil damages or be subject to any criminal or disciplinary action for good faith efforts in providing such records.

(6) Information, records, reports, statements, notes, memoranda or other data collected under this section shall not be admissible as evidence in any action of any kind in any court or before any other tribunal, board, agency or person. Such information, records, reports, statements, notes, memoranda or other data shall not be exhibited nor their contents disclosed in any way, in whole or in part, by any officer or representative of the department or any other person, except as may be necessary for the purpose of furthering the review of the committee of the case to which they relate. No person participating in such review shall disclose, in any manner, the information so obtained except in strict conformity with such review project.

(7) All information, records of interviews, written reports, statements, notes, memoranda or other data obtained by the department, the committee, and other persons, agencies or organizations so authorized by the department under this section shall be confidential.

(8) All proceedings and activities of the committee under this section, opinions of members of the committee formed as a result of those proceedings and activities, and records obtained, created, or maintained under this section, including records of interviews, written reports and statements procured by the department or any other person, agency or organization acting jointly or under contract with the department in connection with the requirements of this section, shall be confidential and shall not be subject to the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983, Sections 25-61-1 through 25-61-17 , relating to open records, or subject to subpoena, discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding; however, nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or restrict the right to discover or use in any civil or criminal proceeding anything that is available from another source and independently of the proceedings of the committee.

(9) Members of the committee shall not be questioned in any civil or criminal proceeding regarding the information presented in or opinions formed as a result of a meeting or communication of the committee; however, nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a member of the committee from testifying to information obtained independently of the proceedings of the committee or which is public information.

(10) Reports of aggregated, nonindividually identifiable data shall be compiled on a routine basis for distribution in an effort to further study the causes and problems associated with maternal deaths. Reports shall be distributed to the Legislature, health care providers and facilities, key government agencies, and others necessary to reduce the maternal death rate.

(11) The provisions of this section, including the confidentiality provided in subsections (6) through (8), shall be deemed part of the substantive law of this state enacted for the expressed legislative purpose of promoting quality patient care through medical peer review activities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-77-13 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 77-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-77-13
Status: in_force

Information received by the licensing agency through filed reports, inspection or as otherwise authorized under this chapter shall not be disclosed publicly in such manner as to identify individuals except in a proceeding involving the questions of licensure.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-51-21 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 51-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-51-21
Status: in_force

No disposal plant or rendering plant shall be deemed a suitable or sanitary place for disposing of poultry by-products or the bodies of dead animals by any process of cooking or burning, unless it conforms to the following minimum specifications:

(a) The building must have four (4) walls complete and be provided with concrete or cement floors and with good drainage and be thoroughly sanitary in construction and maintenance. Any sewage, drainage, or waste water of any kind, if of an offensive or obnoxious character or odor, detrimental to human, animal, agricultural or aquatic life, shall not be permitted to escape therefrom until first treated as herein specified. All sewage and plant wastes shall be disposed of according to recognized and accepted sanitary engineering methods which will not create a public health hazard or unsanitary situation so as to be a nuisance.

(b) All such plants must be properly equipped and operated with steel tanks, enclosed dryers and cold water condensers. All tanks shall be airtight except proper escapes for live steam, passing through the tanks during cooking, which steam shall be condensed by use of cold water condensers. All such equipment and any other equipment which may be invented, manufactured and installed for use in disposal or rendering plants shall be so constructed and maintained as to prevent any avoidable escape of odors into the air.

(c) All skinning and dismembering of bodies shall be done within such building and in such manner and shall be so kept therein that no unnecessary annoyance shall be caused other persons by the conditions or unsightly appearance of such bodies or any parts and contents thereof, and all such bodies and all parts and contents thereof shall be disposed of within twenty-four (24) hours after delivery to such plant, by some method herein specified, except where rendered impossible by accident or other casualty preventing the operation of the plant, or except where some epidemic or act of God has caused more bodies to be accumulated than can be reasonably disposed of within such period of time by the continuous operation of the plant. In such events the plant shall be placed in operation as soon as possible and shall be operated continuously until all bodies are disposed of.

(d) Such disposal plant shall be so situated, constructed and maintained and all operations therein so conducted at all times as not to create and continue unnecessarily a public nuisance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-233 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-233
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-233
Status: in_force

The center shall be located on the site of the Mississippi State Hospital previously known as the Whitfield Annex.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-87-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 87-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-87-7
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of implementing this chapter, the Governor shall appoint a State Interagency Coordinating Council.

(2) The council shall be appointed by the Governor. In making the appointments to the council, the Governor shall ensure that the membership of the council reasonably represents the population of the state.

(a) The Governor shall designate a member of the council to serve as the chairperson of the council or shall require the council to so designate such a member. Any member of the council who is a representative of the lead agency may not serve as the chairperson of the council.

(b) The council shall be composed as follows:

(i) At least twenty percent (20%) of the members shall be parents, including minority parents, of infants or toddlers with disabilities or children with disabilities aged twelve (12) or younger, with knowledge of, or experience with, programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities. At least one (1) such member shall be a parent of an infant or toddler with a disability or a child with a disability aged six (6) or younger. Parental representatives shall not be employees of any agency or organization which provides early intervention services;

(ii) At least twenty percent (20%) of the members shall be public or private providers of early intervention services;

(iii) At least one (1) member shall be from the State Legislature;

(iv) At least one (1) member shall be involved in personnel preparation;

(v) At least one (1) member shall be from each of the state agencies involved in the provision of or payment for early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families and shall have sufficient authority to engage in policy planning and implementation on behalf of such agencies;

(vi) At least one (1) member shall be from the state educational agency responsible for preschool services to children with disabilities and shall have sufficient authority to engage in policy planning and implementation on behalf of such agency;

(vii) At least one (1) member shall be from the agency responsible for the state governance of insurance, especially in the area of health insurance;

(viii) At least one (1) member must be from a Head Start agency or program in the state;

(ix) At least one (1) member must be from a state agency responsible for child care;

(x) The council may include other members selected by the Governor, including a representative from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), or where there is no BIA operated or funded school, from the Indian Health Service or the tribe/tribal council.

(3) The council shall meet at least quarterly in such places as it deems necessary. The meetings shall be publicly announced, and to the extent appropriate, open and accessible to the general public.

(4) The council may prepare and approve a budget using Part C funds to conduct hearings and forums, to reimburse members of the council for reasonable and necessary expenses for attending council meetings and performing council duties (including child care for parent representatives), to pay compensation to a member of the council if such member is not employed or must forfeit wages from other employment when performing official council business, to hire staff, and to obtain the services of such professional, technical and clerical personnel as may be necessary to carry out its functions under this chapter.

(5) The council shall:

(a) Advise and assist the lead agency in the performance of its responsibilities, particularly the identification of the sources of fiscal and other support for services for early intervention programs, assignment of financial responsibility by the appropriate agency, and the promotion of the interagency agreements;

(b) Advise and assist the lead agency in the preparation of applications for funding under Part C of Public Law 102-119 ;

(c) Prepare and submit an annual report to the Governor and to the United States Secretary of Education on the status of early intervention programs for eligible infants and toddlers and their families operated within the state;

(d) Advise and assist the lead agency in the development and implementation of the policies that constitute the statewide system;

(e) Assist the lead agency in achieving the full participation, coordination and cooperation of all appropriate public agencies in the state;

(f) Assist the lead agency in the effective implementation of the statewide system, by establishing a process that includes:

(i) Seeking information from service providers, service coordinators, parents and others about any federal, state or local policies that impede timely service delivery; and

(ii) Taking steps to ensure that any policy problems are identified and resolved;

(g) To the extent appropriate, assist the lead agency in the resolution of disputes;

(h) Advise and assist the state educational agency regarding the transition of toddlers with disabilities to services provided under Section 619 of Part B of Public Law 105-17 , to the extent such services are appropriate; and

(i) Perform other functions as defined in the regulations.

(6) The council may advise and assist the lead agency and the state educational agency regarding the provision of appropriate services for children aged birth to five (5), inclusive.

(7) No member of the council shall cast a vote on any matter which would provide direct financial benefit to that member or otherwise give the appearance of a conflict of interest under state law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-35 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 55-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-55-35
Status: in_force

Notice of the intention to create an air ambulance service district shall be published at least three (3) times during a period of twenty-one (21) days in one (1) newspaper circulated in the county in which shall be stated the counties cooperating to create the district, the date the district shall be created, and the purpose of the district. If twenty percent (20%) or one thousand five hundred (1,500) of the qualified electors of said county shall file a written protest against the creation of said district on or before the date specified in such resolution then an election on the question of said county joining said district shall be called and held as provided by law. The determination of said issue shall be determined by a majority of the qualified electors voting in said election.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-99-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 22 / Section 99-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-99-1
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter:

(a) “ Mississippi qualified health center ” means a public or nonprofit entity that provides comprehensive primary care services that:

(i) Has a community board of directors, the majority of whom are users of such centers;

(ii) Accepts all patients that present themselves despite their ability to pay and uses a sliding-fee-schedule for payments; and

(iii) Serves a designated medically underserved area or population, as provided in Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act.

(b) “ Uninsured or medically indigent patient ” means a patient receiving services from a Mississippi qualified health center who is not eligible for Medicaid, Medicare or any other type of governmental reimbursement for health care costs or receiving third-party payments via an employer.

(c) “ Department ” means the State Department of Health.

(d) “ Primary care ” means the basic entry level of health care provided by health care practitioners or nonphysician health care practitioners, which is generally provided in an outpatient setting.

(e) “ Medically underserved area or population ” means an area designated by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services as an area with a shortage of professionals, health services or a population group designated by the secretary as having a shortage of those services.

(f) “ Service grant ” means either a care grant or a physician grant, or both, by the department to a Mississippi qualified health center in accordance with this chapter.

(g) “ Program ” means the Mississippi Qualified Health Center Grant Program established in this chapter.

(h) “ Primary care physician ” means a doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy who:

(i) Is a resident of Mississippi;

(ii) Is licensed to practice medicine under Section 73-25-1 et seq. ; and

(iii) Practices in Family Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Internal Medical-Pediatrics or General Internal Medicine.

(i) “ Care grant ” means a service grant awarded under the program in Section 41-99-5(2) to a Mississippi qualified health center for its use in providing care to uninsured or medically indigent patients in Mississippi.

(j) “ Physician grant ” means a service grant awarded under the program in Section 41-99-5(3) to a Mississippi qualified health center for its use in providing salary supplements to recruit and retain primary care physicians in areas where there is the most need, as determined by the advisory council, in order to increase health care access to patients in Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-13-21 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-13-21
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

Bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness may be sold to the United States of America or an agency or agencies thereof at private sale upon such terms and conditions as the governing authorities of the issuing entity may determine, consistent with the provisions of Sections 41-13-19 through 41-13-23 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-91-13 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 25 / Section 91-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-91-13
Status: in_force

The following persons who act in compliance with this chapter are not civilly or criminally liable for furnishing the information required hereunder:

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

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

(c) A physician or employee of a physician.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-31-11 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 31-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-31-11
Status: in_force

The medical director of the Mississippi State Hospital or the East Mississippi State Hospital may, subject to the regulations of the board of trustees of mental institutions, transfer alcoholics or drug addicts from one institution used for the commitment of alcoholics and drug addicts to another institution, or from one department in any institution to another as is deemed necessary for their care and treatment. The medical director must provide the committing court with written notification of the transfer, including the name of the facility or program to which the alcoholic or addict is transferred.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-9-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-9-3
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 41-9-1 through 41-9-41 , the following words shall have the meaning ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Hospital ” means a place devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities for the diagnosis, treatment and care of individuals suffering from physical or mental infirmity, illness, disease, injury or deformity, or a place devoted primarily to providing obstetrical or other medical, surgical or nursing care of individuals, whether or not any such place be organized or operated for profit and whether any such place be publicly or privately owned. The term “hospital” does not include convalescent or boarding homes, children's homes, homes for the aged or other like establishments where room and board only are provided, nor does it include offices or clinics where patients are not regularly kept as bed patients. For the purposes of Section 41-9-41 , the term “ hospital ” shall mean a hospital that is privately owned to include any hospital premises under the jurisdiction established by the governing body of the hospital.

(b) “ Person ” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association or joint-stock association, and the legal successor thereof.

(c) “ Governmental unit ” means the state, or any county, municipality or other political subdivision or any department, division, board or other agency of any of the foregoing, excluding all federal establishments.

(d) “ Licensing agency ” means the State Department of Health.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-321 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 29-321
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-321
Status: in_force

The Mississippi State Department of Health shall create and offer training for first responders that meets the following criteria:

(a) The course content must include:

(i) The signs and symptoms of an opioid overdose;

(ii) The protocols and procedures for administration of an opioid antagonist;

(iii) The signs and symptoms of an adverse reaction to an opioid antagonist;

(iv) The protocols and procedures to stabilize the patient if an adverse response occurs;

(v) The procedures for storage, transport and security of the opioid antagonist.

(b) The method of opioid antagonist administration being taught.

(c) Training will be overseen by a physician or pharmacist licensed in this state.

(d) Subject to the oversight required in paragraph (c) of this section, training may be provided by the employer of the first responder.

(e) First responders trained to possess and administer opioid antagonists must be retrained at least every three (3) years.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-523 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-523
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-523
Status: in_force

(1) Within a reasonable time but not later than ninety (90) days after the date an application for an order is denied or after the date an order or the last extension, if any, expires, the judge who granted or denied the application shall cause to be served upon the persons named in the order or the application and any other parties to intercepted communications deemed appropriate by the issuing judge, if any, an inventory, which shall include notice:

(a) Of the entry of the order or the application;

(b) Of the date of the entry and the period of authorized interception or the date of denial of the application; and

(c) That during the authorized period wire, oral or other communications were or were not intercepted.

(2) The judge, upon motion, may, in his discretion, make available for inspection to any person or persons whose oral communications have been intercepted, or their counsel, any portion of an intercepted communication, application or order that the judge determines is in the interest of justice to disclose to that person.

(3) Upon an ex parte showing of good cause to the judge, the serving of the inventory required by this section may be postponed, but in no event may any evidence derived from an order under this article be disclosed in any trial until after such inventory has been served.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-67-33 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 67-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-67-33
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall adopt and use procedures for conducting reviews requested by any person aggrieved by the disapproval or requirements for an on-site wastewater disposal system as provided by the department in written form under Section 41-67-6 . The procedures shall include that the person may request review by submitting a written request of review to the Director of the Office of Environmental Health. The request for review shall identify the matter contested and state the person's name, mailing address and home and daytime phone numbers. Within ten (10) business days of the receipt of the request for review, the department shall issue in writing a ruling and determination to the person and if any corrections are necessary to any form previously issued by the department, then new forms shall be submitted to the person.

(2) Property owners may apply for a variance from the department by submitting a report for a proposed system to the department from a licensed professional engineer that the proposed wastewater treatment system will properly treat and maintain wastewater on the property and proof that the licensed professional engineer has errors and omissions insurance. The department shall grant the variance but still have authority for final approval to inspect that the system is installed as designed. All forms from the department relating to allowed wastewater systems shall include the variance option.

(3) Any person aggrieved by the ruling issued by the Director of the Office of Environmental Health may apply for a hearing. Any hearing shall be conducted by a hearing officer designated by the department. At the hearing, the hearing officer may conduct reasonable questioning of persons who make relevant factual allegations concerning the proposal. The hearing officer shall require that all persons be sworn in before they may offer any testimony at the hearing, and the hearing officer is authorized to administer oaths. Any person so choosing may be represented by counsel at the hearing. A record of the hearing shall be made, which shall consist of a transcript of all testimony received, all documents and other material introduced, the staff report and recommendation, and any other material as the hearing officer considers relevant. He shall make a recommendation within a reasonable period of time after the hearing is closed and after he has had an opportunity to review, study and analyze the evidence presented during the hearing. The completed record shall be certified to the State Health Officer, who shall consider only the record in making his decision, and shall not consider any evidence or material that is not included. All final decisions regarding the disapproval or requirements for an on-site wastewater disposal system shall be made by the State Health Officer. The State Health Officer shall make his written findings and issue his order after reviewing the record, not to exceed thirty (30) days following his receipt of the record.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-31-11 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-31-11
Status: in_force

The medical director of the Mississippi State Hospital or the East Mississippi State Hospital may, subject to the regulations of the board of trustees of mental institutions, transfer alcoholics or drug addicts from one institution used for the commitment of alcoholics and drug addicts to another institution, or from one department in any institution to another as is deemed necessary for their care and treatment. The medical director must provide the committing court with written notification of the transfer, including the name of the facility or program to which the alcoholic or addict is transferred.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-11 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 10 / Section 29-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-11
Status: in_force

Any person violating the provisions of Section 41-29-9 shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), or more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or by imprisonment of not more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-37 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 20 / Section 41-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-37
Status: in_force

When a medical emergency compels the performance or induction of an abortion, the physician shall inform the woman, before the abortion if possible, of the medical indications supporting his judgment that an abortion is necessary to avert her death or for which a twenty-four-hour delay will create grave peril of immediate and irreversible loss of major bodily function.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-303 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-303
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-303
Status: in_force

No license shall be issued under Section 41-29-301 unless and until the applicant therefor has furnished proof satisfactory to the state board of pharmacy that the applicant is of good moral character or, if the applicant be an association or corporation, that the managing officers are of good moral character, and that the applicant is properly equipped as to land, buildings, and paraphernalia to carry on the business described in his application. No license shall be granted to any person who has within five (5) years been convicted of a wilful violation of any law of the United States, or of any state, relating to opium, coca leaves, or other narcotic drugs, or to any person who is a narcotic drug addict. The state board of pharmacy may suspend or revoke any license for cause.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-77-15 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 77-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-77-15
Status: in_force

Any “birthing center” which is in operation at the time of promulgation of any applicable rules or regulations or minimum standards under this chapter shall be given a reasonable time, under the particular circumstances not to exceed one (1) year from the date such are duly adopted, with which to comply with such rules and regulations and minimum standards.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-87-13 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 17 / Section 87-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-87-13
Status: in_force

(1) Upon full implementation of the early intervention system, eligible infants and toddlers and their families shall receive the following, at no cost to the parents:

(a) A comprehensive multidisciplinary evaluation and assessment of the needs of the infant and toddler and the concerns, priorities and resources of the family, and the identification of services to meet such needs;

(b) An explanation of the assessment and all service options in the family's native language or through an interpreter for the deaf, if necessary, accommodating cultural differences;

(c) A written individualized family service plan developed according to the federal Part C regulations and the state guidelines and the recommendations by a multidisciplinary team with the parents as fully participating members of the team;

(d) Case management/service coordination services; and

(e) Procedural safeguards as outlined in state policy and according to the regulations.

(2) The individualized family service plan shall serve as the singular comprehensive service plan for all agencies involved in providing early intervention services to the infant or toddler and the family. Service plans from other agencies should be incorporated into the individualized family service plan on an individual basis.

(3) The contents of the individualized family service plan shall be fully explained to the parents or guardian, and informed written consent from such parents or guardian shall be obtained before the provision of early intervention services described in such plan. If such parents or guardian do not provide consent with respect to a particular early intervention service, then the early intervention services to which such consent is obtained shall be provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-42-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 42-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-42-3
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter and as used herein:

(a) “Board” means the Mississippi State Board of Health;

(b) “Physician” means any doctor of medicine duly licensed to practice his profession in Mississippi or the state in which he resides and lawfully practicing his profession;

(c) “Contraceptive procedures” means any medically accepted procedure designed to prevent conception;

(d) “Contraceptive supplies” means those medically approved items designed to prevent conception through chemical, mechanical, or other means.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-245 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 17 / Section 19-245
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-245
Status: in_force

The Hudspeth Regional Center is designated as a state agency for carrying out the purposes of any act of the Congress of the United States of America now existing or at any time hereafter enacted pertaining to intellectual disabilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-41 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-41
Status: in_force

Any regional mental health or intellectual disability facility or service established and operated according to the provisions set forth in Sections 41-19-31 through 41-19-39 , is eligible to admit and treat patients committed by either the chancellors or chancery clerks in the same manner as is provided by the laws of Mississippi for commitment to the state mental institutions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-113-9 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 113-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-113-9
Status: in_force

(1) There is created the Mississippi Tobacco Control Advisory Council, which shall consist of thirteen (13) members. The thirteen (13) members of the advisory council shall consist of the following:

(a) Four (4) members appointed by the Governor, with one (1) member from a list of three (3) physicians recommended by the Mississippi State Medical Association, one (1) member from a list of three (3) individuals recommended by the Mississippi Chapter of the American Heart Association, and two (2) individuals who are not affiliated with the tobacco industry who possess knowledge, skill, and prior experience in scientifically proven smoking prevention, reduction and cessation programs, health care services or preventive health measures;

(b) Two (2) members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, with one (1) member from a list of three (3) nurses recommended by the Mississippi Nurses' Association, and one (1) member from a list of three (3) individuals recommended by the Mississippi Chapter of the American Lung Association;

(c) Two (2) members approved by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, with one (1) member from a list of three (3) social workers recommended by the Mississippi Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), and one (1) member from a list of three (3) individuals recommended by the Mississippi Chapter of the American Cancer Society;

(d) The Attorney General, or his or her designee;

(e) The State Superintendent of Public Education, or his or her designee;

(f) The Vice-Chancellor of Health Affairs of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, or his or her designee;

(g) The Dean of the College of Health at the University of Southern Mississippi, or his or her designee; and

(h) The Administrator of the School of Health Sciences of the College of Public Service at Jackson State University, or his or her designee.

(2) The Lieutenant Governor shall appoint one (1) member of the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall appoint one (1) Representative to attend meetings of the Tobacco Control Advisory Council.

(3) For those members that are required to be appointed from lists of individuals recommended by certain nominating groups, if none of the recommended names are acceptable to the appointing official, then the nominating group shall submit another list of three (3) different individuals until an acceptable individual is submitted to the appointing official.

(4) The members who are state officials or university officials shall serve as members for as long as they hold the designated office or university position. The appointed members shall serve for terms that are concurrent with the terms of the appointing officials, or until their successors are appointed and qualified.

(5) Any vacancy in an appointed member position shall be filled within thirty (30) days of the vacancy by the original appointing official, and the individual appointed to fill the vacancy shall meet the same qualifications as required for the former member.

(6) The initial appointments to the advisory council shall be made not later than forty-five (45) days after March 30, 2007, and the first meeting of the advisory council shall be held within sixty (60) days after March 30, 2007, at a time, date and location specified by the State Board of Health.

(7) The advisory council shall annually elect a chairman from among its members. The advisory council shall meet at least quarterly. A quorum for meetings of the advisory council shall be a majority of the voting members of the advisory council. The members of the advisory council shall receive the per diem compensation provided under Section 25-3-69 plus expense reimbursement as provided under Section 25-3-41 for attending meetings and necessary business of the advisory council.

(8) The Mississippi Tobacco Advisory Council shall advise and make recommendations to the State Board of Health regarding rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-125 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 24 / Section 39-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-125
Status: in_force

(a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective.

(b) Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the individual or by a person to which the gift could pass under Section 41-39-121 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-13 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 22 / Section 26-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-13
Status: in_force

(1) A public water system shall, as soon as practicable, notify the county or district health department, the board and the administrator if one (1) of the following conditions exist: (a) the system is not in compliance with the Mississippi Primary Drinking Water Regulations; (b) the system fails to perform monitoring required by regulations adopted by the board; (c) the system is subject to a variance granted for an inability to meet a maximum contaminant level requirement; (d) the system is subject to an exemption; or (e) the system fails to comply with the requirements prescribed by a variance or exemption.

(2) In addition, the system shall provide public notice. The notice shall be provided to the Mississippi State Department of Health at least once every three (3) months, and that public notice shall be published by the department on its Web site. The system shall provide notice that the drinking water quality reports are available on the Mississippi State Department of Health Web site by placing the notice, including the Web site address, in a newspaper of general circulation in the area which is served by the water system, as determined by the director. The notice shall not be placed in the legal section of the newspaper. The notice shall be furnished to the other communications media serving the area as soon as practicable after the discovery of any condition for which the notice is required. If the water bills of a public water system are issued more often than once every three (3) months, the notice shall be included in at least one (1) water bill of the system every three (3) months, and if a public water system issues its water bills less often than once every three (3) months, the notice shall be included in each water bill issued by the system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-61-65 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 61-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-61-65
Status: in_force

(1) If, in the opinion of the medical examiner investigating the case, it is advisable and in the public interest that an autopsy or other study be made for the purpose of determining the primary and/or contributing cause of death, an autopsy or other study shall be made by the State Medical Examiner, or the State Medical Examiner may choose a competent pathologist who is designated by the State Medical Examiner or the Department of Public Safety as a pathologist qualified to perform postmortem examinations and autopsies to perform the autopsy or study. To be eligible to be designated under this section, a pathologist must be an M.D. or D.O. who is certified in anatomic pathology by the American Board of Pathology unless a certified anatomic pathologist is not available to perform a postmortem examination or autopsy within a reasonable time. The State Medical Examiner or designated pathologist may retain any tissues as needed for further postmortem studies or documentation. When the medical examiner has received notification under Section 41-39-15(6) that the deceased is medically suitable to be an organ and/or tissue donor, the State Medical Examiner or designated pathologist may retain any biopsy or medically approved sample of the organ and/or tissue in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-39-15(6) . A complete autopsy report of findings and interpretations, prepared on forms designated for this purpose, shall be submitted promptly to the State Medical Examiner. Copies of the report shall be furnished to the authorizing medical examiner, district attorney and court clerk. A copy of the report shall be furnished to one (1) adult member of the immediate family of the deceased or the legal representative or legal guardian of members of the immediate family of the deceased upon request. In determining the need for an autopsy, the medical examiner may consider the request from the district attorney or county prosecuting attorney, law enforcement or other public officials or private persons. However, if the death occurred in the manner specified in subsection (2)(j) of Section 41-61-59 , an autopsy shall be performed by the State Medical Examiner or a designated pathologist who is qualified as required by this subsection, and the report of findings shall be forwarded promptly to the State Medical Examiner, investigating medical examiner, the State Department of Health, the infant's attending physician and the local sudden infant death syndrome coordinator. In addition to the authority granted under this section, medical examiner investigators, under the supervision of the State Medical Examiner, may assist with the performance or completion of autopsies or other duties of the Office of the State Medical Examiner.

(2) Any medical examiner or duly licensed physician performing authorized investigations and/or autopsies as provided in Sections 41-61-51 through 41-61-79 who, in good faith, complies with the provisions of Sections 41-61-51 through 41-61-79 in the determination of the cause and/or manner of death for the purpose of certification of that death, shall not be liable for damages on account thereof, and shall be immune from any civil liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed.

(3) Family members or others who disagree with the medical examiner's determination shall be able to petition and present written argument to the State Medical Examiner for further review. If the petitioner still disagrees, he may petition the circuit court, which may, in its discretion, hold a formal hearing. In all those proceedings, the State Medical Examiner and the county medical examiner or county medical examiner investigator who certified the information shall be made defendants. All costs of the petition and hearing shall be borne by the petitioner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-55 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 73-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-55
Status: in_force

The authority, subject to such agreements with bondholders as may then exist, shall have the power to purchase bonds of the authority out of any funds available therefor, which shall thereupon be cancelled at any reasonable price which, if the bonds are then redeemable, shall not exceed the redemption price then applicable plus accrued interest to the next interest payment date thereon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-138 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 29-138
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-138
Status: in_force

The avoirdupois system of weights shall be the system by which the weights of controlled substances are determined under this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-35 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 59-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-35
Status: in_force

(1) An emergency medical technician certificate so issued shall be valid for a period not exceeding two (2) years from the date of issuance and may be renewed upon payment of a renewal fee to be fixed by the board, which shall be paid to the board, provided that the holder meets the qualifications set forth in this Chapter 59 and Chapter 60 and rules and regulations promulgated 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 .

(2) The board is authorized to suspend or revoke a certificate so issued at any time it is determined that the holder no longer meets the prescribed qualifications.

(3) It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or association to, in any manner, represent himself, herself or itself as an Emergency Medical Technician-Basic, Emergency Medical Technician-Advanced, Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic, Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Critical Care, or Emergency Medical Services Driver, or use in connection with his or its name the words or letters of EMT, emt, paramedic, critical care paramedic, or any other letters, words, abbreviations or insignia which would indicate or imply that he, she or it is an Emergency Medical Technician-Basic, Emergency Medical Technician-Advanced, Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic, Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Critical Care, or Emergency Medical Services Driver, unless certified in accordance with Chapters 59 and 60 of this title and in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the board; or a person who has a privilege to practice under the Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact. 1 It shall be unlawful to employ an uncertified Emergency Medical Technician-Basic, Emergency Medical Technician-Advanced, Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic, or Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Critical Care to provide basic or advanced life-support services.

(4) The department may develop, in conjunction with the Mississippi Insurance Department, a coordinated entity to provide a statewide system of nontransport emergency medical services for emergency medical personnel governed by the Division of Emergency Medical Services that includes medical control protocols, a quality management system, charting platform and data reporting system.

(5) An EMT, EMT-A, EMR, or Paramedic may transport a police dog injured in the line of duty to a veterinary clinic, hospital emergency department or similar facility if there are no persons requiring medical attention or transport at that time. For the purposes of this subsection, “ police dog ” means a dog owned or used by a law enforcement department or agency in the course of the department or agency's work, including a search and rescue dog, service dog, accelerant detection canine, or other dog that is in use by a county, municipal, or state law enforcement agency.

(6) Any Emergency Medical Technician-Basic, Emergency Medical Technician-Advanced, Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic, Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Critical Care, or Emergency Medical Services Driver who violates or fails to comply with these statutes or the rules and regulations promulgated by the board under these statutes shall be subject, after due notice and hearing, to an administrative fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-87-19 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 87-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-87-19
Status: in_force

The lead agency shall review the proposed budgets and policies of the participating agencies as they effect implementation of the coordinated interagency early intervention system in the state. The State Legislature through its budgetary and appropriations process shall have final responsibility for assignment of financial responsibility in the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-114 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-114
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-114
Status: in_force

Persons admitted to Ellisville State School shall be assessed support and maintenance costs in accordance with the provisions of the state reimbursement laws as they apply to other state institutions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-26 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 10 / Section 57-26
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-26
Status: in_force

The Office of Vital Records Registration shall furnish up to five (5) certified copies of the death certificate of any deceased person who was an honorably discharged veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States or who was killed or died while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, without charge, to any person or entity that is authorized to receive death certificates. The applicant for a copy of the death certificate must furnish such written evidence of the deceased person's service in the Armed Forces of the United States as required by the office. Copies of death certificates furnished under the authority under this section shall be in addition to any copies of death certificates furnished without charge under the authority of Section 35-3-9 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-76 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 25 / Section 41-76
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-76
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 41-41-75 through 41-41-80 :

(a) “ Abortion ” has the meaning as defined in Section 41-41-31 .

(b) “ Medical treatment ” means, but is not limited to, hospitalization, laboratory tests, surgery or prescription of drugs.

(c) “ Department ” means the State Department of Health.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-51-9 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 13 / Section 51-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-51-9
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for the orderly administration and enforcement of this chapter, not inconsistent with the provisions thereof, and shall spread same upon the minutes to be kept in his office. The commissioner shall prescribe and supply the necessary and proper forms to be used in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

The commissioner shall also obtain and keep in his office a minute book which shall be plainly identified as a record of the things had and done in carrying out the administration of this chapter, and for the proper recordation of the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder. Every licensee shall be furnished a copy of such rules and regulations when a license is issued. No amendment to a rule or regulation containing a penalty for the violation thereof shall become effective in less than thirty (30) days from the date of such amendment, and the date of such amendment must be spread upon the minutes of the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-25 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 20 / Section 27-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-25
Status: in_force

On or before the first day of each month following such agreement, and as long as the agreement remains in effect, the county mosquito control commission for each of the counties in such joint agreement shall meet and approve and allow for payment of all expenses, including salaries, labor, material, and the like to be paid by the county in which the work for such claims was done or performed and for which such materials were purchased during the month. The claims so approved for payment shall be entered upon the minutes of such county mosquito control commission and a copy thereof, certified by either the president or secretary of such county mosquito control commission, shall be mailed to the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county for which such county mosquito control commission was appointed, and a copy thereof mailed to the president of the board of supervisors and the president of the county mosquito control commission appointed and acting for the other counties in said agreement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-107-11 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 107-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-107-11
Status: in_force

(1) A civil action for damages or injunctive relief, or both, may be brought for the violation of any provision of this chapter. It shall not be a defense to any claim arising out of the violation of this chapter that such violation was necessary to prevent additional burden or expense on any other health care provider, health care institution, individual or patient.

(2) Damage Remedies. Any individual, association, corporation, entity or health care institution injured by any public or private individual, association, agency, entity or corporation by reason of any conduct prohibited by this chapter may commence a civil action. Upon finding a violation of this chapter, the aggrieved party shall be entitled to recover threefold the actual damages, including pain and suffering, sustained by such individual, association, corporation, entity or health care institution, the costs of the action, and reasonable attorney's fees; but in no case shall recovery be less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each violation in addition to costs of the action and reasonable attorney's fees. These damage remedies shall be cumulative, and not exclusive of other remedies afforded under any other state or federal law.

(3) Injunctive Remedies. The court in such civil action may award injunctive relief, including, but not limited to, ordering reinstatement of a health care provider to his or her prior job position.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-75-29 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 21 / Section 75-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-75-29
Status: in_force

(1) If unforeseen complications arise prior to or during an abortion facility procedure, the patient shall be transferred to the nearest hospital.

(2) Each abortion facility shall make arrangements with a local ambulance service, duly licensed by the State of Mississippi, for the transport of emergency patients to a hospital and provide documentation to the department of proof of such arrangements.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-125-17 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 125-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-125-17
Status: in_force

Whenever a PPEC center voluntarily discontinues operation, it shall, at least thirty (30) days before the discontinuance of operation, inform each child's legal guardian of the fact and the proposed time of the discontinuance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-34-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 34-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-34-3
Status: in_force

Each board licensing health care providers may establish by rule and regulation practice requirements based, in part, on applicable guidelines from the Federal Centers for Disease Control which will protect the public from the transmission of the Hepatitis B Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the practice of a profession regulated by the appropriate board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-113-5 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 113-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-113-5
Status: in_force

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

(2) The State Health Officer may employ such other persons as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The compensation and the terms and conditions of their employment shall be determined by the State Board of Health in accordance with applicable state law and rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-11 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 19 / Section 39-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-11
Status: in_force

(1) In respect to a gift of an eye as provided for in this chapter, a person licensed for the practice of funeral service under the provisions of Sections 73-11-41 et seq. , who has successfully completed a course in eye enucleation and has received a certificate of competence from the state board of health, may enucleate eyes for such gift after the proper certification of death by a physician and compliance with the extent of such gift as defined within Sections 41-39-31 through 41-39-53 . No such properly certified funeral service licensee acting in accordance with the terms of this chapter shall have any liability, civil or criminal, for such eye enucleation.

(2) The state board of health shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to provide for the proper certification of such funeral service licensees and for the implementation of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-531 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-531
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-531
Status: in_force

This article shall not apply to:

(a) An operator of a switchboard, or an officer, employee or agent of a communication common carrier whose facilities are used in the transmission of a wire communication, intercepts a communication, or who discloses or uses an intercepted communication in the normal course of employment while engaged in an activity that is a necessary incident to the rendition of service or to the protection of the rights or property of the carrier of the communication;

(b) An officer, employee or agent of a communication common carrier who employs or uses any equipment or device which may be attached to any telephonic equipment of any subscriber which permits the interception and recording of any telephonic communications solely for the purposes of business service improvements;

(c) An officer, employee or agent of a communication common carrier who provides information, facilities or technical assistance to an investigative or law enforcement officer who is authorized as provided by this article to intercept a wire, oral or other communication;

(d) A person acting under color of law who intercepts a wire, oral or other communication if the person is a party to the communication, or if one (1) of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to the interception; or

(e) A person not acting under color of law who intercepts a wire, oral or other communication if the person is a party to the communication, or if one (1) of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to the interception unless the communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States or of this state, or for the purpose of committing any other injurious act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-271 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 10 / Section 19-271
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-19-271
Status: in_force

The purpose of Sections 41-19-271 through 41-19-281 is to create, equip, and maintain a residential facility for adults with chronic mental illness which shall be known as the Central Mississippi Residential Center.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-37-25 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 21 / Section 37-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-37-25
Status: in_force

An autopsy may be performed without court order by a qualified physician when authorized by (a) the decedent, during his lifetime, or (b) any of the following persons who have assumed custody of the body for the purpose of burial: a surviving spouse, either parent or any person in loco parentis, a descendant over the age of eighteen (18) years, a guardian, or the next of kin. In the absence of any of the foregoing persons any friend of the deceased who has assumed responsibility for burial, or any other person charged by law with responsibility for burial, may give such consent. If two (2) or more persons have assumed custody of the body of an adult for purposes of burial, the consent of one (1) such person shall be deemed sufficient.

In the case of a minor, however, the consent of either parent shall be deemed sufficient, unless the other parent gives written notice to the physician who is to perform the autopsy of such parent's objection thereto before the beginning of the autopsy. If neither parent has legal custody of the minor, the guardian shall have the right to authorize an autopsy. The fees provided in this chapter for autopsies in criminal investigations shall not be applicable to this section.

No autopsy shall be held under this section over the objection of the surviving spouse, or if there be no surviving spouse, of any surviving parent, or if there be neither a surviving spouse nor parent, then of any surviving child.

If the body has already been buried, consent to disinterment of the body for an autopsy without a court order shall be governed by Section 41-43-59 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-28-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 10 / Section 28-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-28-1
Status: in_force

The words and terms as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings:

(a) “State health officer” shall mean the state health officer of the state board of health, or his designated representative.

(b) “Board” shall mean the state board of health.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-123-1 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 17 / Section 123-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-123-1
Status: in_force

There is established the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce within the State Department of Health for the purpose of overseeing the physician workforce development and needs, both in numbers and distribution, of the State of Mississippi. The office shall have a director, who must be a physician licensed in the State of Mississippi and who shall be appointed by the State Health Officer. In addition, the office shall have a researcher to assist the director in collecting and analyzing data concerning the physician workforce needs of Mississippi and other necessary staff to assist in its work. The office shall have the following duties, at a minimum:

(a) Assessing the current numbers, ages, types of practice, hospital affiliations, and geographic distribution of physicians in each medical specialty in Mississippi;

(b) Assessing the current and future physician workforce needs of the State of Mississippi;

(c) Assisting in the creation and/or support of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited GME training programs in the State of Mississippi based on needs analysis and criteria established by the office and the advisory board while maintaining a strong and continued priority focus on family medicine. This support may include the awarding of state financial assistance as available, for the creation or support of family medicine residencies and other GME programs approved by the advisory board;

(d) Encouraging the development of an adequate and geographically distributed physician workforce in all specialties for the State of Mississippi with an evolving strategic plan; and

(e) Providing an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature on the current status of the physician workforce and training programs in Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-22-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-22-3
Status: in_force

The State Board of Health is authorized to establish a program for the care and treatment of persons suffering from hemophilia. The program shall assist persons who require continuing treatment with blood and blood derivatives to avoid crippling, extensive hospitalization and other effects associated with this bleeding condition, but who are unable to pay for the entire cost of such services on a continuing basis despite the existence of various types of hospital and medical insurance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-31-21 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 24 / Section 31-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-31-21
Status: in_force

If in the opinion of the medical director of the Mississippi State Hospital or the East Mississippi State Hospital, any person willfully and consistently fails to be rehabilitated after three commitments to any state institution, said medical director may refuse further admission to such person notwithstanding the order of any court, unless such person on the fourth or any succeeding commitment be committed by an order of the chancery court as provided by this chapter, and before entering said institution on a fourth or any succeeding commitment, such person, or someone for such person committed, shall pay to said institution the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per month in advance for the care, custody, support and maintenance of such person in said institution.

Such person, or someone for such person, failing or refusing to make the payment herein provided, before admission on a fourth or succeeding commitment, or any time during said commitment, shall be cause for the medical director of such institution to refuse admission of such person committed under this chapter, or to dismiss such person committed under this chapter after commitment.

The monthly payment herein provided shall be a condition precedent to admission of a person on a fourth or subsequent commitment, and shall be made each month thereafter in advance on or before the last day of the preceding month for which payment is due.

There shall be no refunds of the monthly payment herein provided on account of such person committed hereunder having failed to remain a full month at such institution.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-99-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 99-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-99-3
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Qualified Health Center Grant Program is established, under the direction and administration of the State Department of Health, for the purpose of making service grants to Mississippi qualified health centers for their use in:

(a) Providing care to uninsured or medically indigent patients in Mississippi; or

(b) Providing salary supplements to recruit and retain new primary care physicians in areas where there is the most need, as determined by the advisory council, in order to increase health care access to patients in Mississippi.

(2) The program shall be established with such state funds as may be appropriated by the Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-57 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 59-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-57
Status: in_force

The emergency medical service districts authorized under this chapter are empowered to receive funds from all sources and are authorized to expend such funds as may be available for any necessary and proper purpose in the manner provided by law for municipalities. The participating political subdivisions may expend funds from any source for the necessary and proper support of such a district, and they may expend such funds by making a lump sum payment to the board or manager designated to administer the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-7 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 39-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-7
Status: in_force

Upon the request of the Secretary of the State Board of Health, the authorities in charge of the hospitals supported either wholly or partly by state funds are authorized and directed to deliver any body of any person, except the bodies of persons with mental illness and persons with an intellectual disability, dying in any of those hospitals to the duly authorized representatives of the state university or any medical college or any accredited mortuary science program in any junior college in this state, giving the state university preference in the event there is an insufficiency in dissecting material for the use of all hospitals for anatomical purposes. This applies to the remains of any person, except persons with mental illness and persons with an intellectual disability, who dies in any of those hospitals, when the body is not, within a reasonable time after death, claimed for burial by some fraternal order, or by some person related to the deceased by blood or marriage, or by some friend. The State Board of Health shall have authority to adopt regulations for the proper burial of those persons with mental illness and persons with an intellectual disability. However, the human remains of any unknown person who is a traveler dying suddenly shall not be so delivered or used for anatomical purposes. Any human remains, so delivered, shall be properly and decently removed from the hospital, at the expense of the party to whom the same may be delivered, and shall be transported under such regulations as the State Board of Health may prescribe, and after use for strictly necessary medical study, in the medical department of the university, or in any medical college, or in any accredited mortuary science program in any junior college in this state, as the case may be, the body shall be decently interred or may be cremated and the residue interred at the expense of the party using the same. The State Board of Health shall have authority to regulate and restrict the use of dead bodies used for the above purposes. The authorities of the hospitals, the Secretary of the State Board of Health, and the authorities of the university, any medical college and any accredited mortuary science program in any junior college in this state, shall each cause a record to be kept of each body used and disposed of, under the provisions of this section, and such records shall be subject to inspection of any member of the State Board of Health at any time.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-21 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 73-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-73-21
Status: in_force

Any member, employee or agent of the authority who has, will have, or later acquires an interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction with the authority shall immediately disclose the nature and extent of such interest in writing to the authority as soon as he has knowledge of such actual or prospective interest. Such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Upon such disclosure such member, employee or agent shall not participate in any action by the authority authorizing such transaction.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-121-11 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 121-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-121-11
Status: repealed

Sections 41-121-1 through 41-121-9 shall stand repealed on July 1, 2025.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-115 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 23 / Section 27-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-27-115
Status: in_force

If the board of supervisors finds that a mosquito control program is feasible and practical, it shall enter an order requiring all persons, firms, associations and corporations who are to engage in planting or producing rice for the following crop year to obtain permits for such rice production. The fee for such permits shall be based on the total acreage of the applicant which is to be devoted to rice production. The board of supervisors may fix the cost per acre of such permit so that each of the estimated acres of rice to be planted during the following crop year shall bear its pro rata part of the total cost of the program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-67-101 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 9 / Section 67-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-67-101
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(5) The Mississippi Department of Health shall staff all advisory committee meetings and record minutes of those meetings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-63-4 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 63-4
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-63-4
Status: in_force

(1) In order to improve the quality and efficiency of medical care, the State Department of Health shall design and establish a registry program of the condition and treatment of persons seeking medical care that will provide the following:

(a) Information in a central data bank system of accurate, precise and current information regarding the diagnostic services and therapeutic services for medical diagnosis, treatment and care of injured, disabled or sick persons, or rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled or sick persons provided by licensed health care providers designated by the State Board of Health;

(b) Collection of that data;

(c) Dissemination of that data; and

(d) Analysis of that data for the purposes of the evaluation and improvement of the quality and efficiency of medical care provided in a health care facility.

(2) The State Board of Health shall adopt rules, regulations and procedures to govern the operation of the registry program and to carry out the intent of this section.

(3) At a minimum, the board shall require that each hospital, free-standing ambulatory surgical facility and outpatient diagnostic imaging center shall submit patient data as defined by the board to the Mississippi Hospital Association or the department within sixty (60) days after the close of each calendar quarter for all patients that were discharged or died during that quarter.

(4)(a) There is created a State Health Data Advisory Committee to advise and make recommendations to the board regarding rules and regulations promulgated under this section. The committee shall consist of the following members:

(i) A representative of the Mississippi Hospital Association appointed by the association;

(ii) A representative of the Mississippi State Medical Association appointed by the association;

(iii) A representative of the Mississippi Nurses Association appointed by the association;

(iv) A representative of the Mississippi Health Care Association appointed by the association;

(v) A health researcher appointed by the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning;

(vi) A representative of the State Department of Health appointed by the State Health Officer;

(vii) A consumer representative who is not professionally involved in the purchase, provision, administration, or utilization review of health care or insurance appointed by the Governor;

(viii) A representative of a third-party payer appointed by the Governor;

(ix) A member who is not professionally involved in the purchase, provision, administration, or utilization review of health care or insurance and who has expertise in health planning, health economics, health policy, or health information systems appointed by the Governor; and

(x) A member of the business community appointed by the Governor.

(b) Committee members shall serve until a successor is appointed.

(c) Committee members shall elect a chairman and vice chairman and adopt bylaws.

(d) The department shall provide staff assistance as needed to the committee.

(5)(a) The department shall specify the types of information to be provided to the registry. The State Health Data Advisory Committee shall advise the department on the content, format, frequency and transmission of the data to be provided.

(b) Data elements required to be submitted must comply with current national standards recommended by the National Uniform Billing Committee, the National Committee on Vital Health Statistics, or similar national standards setting body.

(6) The department shall accept data submitted by the Mississippi Hospital Association on behalf of hospitals by entering into a binding agreement negotiated with the association to obtain data required under this section. A health care provider shall submit the required information to the department:

(a) If the provider does not submit the required data through the Mississippi Hospital Association;

(b) If no binding agreement has been reached within ninety (90) days from July 1, 2008, between the department and the Mississippi Hospital Association; or

(c) If a binding agreement has expired for more than ninety (90) days.

(7) The information, data and records shall not divulge the identity of any patient.

(8) Submission of information to and use of information by the department in accordance with this section shall be considered a permitted disclosure for uses and disclosures required by law and for public health activities under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Privacy Rules promulgated thereunder at 45 CFR Sections 164.512(a) and (b) .

(9) Notwithstanding any conflicting statute, court rule or other law, the data maintained in the registry shall be confidential and shall not be subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil action. However, information and data otherwise discoverable or admissible from original sources are not to be construed as immune from discovery or use in any civil action merely because they were provided to the registry.

(10) The department shall assure that public use data are made available and accessible to interested persons in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the board.

(11) Notwithstanding other actions or remedies afforded to persons about whom data is released, a person who knowingly or negligently releases data in violation of this section is liable for a civil penalty of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).

(12) A person or organization who fails to supply data required under this section is liable for a civil penalty of Five Cents (5¢) for each record for each day the submission is delinquent. A submission is delinquent if the department does not receive it within thirty (30) days after the date the submission was due. If the department receives the submission in incomplete form, the department shall notify the provider and allow fifteen (15) additional days to correct the error. The notice shall provide the provider an additional fifteen (15) days to submit the data before the imposition of any civil penalty. The maximum civil penalty for a delinquent submission is Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each record. The department shall issue an assessment of the civil penalty to the provider. The provider has a right to an informal conference with the department, if the provider requests the conference within thirty (30) days of receipt of the assessment. After the informal conference or, if no conference is requested, after the time for requesting the informal conference has expired, the department may proceed to collect the penalty. In its request for an informal conference, the provider may request the department to waive the penalty. The department may waive the penalty in cases of an act of God or other acts beyond the control of the provider. Waiver of the penalty is in the sole discretion of the department.

(13) The board shall have the authority to set fees and charges with regard to the collection and compilation of data requested for special reports and for the dissemination of data. The revenue derived from the fees imposed in this section shall be deposited by the Department of Health in a special fund that is created in the State Treasury, which is earmarked for use by the department in conducting its activities under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-135 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-135
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-135
Status: in_force

Controlled substances in Schedules I and II of Sections 41-29-113 and 41-29-115, shall be distributed by a registrant to another registrant only pursuant to an order form. Compliance with the provisions of federal law respecting order forms shall be deemed compliance with this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-77-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 77-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-77-3
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to protect and promote the public welfare by providing for the development, establishment and enforcement of certain standards in the maintenance and operation of “birthing centers” which will ensure safe, sanitary and reasonably adequate care of individuals in such institutions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-135 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 22 / Section 39-135
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-135
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who, in good faith and acting in reliance upon and authorization made under the provisions of Sections 41-39-101 through 41-39-149 and without notice of revocation thereof, takes possession of, performs surgical operations upon, removes tissue, substances or parts from the human body, or refuses such a gift, and any person who unknowingly fails to carry out the wishes of the donor according to the provisions of Sections 41-39-101 through 41-39-149 shall not be liable for damages in a civil action brought against him for that act.

(b) Neither the person making an anatomical gift nor the donor's estate is liable for any injury or damage that results from the making or use of the gift.

(c) In determining whether an anatomical gift has been made, amended, or revoked under Sections 41-39-101 through 41-39-149 , a person may rely upon representations of an individual listed in Section 41-39-117(a)(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) relating to the individual's relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-77 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 11 / Section 59-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-77
Status: in_force

Data obtained under this chapter for use in the trauma registry is for the confidential use of the Mississippi State Department of Health and the persons, public entities or private entities that participate in the collection of the trauma registry data.

Any data which identifies an individual or a family unit that is collected for use in the trauma registry shall be confidential and shall not be subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil action.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-125-11 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 4 / Section 125-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-125-11
Status: in_force

The licensing agency shall require criminal record background screening and fingerprinting for personnel by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-9-215 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-215
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-9-215
Status: in_force

Each individual and group policy of accident and sickness insurance, each contract issued by health maintenance organizations, and all coverage maintained by an entity authorized under any article of Chapter 41, Title 83 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall provide benefits for services when performed by a critical access hospital if such services would be covered under such policies or contracts if performed by a full-service hospital.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-71-9 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 25 / Section 71-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-71-9
Status: in_force

The licensing agency, after notice and opportunity for a hearing to the applicant or licensee, is authorized to deny, suspend or revoke a license in any case in which it finds that the applicant or licensee has failed to comply with the requirements established by this chapter or the rules, regulations or standards promulgated in furtherance of this chapter. Such notice shall be given by registered mail, or by personal service, setting forth the particular reasons for the proposed action and fixing a date of not less than thirty (30) days from the date of such mailing or such personal service, at which time the applicant or licensee shall be given an opportunity for a prompt and fair hearing. On the basis of any such hearing, or upon default of the applicant or licensee, the licensing agency 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 revoking, suspending or denying the license or application shall become final thirty (30) days after it is so mailed or served, unless the applicant or licensee, within such thirty-day period, appeals the decision to the chancery court pursuant to Section 41-71-11 . The procedure governing hearings shall be in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the licensing agency. A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings, and all testimony shall be recorded but need not be transcribed unless the decision is appealed pursuant to Section 41-71-11 . Witnesses may be subpoenaed by either party. Compensation shall be allowed to witnesses as in cases in the chancery court. Each party shall pay the expense of his own witnesses. The cost of the record shall be paid by the licensing agency, but any other party desiring a copy of the transcript shall pay therefor the reasonable cost of preparing the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-8 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 7 / Section 57-8
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-8
Status: in_force

(1) When a death is presumed to have occurred under Section 13-1-23 , the State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall prepare a death certificate upon receipt of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction within the state. The court order shall include the following:

(a) The decedent's full legal name;

(b) The date of death, as determined by the evidence presented;

(c) The place of death, as determined by the evidence presented;

(d) The decedent's address at the time of death;

(e) The decedent's marital status at the time of death;

(f) The given name of the decedent's surviving spouse, if any;

(g) If known, information necessary to complete the medical portion of the death certificate, including the cause and manner of death. If the death occurred from a catastrophic event, the court order must include information on how and when the event occurred; and

(h) Such other information that may be required under rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Health.

(2) A death certificate issued pursuant to this section must identify the court that issued the order on which the death certificate is based and include the date of the court order.

(3) The record of a death registered under this section must be marked “presumptive.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-103-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 25 / Section 103-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-103-3
Status: in_force

(1) The Task Force on Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention has the following duties:

(a) Undertake a statistical and qualitative examination of the incidence and causes of heart disease and stroke deaths and risks, including identification of subpopulations at highest risk for developing heart disease and stroke, and establish a profile of the social and economic burden of heart disease and stroke in Mississippi;

(b) Publicize the profile of the heart disease and stroke burden and its preventability in Mississippi;

(c) Identify priority strategies that are effective in preventing and controlling risks for heart disease and stroke, based on recommendations promulgated by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association;

(d) Adopt and promote a statewide comprehensive heart disease and stroke prevention plan to the general public, state and local elected officials, various public and private organizations and associations, business and industries, agencies, potential funders and other community resources;

(e) Identify and facilitate specific commitments to help implement the plan from the entities listed in paragraph (d);

(f) Facilitate coordination of and communication among state and local agencies and organizations regarding current or future involvement in achieving the aims of the plan;

(g) Receive and consider reports and testimony from individuals, local health departments, community-based organizations, voluntary health organizations, and other public and private organizations statewide, to learn more about their contributions to heart disease and stroke prevention, and their ideas for improving heart disease and stroke prevention in Mississippi;

(h) Determine the burden that delayed or inappropriate heart disease and stroke treatment has on the quality of patients' lives and on their financial resources;

(i) Study the economic impact of early heart disease and stroke treatment, especially with regard to quality of care, reimbursement issues and rehabilitation;

(j) Determine what constitutes high quality treatment for heart disease and stroke, and adopt and disseminate guidelines for the treatment of heart disease and stroke patients throughout the state; and

(k) Complete a detailed and specific plan of action for the State of Mississippi, and begin implementing the plan.

(2) The task force shall submit a preliminary report to the Legislature and the Governor within six (6) months of the first meeting; a second report during the 2002 Regular Session of the Legislature; and a third report by December 1, 2002. The reports shall address the plans, actions and resources needed to achieve its accomplishment, and progress in achieving implementation of the plan to reduce the occurrence of and burden from heart disease and stroke in Mississippi. The reports shall include an accounting of funds expended and anticipated funding needs for full implementation of recommended plans and programs. The task force will continue to submit reports to the Legislature and the Governor on an annual basis, updating the progress of implementing the state plan.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-137 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 13 / Section 41-137
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-137
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by Section 41-41-141 , a person may not perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion on a woman if it has been determined, by the physician performing, inducing, or attempting to perform or induce the abortion or by another physician on whose determination that physician relies, that the probable gestational age of the unborn child is twenty (20) or more weeks.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-409 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 21 / Section 41-409
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-409
Status: in_force

The department shall create the forms required by Sections 41-41-401 through 41-41-419 within thirty (30) days after July 1, 2020. No provision of Sections 41-41-401 through 41-41-419 requiring the reporting of information on forms published by the department shall be applicable until ten (10) days after the requisite forms have been made available or July 1, 2020, whichever is later.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-76 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 3 / Section 41-76
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-76
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 41-41-75 through 41-41-80 :

(a) “ Abortion ” has the meaning as defined in Section 41-41-31 .

(b) “ Medical treatment ” means, but is not limited to, hospitalization, laboratory tests, surgery or prescription of drugs.

(c) “ Department ” means the State Department of Health.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-31-13 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 25 / Section 31-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-31-13
Status: in_force

Any person committed to the custody of the Mississippi State Hospital or the East Mississippi Hospital may, notwithstanding the terms of any order of commitment, be permitted by the medical director or his authorized agent, to go at large on probation and without custody or restraint for such time and under such conditions as such medical director shall judge best. All persons committed to the custody of the Mississippi State Hospital or the East Mississippi State Hospital may be discharged by the director pursuant to its regulations, notwithstanding the terms of any order of commitment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-129 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 25 / Section 39-129
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-129
Status: in_force

Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-123 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-123
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-123
Status: in_force

The board shall revise and republish the schedules set out in Sections 41-29-113 through 41-29-121 at least once every twelve months.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-43 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 10 / Section 57-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-43
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the state registrar of vital statistics, in addition to the duties now required of him by law, to carry into effect the provisions of law relating to registration of marriages and the rules, regulations and orders of the State Board of Health which may be promulgated pursuant to Section 41-57-45 . The said State Board of Health shall provide for such clerical and other assistance as may be necessary, and may fix the compensation of persons thus employed. The said board shall provide suitable apartments properly equipped with fireproof vault and filing cases for the permanent and safe preservation of all official records made and returned to said bureau.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-135-3 — MS Code / Title 41 / Chapter 23 / Section 135-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-135-3
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have the meanings as defined in this section:

(a) “ Prenatal ” means the period between conception to birth.

(b) “ Perinatal ” means the period from twenty-two (22) weeks of gestation to twenty-eight (28) days after birth.

(c) “ Public place ” means a place of increased patient traffic within the maternal health care facility such as a lobby area or waiting room.

(d) “ Maternal health care facility ” means any facility that provides prenatal or perinatal care, including, but not limited to, hospitals, clinics and other physician facilities.

(e) “ Maternal health care provider ” means any physician, nurse or other authorized practitioner that attends to pregnant women and mothers of infants.

(f) “Breast-Feeding in Mississippi: Guidelines” is the statement of rights required by Section 41-135-7 .