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MS Code § 41-3-22 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 3 - State Board of Health; Local Health Boards and Officers|In General|§ 41-3-22. Mississippi State Public Health Laboratory named the Dr. F.E. "Ed" Thompson, Jr., Mississippi State Public Health Laboratory

 The Mississippi State Public Health Laboratory, located at 570 East Woodrow Wilson in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be named the Dr. F.E. "Ed" Thompson, Jr., Mississippi State Public Health Laboratory.The Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare or have prepared a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place within the Dr. F.E. "Ed" Thompson, Jr., Mississippi State Public Health Laboratory, which states the background, accomplishments and public health service to the state and nation of Ed Thompson, M.D., M.P.H.
MS Code § 41-3-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 3 - State Board of Health; Local Health Boards and Officers|In General|§ 41-3-23. Mississippi Public Health Laboratory Fund established; use of other funds to support Mississippi Public Health Laboratory authorized

  There is established in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Mississippi Public Health Laboratory Fund, which shall be comprised of any funds that are authorized or required to be deposited in the special fund including, but not limited to, all laboratory fees collected and other income generated by the laboratory.Monies in the fund shall be used for the operations of the Mississippi Public Health Laboratory or the administration thereof.All income from the investment of the funds in the special fund shall be credited to the account of the special fund.Any funds in the special fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund.   The State Department of Health is authorized to utilize any other funds not otherwise specifically appropriated by the Legislature for the support of the Mississippi Public Health Laboratory as necessary.
MS Code § 41-3-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 3 - State Board of Health; Local Health Boards and Officers|In General|§ 41-3-37. Appointment of county health officer

 A competent physician shall be appointed county health officer for each county by the State Board of Health or its executive officer. Said board shall cause the appointment to be certified by its secretary to the board of supervisors of the county for which the appointment was made.
MS Code § 41-3-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 3 - State Board of Health; Local Health Boards and Officers|In General|§ 41-3-41. Duties of county health officer

 It shall be the duty of the county health officer to administer programs and enforce the public health provisions of the Mississippi Code and the rules and regulations of the state board of health applicable in his county. He shall report his actions and all informations and results of his investigations to the board of supervisors and state board of health, and he shall do such other things as the state board of health may lawfully require of him.
MS Code § 41-3-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 3 - State Board of Health; Local Health Boards and Officers|In General|§ 41-3-43. County department of health; director

  Each county in the state is authorized in its discretion to create a county health department and to appropriate funds for its support. A director for the same shall be appointed in accordance with Section 41-3-37 and certified to the board of supervisors of the county. Said director shall be a licensed physician, well trained in health work and shall be required to give his entire time to the work.     The State Board of Health may create public health districts of two (2) or more counties for the purpose of administering health programs and supervising public health workers in the district. The state board of health or its executive officer shall appoint for each such district created a district director, who shall be a licensed physician, well trained in public health work, who shall give his entire time to the work. The district director may serve as county health officer of any or all counties in the district.   The boards of supervisors of the counties comprising a public health district are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to appropriate funds for the support of the public health district from the general funds of the counties; and pursuant to Section 19-9-97, to levy additional taxes for the support of county or district health departments.     When any county or counties create a health department hereunder, then all other local or municipal or county public health agencies and departments are thereby automatically abolished, and said county and district health departments shall have full control over all health matters in said county and counties, including all municipalities therein, subject to the supervision, direction, and jurisdiction of the state board of health. The proper authorities of any municipality in the State of Mississippi are hereby authorized in their discretion to make an appropriation for the support of such county or district health department from the general funds of such municipality.
MS Code § 41-3-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 3 - State Board of Health; Local Health Boards and Officers|In General|§ 41-3-45. Term of office of director; removal

 The State Board of Health shall remove any director at any time for such conduct as it may deem improper, or for neglect of duty, or for incompetency, or for any offense which in its judgment, is detrimental to the public welfare. It may summarily suspend any director until any complaint made of such director may be fully investigated by the State Board of Health.
MS Code § 41-3-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 3 - State Board of Health; Local Health Boards and Officers|In General|§ 41-3-49. Powers and duties of director

 The director appointed pursuant to Section 41-3-43 shall be given authority to enforce all health laws of the district or county under the supervision and direction of the State Board of Health, or its executive committee, and to make such investigation of health problems and recommend and institute such measures as may be necessary. He shall be under the supervision, direction and jurisdiction of the State Board of Health, or its executive committee, and he shall make report to said Board of Health of all matters concerning the sanitary conditions of his district or county in the manner prescribed by the state board of health, or its executive committee.
MS Code § 41-3-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 3 - State Board of Health; Local Health Boards and Officers|In General|§ 41-3-51. Records and reports of director

 The director appointed pursuant to Section 41-3-43 of any county or district shall keep an accurate record of all activities of the department of health of the county or district which he serves for use of the public and for information to the board of health, and such reports as required by the board of health shall be made to it. All officers and employees of the county or district department of health shall be subject to the jurisdiction and regulations of the state board of health or its executive committee.
MS Code § 41-3-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 3 - State Board of Health; Local Health Boards and Officers|In General|§ 41-3-53. Maintenance of county department of health

 The board of supervisors shall be authorized to make such appropriations for the department of health as may be necessary to pay the salary of the director, and the salaries of all necessary sanitary inspectors, nurses, and such other employees as may be employed for carrying on the work. The board shall be authorized to pay all necessary traveling expenses of said employees in the performance of their duties. The board shall be authorized to pay for all necessary medicine, materials and supplies. The board shall provide an office for its health department, and furnish said office, and its employees, with all necessary record books, stationery, stamps, tables, chairs, furniture and all other necessary articles. The board is also authorized to do any and all things necessary and proper to maintain and support a health department. Where two (2) or more counties shall unite in having a department of health, the amount contributed by each for maintaining and supporting the work shall be agreed upon by the respective counties, subject to the approval of the state board of health, or its executive committee, and all salaries to be paid shall be recommended by the state board of health, or its executive committee to the board of supervisors of the county or counties for which the officers or employees are to act. All employees shall be recommended by the state board of health, or its executive committee, and all salaries shall be recommended in the same way.
MS Code § 41-3-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 3 - State Board of Health; Local Health Boards and Officers|In General|§ 41-3-57. Municipal regulation of health

 Any municipality may pass public health laws or ordinances and enforce the collection and registration of birth, health, and mortuary statistics. However, such power shall be subject to and not inconsistent with the rules and regulations of the state board of health touching the health interests of the county in which such municipality is situated. In the absence of an explicit agreement to the contrary between the state board of health and such municipality, enforcement of municipal laws shall be the responsibility of the municipality.
MS Code § 41-3-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 3 - State Board of Health; Local Health Boards and Officers|In General|§ 41-3-59. Violation of health rules

 Except as may otherwise be provided, any person who shall knowingly violate any of the provisions of this chapter, or any rule or regulation of the state board of health, or any order or regulation of the board of supervisors of any county or any municipal ordinance herein authorized to be made, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both.
MS Code § 41-3-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 3 - State Board of Health; Local Health Boards and Officers|In General|§ 41-3-61. Legislative findings about patient-centered medical homes; State Board of Health to adopt guidelines applicable to physician practices, nurse practitioner practices and physician assistant practices that incorporate principles of patient-centered medical home

  The Legislature makes the following findings:   There are patient programs that provide a whole-person orientation that includes care for all stages of life, including acute care, chronic care, preventive services and end-of-life care;   A patient-centered medical home must have Health Information Exchange compliant records, electronically integrated with electronic patient health records, and use practice-based disease management applications to facilitate and measure quality of care at the point of care;   A patient in a patient-centered medical home actively participates in health care decision making, and feedback from the patient is sought to ensure that the expectations of the patient are being met;   Care in a patient-centered medical home is coordinated across all elements of the health care system and the patient's community to assure that the patient receives the indicated care when and where the patient needs the care in a culturally appropriate manner;   Multiple studies have demonstrated that when minorities have a medical home, racial and ethnic disparities in terms of medical access disappear and the costs of health care decrease;   The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians, and the American Osteopathic Association, representing more than three hundred thirty thousand (330,000) physicians across the country, have developed Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home that describe the characteristics of the patient-centered medical home;   The National Committee for Quality Assurance is developing a patient-centered medical home designation program for physician practices that meets specified criteria; and   The Federal Tax Relief and Health Care Act calls for a three-year medical home demonstration project to be conducted in eight (8) states.     The State Board of Health shall adopt guidelines applicable to physician practices, nurse practitioner practices and physician assistant practices in Mississippi that incorporate the principles of the patient-centered medical home, using all resources available to the board.
MS Code § 41-3-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 3 - State Board of Health; Local Health Boards and Officers|In General|§ 41-3-63. "Mary D. Osborne Building" renamed the "Dr. Alton B. Cobb - Mary D. Osborne State Public Health Building."

 The "Mary D. Osborne Building" located at 570 East Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, Mississippi, shall be renamed the "Dr. Alton B. Cobb - Mary D. Osborne State Public Health Building." The Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare or have prepared a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place within the Dr. Alton Cobb - Mary D. Osborne State Public Health Building which states the background, accomplishments and public health service of Dr. Cobb and Mary Osborne to the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 41-3-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 3 - State Board of Health; Local Health Boards and Officers|In General|§ 41-3-65. Increase of fees for services or issuance and renewal of licenses and registrations

 Except as otherwise provided by law, the State Board of Health or the State Department of Health may increase the amount of any fee charged by the board or the department for providing a service, including the issuance and renewal of licenses and registrations, not more than two (2) times during the period from July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2020, with the percentage of each increase being not more than fifteen percent (15%) of the amount of the fee in effect at the time of the increase.
MS Code § 41-3-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 3 - State Board of Health; Local Health Boards and Officers|Medical Services for Uninsured|§ 41-3-101. Provision of free medical services to those uninsured and unable to pay

 The State Department of Health is authorized to contract with the Mississippi State Medical Association or any other party for the purpose of establishing a statewide, district, county or local pilot program, on a pilot program basis, for providing needed medical services at no charge to persons who have no form of health insurance and are unable to pay for such medical services. Any such pilot program shall be conditioned upon the availability of funds obtained for such purpose from public or private sources. Under such program, the department shall set the criteria for eligibility to receive such free medical services and, through the county health departments, shall determine which individuals are eligible to receive such services.
MS Code § 41-5-44 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 5 - Governing Authorities for State Hospitals and Institutions|Board of Trustees of Mental Institutions|§ 41-5-44. Establishment of nursing home for patients with an intellectual disability

 The Board of Mental Health is directed, if such is determined to be feasible by the board, to establish, equip, staff and operate nursing homes for patients with an intellectual disability. Those nursing homes shall be equipped, staffed and operated in accordance with the minimum standards established by the State Department of Health, and shall meet all the requirements for the admission and care of patients eligible for Medicare and Medicaid assistance as required by Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, as amended.   Admission to the nursing homes shall be limited to those patients who have been admitted to the mental institutions or intellectual disability centers or eligible for admission to the mental institutions or intellectual disability centers according to state laws and who have been certified as eligible for Medicare or Medicaid assistance as determined by the provisions of Mississippi laws governing the administration of Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, as amended.   The purpose of this section is to provide a nursing facility within the environs of the former Tuberculosis Sanatorium of Mississippi, thereby providing a needed service to eligible patients by making use of available buildings and resources for their care and constituting an additional service rendered by the institution.
MS Code § 41-7-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 7 - Hospital and Health Care Commissions|State Hospital Commission; Indigent Care Law|§ 41-7-21. Local boards of trustees may enact rules and regulations

 The board of trustees for such hospital or hospitals are authorized to adopt such other rules and regulations as may become necessary in each community to protect the patients and charity fund, and to make an equitable distribution of said funds in said counties and districts in the territories served by their respective institutions.
MS Code § 41-7-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 7 - Hospital and Health Care Commissions|State Hospital Commission; Indigent Care Law|§ 41-7-35. Hospitals may not exact additional payments from patients

 No hospital shall be allowed to charge, accept or retain any additional payment from or in behalf of any indigent patient for hospital services rendered while being cared for under the terms of Sections 41-7-1 through 41-7-45, unless it appears that the patient was wrongfully or mistakenly qualified or admitted as an indigent patient. This section shall not be construed, however, to prohibit any hospital from charging, accepting or retaining lawful payments or contributions from governmental or other public sources or from philanthropic or charitable sources having an impersonal interest in the patients involved.
MS Code § 41-7-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 7 - Hospital and Health Care Commissions|State Hospital Commission; Indigent Care Law|§ 41-7-39. Wrongfully obtaining care, treatment or hospitalization

 Any person knowingly obtaining or attempting to obtain, or any person, firm or corporation who knowingly aids or abets any person to obtain, or attempt to obtain, by means of a willfully false statement or representation or impersonation, or other fraudulent device, any care, treatment or hospitalization provided by the provisions of Sections 41-7-1 through 41-7-45, to which he is not lawfully entitled shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided by law.
MS Code § 41-7-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 7 - Hospital and Health Care Commissions|State Hospital Commission; Indigent Care Law|§ 41-7-45. Laws governing funds to apply

 All sums of money that may be appropriated to carry out the provisions of Sections 41-7-1 through 41-7-45 shall be expended only pursuant to appropriation approved by the Legislature and as provided by law.
MS Code § 41-7-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 7 - Hospital and Health Care Commissions|Hospital Reimbursement Commission|§ 41-7-71. Declaration of policy

 It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of Mississippi that a patient or resident in a state institution whose estate is sufficient, or, if not, who has (a) a spouse; or (b) one or more parent(s) if said patient or resident is under the age of twenty-one (21) years and unmarried, who is(are) financially able to pay all or any part of the cost of such hospitalization or treatment, shall be required to pay for all or part of his or her maintenance in such institution. No resident of this state shall be refused admission to or treatment in any of the institutions enumerated in Section 41-7-73 because of his inability to pay all or any of said costs. It shall be the duty of the director or the governing board, as appropriate, of the admitting institution to ascertain the financial ability of the patient or resident and to establish an amount to be paid monthly based on current ability to pay, with a continuing claim for the difference in the amount paid and the maximum charges assessed that could be made as determined pursuant to Section 41-7-79.
MS Code § 41-7-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 7 - Hospital and Health Care Commissions|Hospital Reimbursement Commission|§ 41-7-73. State institutions enumerated

 The term "state institution" or "state institutions" as used in Sections 41-7-71 through 41-7-95 shall include the following: Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield, Ellisville State School, East Mississippi State Hospital at Meridian, Mississippi Children's Rehabilitation Center, North Mississippi Regional Center, Hudspeth Regional Center, South Mississippi Regional Center, North Mississippi State Hospital at Tupelo, South Mississippi State Hospital at Purvis, University of Mississippi Hospital, Boswell Regional Center, the Mississippi Adolescent Center at Brookhaven, the Specialized Treatment Facility for the Emotionally Disturbed in Harrison County, and the Central Mississippi Residential Center at Newton.
MS Code § 41-7-87 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 7 - Hospital and Health Care Commissions|Hospital Reimbursement Commission|§ 41-7-87. No priority in admitting patients to institutions

 No state institution shall give admission priority because of a patient's ability to pay. However, nothing in this section shall in any way affect the duties, responsibilities and requirements imposed on the University of Mississippi Hospital by Sections 37-115-25, 37-115-31, Mississippi Code of 1972.